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Playwright Best Practices Skill

A skill that gives the AI specialized guidance for writing, debugging, and maintaining Playwright tests in TypeScript. Use it in any repo where you work with Playwright so the assistant follows best practices for E2E, component, API, visual regression, accessibility, security, i18n, Electron, and browser extension testing.

Installation

npx skills add https://github.com/currents-dev/playwright-best-practices-skill

The skill is activity-based: the AI is directed to the right reference depending on what you're doing, so you get focused advice without loading everything at once.

When the Skill Is Used

The skill triggers when the AI infers you need help with things like:

• Writing new E2E, component, API, visual regression, or accessibility tests
• Testing mobile/responsive layouts, touch gestures, or device emulation
• Implementing file uploads/downloads, date/time mocking, or WebSocket testing
• Handling OAuth popups, geolocation, permissions, or multi-tab flows
• Testing iframes, canvas/WebGL, service workers, or PWA features
• Testing Electron desktop apps or browser extensions
• Internationalization (i18n), locales, RTL layouts, or date/number formats
• Testing error states, offline mode, or network failure scenarios
• Security testing (XSS, CSRF, authentication, authorization)
• Performance testing with Web Vitals or Lighthouse
• Reviewing or refactoring Playwright test code
• Fixing flaky tests or debugging failures
• Setting up CI/CD, test coverage, or global setup/teardown
• Configuring projects, dependencies, parallel runs, or sharding

You don't have to mention "skill" or "Playwright best practices"; describe your task (e.g. "fix this flaky login test" or "add accessibility tests") and the AI will use the skill when it's relevant.

What's Inside

57 reference documents organized into 8 categories:

Core (core/)

Topic	Reference	Use for
Test structure	test-suite-structure.md	Structure, config, E2E/component/API/visual tests
Locators	locators.md	Selectors, robustness, avoiding brittle locators
Assertions & waiting	assertions-waiting.md	Expect APIs, auto-waiting, polling
Page Object Model	page-object-model.md	POM structure and patterns
Fixtures & hooks	fixtures-hooks.md	Setup, teardown, auth, custom fixtures
Test data	test-data.md	Factories, Faker, data-driven testing
Annotations	annotations.md	skip, fixme, slow, test steps
Configuration	configuration.md	playwright.config.ts options
Global setup	global-setup.md	globalSetup/Teardown, DB migrations
Projects	projects-dependencies.md	Project config, dependencies, filtering

Debugging (debugging/)

Topic	Reference	Use for
Debugging	debugging.md	Trace viewer, inspector, common issues
Flaky tests	flaky-tests.md	Detection, diagnosis, fixing, quarantine
Error testing	error-testing.md	Error boundaries, offline, network failures
Console errors	console-errors.md	Capturing and failing on JS errors

Testing Patterns (testing-patterns/)

Topic	Reference	Use for
Accessibility	accessibility.md	Axe-core, keyboard nav, ARIA, focus management
API testing	api-testing.md	REST API testing, request context
Component testing	component-testing.md	CT setup, mounting, props, mocking
Visual regression	visual-regression.md	Screenshot comparison, thresholds
File operations	file-operations.md	Upload, download basics
File upload/download	file-upload-download.md	Progress, cancellation, retry patterns
Forms validation	forms-validation.md	Form testing, validation states
Drag and drop	drag-drop.md	Drag-and-drop interactions
GraphQL testing	graphql-testing.md	GraphQL queries, mutations, mocking
Canvas/WebGL	canvas-webgl.md	Canvas testing, charts, WebGL, games
i18n	i18n.md	Locales, RTL, date/number formats
Electron	electron.md	Desktop apps, IPC, main/renderer process
Browser extensions	browser-extensions.md	Popup, background, content scripts, APIs
Security testing	security-testing.md	XSS, CSRF, auth security, authorization
Performance testing	performance-testing.md	Web Vitals, budgets, Lighthouse

Advanced (advanced/)

Topic	Reference	Use for
Authentication	authentication.md	Login flows, session storage, cookies
Auth flows	authentication-flows.md	MFA, password reset, complex auth
Mobile testing	mobile-testing.md	Device emulation, touch gestures, viewports
Clock mocking	clock-mocking.md	Date/time mocking, timezones, timers
Multi-context	multi-context.md	Popups, new tabs, OAuth flows
Multi-user	multi-user.md	Collaboration, RBAC, concurrent actions
Network advanced	network-advanced.md	GraphQL, HAR, request modification
Third-party	third-party.md	OAuth, payments, email/SMS mocking

Browser APIs (browser-apis/)

Topic	Reference	Use for
Browser APIs	browser-apis.md	Geolocation, permissions, clipboard, camera
WebSockets	websockets.md	Real-time testing, SSE, reconnection
iFrames	iframes.md	Cross-origin, nested, dynamic iframes
Service workers	service-workers.md	PWA, caching, offline, push notifications

Architecture (architecture/)

Topic	Reference	Use for
POM vs fixtures	pom-vs-fixtures.md	Choosing between patterns
Test architecture	test-architecture.md	Test type selection, structure
When to mock	when-to-mock.md	Mock vs real services decisions

Frameworks (frameworks/)

Topic	Reference	Use for
React	react.md	React-specific testing patterns
Angular	angular.md	Angular-specific testing
Vue	vue.md	Vue/Nuxt testing patterns
Next.js	nextjs.md	Next.js SSR/SSG testing

Infrastructure & CI/CD (infrastructure-ci-cd/)

Topic	Reference	Use for
CI/CD	ci-cd.md	Pipelines, general CI setup
GitHub Actions	github-actions.md	GitHub-specific workflows
GitLab CI	gitlab.md	GitLab-specific pipelines
Other providers	other-providers.md	CircleCI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins
Docker	docker.md	Container setup, Playwright images
Parallel/sharding	parallel-sharding.md	Sharding, parallel execution
Performance	performance.md	Parallel runs, optimization
Reporting	reporting.md	Test reporters, artifacts
Test coverage	test-coverage.md	V8 coverage, reports, thresholds, CI

The skill's SKILL.md maps your current activity to these references so the right content is used in context.

License

MIT