# qaskills

An MCP server for the qaskills.sh catalog: your agent searches, inspects and installs QA skills — Playwright, Cypress, k6, OWASP and more.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed · ★ 240
- Author: PramodDutta
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/PramodDutta/qaskills
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/qaskills

## What it does

qaskills exposes six tools to the agent: `search_skills`, `get_skill`, `get_skill_content`, `install_skill`, `list_categories`, `get_leaderboard`. Search and install happen inside the chat, no terminal round-trip. The catalog is QA-specific: E2E, API, unit, performance, security, accessibility, mobile.

It runs as a standard MCP server via `npx -y @qaskills/mcp`. In Claude one command is enough; other clients take an `mcpServers` block in their config. The server is listed in the official MCP registry as `io.github.PramodDutta/qaskills`.

If your catalog lives somewhere other than the public endpoint, you need `QASKILLS_API_URL` — without it the server falls back to the default address. Worth checking the config up front, especially behind a private network. MIT licensed.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `QASKILLS_API_URL` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env QASKILLS_API_URL=<QASKILLS_API_URL> --transport stdio qaskills -- npx -y @qaskills/mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add qaskills --env QASKILLS_API_URL=<QASKILLS_API_URL> -- npx -y @qaskills/mcp
```
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### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "qaskills": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@qaskills/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "QASKILLS_API_URL": "<QASKILLS_API_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "qaskills": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@qaskills/mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "QASKILLS_API_URL": "<QASKILLS_API_URL>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e QASKILLS_API_URL=<QASKILLS_API_URL> qaskills npx -y @qaskills/mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values

## When to use it
- find a QA skill for your stack without browsing the catalog by hand
- install a Playwright skill straight from the agent chat
- read a skill's content before installing it
- browse skills by category and spot the gaps
- pull the current skill list into your project

## Example prompts
- Search qaskills for API testing skills and show me what's inside
- Install the playwright-e2e skill into this project
- List the skill categories in qaskills

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