# agent-experience

Tests how AI agents onboard with a product, SDK, documentation site, or SKILL.md using short prompts and real tools. Use it to expose onboarding friction.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 862 installs · ★ 3742
- Author: jay-sahnan
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/browserbase/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-experience/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agent-experience

## What it does

This skill sends multiple subagents a small task prompt and makes them find documentation, install dependencies, request credentials when needed, and attempt real work. It records tool calls, retries, elapsed time, and errors, then produces an HTML report with an A–F grade and concrete fixes.

The audit scores setup friction, speed, efficiency, error recovery, and documentation quality. Goals stay abstract so the test does not steer agents through a prescribed checklist. That matters when you want evidence of how the documented path holds up on its own.

It requires an agent harness with the `Agent` subagent tool, `WebFetch`, `Bash`, and network access. Products under audit may require their own credentials at runtime.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill agent-experience -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/agent-experience/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/agent-experience/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill agent-experience -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/agent-experience/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill agent-experience -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/agent-experience/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install browserbase/skills agent-experience
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/agent-experience/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill agent-experience -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/browserbase/skills --path skills/agent-experience
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/agent-experience/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill agent-experience -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/browserbase/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-experience/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- test whether an agent can complete onboarding
- spot dependency setup friction
- capture subagent errors and retries
- score documentation across audit dimensions
- produce an HTML report with fixes

## Example prompts
- Audit the agent experience for my SDK.
- Test how an agent follows the instructions in `SKILL.md`.
- Run an agent DX audit on my documentation.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: agent-experience
description: "Audit the developer experience of a product, SDK, docs site, or SKILL.md by dropping multiple Claude subagents at it with only a tiny task prompt and real tools (WebFetch, Bash, Write). Agents must discover the docs themselves, install deps, ask for credentials if needed, and attempt real execution. The skill captures each agent's trace — tool calls, retries, wall time, errors — and scores on Setup Friction, Speed, Efficiency, Error Recovery, and Doc Quality, then emits an HTML report with an A–F grade and concrete fixes. Use when the user asks to audit agent experience, test a skill, audit docs for agents, check if a SDK is agent-friendly, validate a SKILL.md, measure agent DX, or benchmark how painful onboarding is for an AI agent. Triggers: 'audit agent experience', 'test this skill', 'audit docs for agents', 'is my SDK agent-friendly', 'run a DX audit', 'agent experience test', 'test my docs', 'how do agents do with my product'."
compatibility: "Requires an agent harness with subagent (Agent tool), WebFetch, and Bash support, plus network access. No CLI install needed; audited products may require their own credentials at runtime."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: jay-sahnan
  version: "1.4.0"
allowed-tools: Read WebFetch Write Bash AskUserQuestion Agent
---

# Audit Agent Experience

Evaluate how well a product/SDK/docs surface works when an AI agent actually tries to onboard and do a realistic task — **starting from a short one-sentence prompt**, with nothing pasted in. The agent must find the docs, install what it needs, and attempt real work. That's the only honest test of agent DX.

The skill spawns multiple subagents in parallel, captures each one's tool-call trace, and scores the experience using the same dimensions as the Skill Test Arena dashboard: Setup Friction, Speed, Efficiency, Error Recovery, Doc Quality.

## Core principle

**Do not spoonfeed.** The subagent gets a tiny prompt like *"Get started with {product} and {do its primary thing}"*. It must discover the docs, choose the path, and hit real failures. A good doc survives this; a bad doc does not.

## Workflow

Execute these steps in order. Do not skip ahead.

### Step 1 — Identify the target and define the abstract goal

Resolve what the user is asking to audit. The target may arrive in one of three forms:

- **URL** — a docs site or product page (e.g., `https://docs.example.com`). This is the *seed* the subagents start from.
- **Repo / file path** — for SKILL.md audits or SDK repos.
- **Product name** — if the user is vague ("test my product"), ask via `AskUserQuestion` for the URL or repo.
```
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