# analytics-tracking-testing

This skill checks that GA4 events and Meta or TikTok pixels actually leave the browser, instead of only landing in dataLayer.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 998 installs · ★ 211
- Author: kindlmann
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/petrkindlmann/qa-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/analytics-tracking-testing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/analytics-tracking-testing

## What it does

The skill intercepts real network requests to collect endpoints (`google-analytics.com/g/collect`, `facebook.com/tr`, `analytics.tiktok.com`, `px.ads.linkedin.com`), pulls the event name and parameters out of the request, and checks them against a tracking plan. That plan lives in an external schema — JSON, YAML or a TS interface — with required params and their types. Tests report which params are missing and where a type is violated.

Reading `window.dataLayer` through `page.evaluate` only proves the push happened. Whether anything left the browser shows up in the outbound request alone. So the skill waits on the beacon with `waitForRequest` rather than `waitForTimeout`: a fixed sleep hides the exact timing bug you are hunting. Scroll-depth gets driven by real actions — `mouse.wheel`, `scrollIntoView`, `evaluate(scrollTo)`.

For purchases the property that matters is de-duplication: the browser pixel and the server CAPI must send the same `event_id`, or Meta counts two conversions. Consent Mode v2 is tested separately, and the skill observes the application's actual four signals instead of supplying a default from the test. The contract runs in CI and exits non-zero when an event drops. Whether tracking is allowed to fire under consent law (GDPR, CMP) belongs to compliance-testing, not here.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright, LinkedIn

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills --skill analytics-tracking-testing -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills --skill analytics-tracking-testing -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills --skill analytics-tracking-testing -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install petrkindlmann/qa-skills analytics-tracking-testing
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/analytics-tracking-testing/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills --skill analytics-tracking-testing -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/petrkindlmann/qa-skills --path skills/analytics-tracking-testing
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills --skill analytics-tracking-testing -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/petrkindlmann/qa-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/analytics-tracking-testing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- catch a GA4 event that vanished after a refactor
- match event params against the tracking plan
- verify pixel and server CAPI de-duplication by event_id
- confirm no events fire before consent
- fail the build on a tracking regression

## Example prompts
- check that the purchase event reaches GA4 with the right currency
- write a test for Meta Pixel and CAPI dedup by event_id
- build a fixture that captures every pixel on the page

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: analytics-tracking-testing
description: >-
  Validate that analytics and marketing tracking fire CORRECTLY: GA4/GTM dataLayer events,
  Meta/TikTok/LinkedIn pixels, and ad-tech tags. Covers building a tracking plan as the
  contract, intercepting collect-endpoint beacons and dataLayer.push in Playwright, asserting
  event name + params + values + timing + de-duplication, Consent Mode v2 gating, CI regression
  gating, and news-media events (article-view, scroll-depth, paywall). Use when: "test analytics
  tracking," "GA4 event test," "verify the pixel fires," "dataLayer test," "tracking plan,"
  "Meta Pixel dedup," "scroll-depth tracking test," "gate tracking in CI."
  Not for: whether tracking is ALLOWED to fire under consent law (GDPR/CMP) — that is
  compliance-testing; this skill checks the data is CORRECT. SEO meta tags / structured data —
  out of scope.
  Related: compliance-testing, playwright-automation, api-testing, qa-project-context.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: kindlmann
  version: "1.1"
  category: specialized
---

<objective>
Tracking that "looks fine" in GA4 DebugView still drops events silently after a refactor, sends the wrong currency, or double-counts a purchase. Reading `window.dataLayer` or asserting the button is `toBeVisible()` proves nothing — the beacon may never leave the browser. This skill makes you intercept the real network beacon (`google-analytics.com/g/collect`, `facebook.com/tr`, `analytics.tiktok.com`, `px.ads.linkedin.com`), parse the event name and parameters out of the request, and assert them against a tracking plan that is a typed contract — then gate that contract in CI so a dropped event fails the build.
</objective>

## Quick Route

| Situation | Go to |
|-----------|-------|
| Assert one GA4 event fired with correct params | [Intercepting GA4 beacons](#intercepting-ga4-beacons) |
| Treat the tracking plan as a validated contract | [The Tracking Plan Is the Contract](#the-tracking-plan-is-the-contract) |
| Verify dataLayer.push shape (not the beacon) | [Asserting dataLayer.push](#asserting-datalayerpush) |
| Pixel + server CAPI deduplication (event_id) | [Pixels and Server-Side Deduplication](#pixels-and-server-side-deduplication) |
```
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