# argent-qa-e2e

Turns test cases, tickets or acceptance criteria into repeatable e2e regression tests. Useful when a manual pass needs to become an automated scenario.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 979 installs · ★ 3084
- Author: software-mansion
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/software-mansion/argent/tree/HEAD/packages/skills/skills/argent-qa-e2e/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/argent-qa-e2e

## What it does

The skill takes a test case, ticket or acceptance criteria and produces a YAML scenario that passes twice in a row without edits. It loads `argent-create-e2e` as the authoring engine and adds the QA contract plus a completion gate: the first step is `launch:`, every requirement maps to a hard `await:`, `assert:` or reviewed `snapshot:`, and each screen change gets destination identity followed by `idle` readiness.

Before recording, it asks for a compact contract table: app, platform, named start state, ordered actions, expected outcomes and the evidence for each row. Determinism comes from two fixture mechanisms — `run:` replays a separately recorded reset or seed test, `script:` runs local setup or cleanup. If the account is dirty, the skill advises recording a safe reset or folding normalization into setup.

iOS, Android, Chromium and Vega (Fire TV) are supported. Vega has no touch directives because the remote drives focus: navigation is recorded with `tool: tv-remote` steps and typing goes through `tool: keyboard`. Apple TV and Android TV are out of scope — there the skill points to `argent-tv-interact` and asks you to report the limitation. Physical iPhones work with caveats: replay never auto-binds a phone, so you pass its udid as `device` (CLI `--device`) and keep it `connected`; `pinch` and `rotate` steps fail on it.

## Requirements
- Works with: Chrome

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add software-mansion/argent --skill argent-qa-e2e -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/argent-qa-e2e/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/argent-qa-e2e/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add software-mansion/argent --skill argent-qa-e2e -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/argent-qa-e2e/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add software-mansion/argent --skill argent-qa-e2e -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/argent-qa-e2e/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install software-mansion/argent argent-qa-e2e
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/argent-qa-e2e/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add software-mansion/argent --skill argent-qa-e2e -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/software-mansion/argent --path packages/skills/skills/argent-qa-e2e
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/argent-qa-e2e/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add software-mansion/argent --skill argent-qa-e2e -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/software-mansion/argent/tree/HEAD/packages/skills/skills/argent-qa-e2e/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn acceptance criteria from a ticket into a runnable e2e scenario
- preserve a manual regression pass as an automated test
- get two consecutive runs with no manual cleanup in between
- tell a missing element apart from a screen that never rendered
- check that cancel kept the old value and save stored the new one

## Example prompts
- write a QA e2e test for this ticket: select Dark theme in Settings
- generate a regression e2e test from the acceptance criteria in this task
- record an e2e scenario for the settings screen with a dark theme check and a snapshot

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: argent-qa-e2e
description: Write repeatable QA regression e2e tests from test cases, tickets, or acceptance criteria. Use when the user asks to write, automate, or generate an e2e test or preserve an automated regression scenario, with deterministic setup, stable targets, executable structural or visual evidence, and two consecutive full passes. For one-off UI checks or replayable paths without acceptance criteria, use argent-test-ui-flow or argent-create-e2e. Supports iOS, Android, Chromium, and Vega (Fire TV), where recorded tv-remote steps replace touch directives. Apple TV and Android TV are unsupported; use argent-tv-interact there and report the limitation.
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# Create a QA regression e2e test

Load `argent-create-e2e` as the authoring engine. Follow its required references for recorder syntax, selectors, polish, platform exceptions, and repair. This skill adds the QA contract and completion gate.

**Vega** supports every item below: `launch: { vega: ... }`, `await:`/`assert:` selectors, `snapshot:`, and `idle` all run there. Only the touch directives are missing, because Vega is remote-driven. Navigate with recorded `tool: tv-remote` steps and type with `tool: keyboard`, which leaves item 5 with nothing to govern. A D-pad path is relative to where focus already is, so gate every move with item 4's identity check rather than assuming the cursor landed. Read `argent-tv-interact` for focus reading and remote navigation.

**Apple TV and Android TV are out of scope.** The runner does not reject touch directives there, so they fail at the gesture layer instead of with authoring guidance. Use `argent-tv-interact` and report the limitation.

**Physical iPhones** run QA e2e tests, with three hardware limits: replay never auto-binds a phone, so pass its udid as `device` (CLI `--device`) and keep it `connected`; `pinch`/`rotate` steps fail there like the live tools, so drive the app's own zoom UI instead; the runner tree is the `describe` tree (same ids and roles), so a selector authored on a simulator can miss there. Read `argent-ios-device-interact` for the app-scoped contract before recording.

## Definition of done

A QA e2e test is complete only when:
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