# cross-browser-testing

A skill that picks which browsers to test, wires them into Playwright or a cloud grid, and keeps a log of known engine divergences.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 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/cross-browser-testing/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cross-browser-testing

## What it does

The skill starts with the question of what to test at all. It walks you through exporting browser and OS data from analytics for the last 90 days, ranking by session share, and sorting entries into tiers: P0 above 10% traffic gets the full suite on every PR, P1 covers 3 to 10%, P2 covers 1 to 3%, and anything under 1% stays out of the matrix. The list is meant to be reviewed quarterly, since browser share moves.

Then comes configuration. Playwright bundles three engines — Chromium, Firefox and WebKit — so basic engine coverage needs no cloud farm. That is engine coverage, not brand coverage: bundled WebKit is not Safari and bundled Chromium is not Chrome, because codecs, fonts and enterprise policy differ. When you need real Safari, Windows or older OSes, the skill covers BrowserStack and Sauce Labs setup. A separate branch deals with the `channel` option for locally installed branded browsers.

There is also a rundown of common CSS and JS divergences between engines, plus a known-issues log you commit to the repo so the same breakage is not debugged twice. Tests assert that the user finished the task, not that a CSS property rendered identically. For pixel baselines and thresholds the skill points you to `visual-testing`; for device-farm runs of native apps, to `mobile-testing`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright, Chrome

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills --skill cross-browser-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/cross-browser-testing/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pick browsers for the matrix from analytics instead of habit
- run one test suite across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit
- hook up real Safari and Windows through BrowserStack or Sauce Labs
- log an engine divergence so it is not re-debugged later
- check that a task completes, not just that the layout matches

## Example prompts
- build a browser matrix from the last 90 days of analytics
- add WebKit and Firefox projects to `playwright.config.ts` and run them with `--project`
- add a known-issues entry about clipboard behaviour in Firefox

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cross-browser-testing
description: >-
  Design analytics-driven browser test matrices and execute cross-browser tests.
  Covers BrowserStack/Sauce Labs configuration, Playwright browser channels, common
  cross-browser CSS/JS divergences, a known-issues documentation log, and progressive
  enhancement validation.
  Use when: "cross-browser," "browser matrix," "BrowserStack," "Safari issues,"
  "browser compatibility," "Edge," "works in Chrome but not Safari."
  Not for: pixel-level baseline strategy and threshold tuning — use visual-testing;
  device-farm testing of native/hybrid apps — use mobile-testing.
  Related: visual-testing, playwright-automation, ci-cd-integration, mobile-testing.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: kindlmann
  version: "2.0"
  category: specialized
---

<objective>
Chrome-only testing gives false confidence: a layout that works in Chromium can break in WebKit, a clipboard call that succeeds in Chrome silently no-ops in Firefox, and a partitioned-cookie flow can pass everywhere except the one engine your users are on. This skill produces an analytics-driven browser matrix, a Playwright (or cloud-platform) config that runs it, and a committed log of known browser divergences — each verified by a test that asserts the user outcome, not the CSS.
</objective>

## Quick Route

| Situation | Go to |
|-----------|-------|
| Need to decide *which* browsers to test | Browser Matrix Design |
| Already on Playwright, just add browsers | Playwright Browser Configuration → `references/playwright-and-cloud-config.md` |
| Need real Safari/Windows/older OS, not engines | Cloud Platform Setup |
| One browser misbehaves; want a test for it | Common Cross-Browser Issues + `browserName` branch in `references/testing-patterns.md` |
| Need to record a divergence so it is not re-debugged | Known-Issues Log |
| Pixel diffs / baseline thresholds | use `visual-testing` |

## Discovery Questions

Check `.agents/qa-project-context.md` first — if it exists, use it and skip anything already answered there. Then:
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