# om-prepare-test-env

Prepares a reusable test environment, generates cross-platform launch scripts, and outputs a shared descriptor for UI and QA agents.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2900 installs · ★ 251
- Author: open-mercato
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-prepare-test-env/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
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## What it does

This skill operates like a compiler to keep environment startup fast. On its first run, it inspects the repository to discover how the stack runs, then compiles the routine into an entrypoint script with health waits and build cache checks. Subsequent runs bypass reasoning entirely and execute that script directly.

Generated artifacts stay in the repository. The startup command lives in `.ai/scripts/test-env-up.sh` on POSIX systems or `.ai/scripts/test-env-up.ps1` on native Windows, while teardown logic goes to a matching down script. Details such as `baseUrl` are written to `.ai/qa/test-env.json` for test runners to consume.

Invoking `--mode reuse` fails immediately if no active environment descriptor exists. Whenever services or build steps change, passing `--regenerate` discards existing entrypoint scripts and forces discovery from scratch.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-test-env -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-test-env -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-test-env -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install open-mercato/skills om-prepare-test-env
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/om-prepare-test-env/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-test-env -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/open-mercato/skills --path skills/om-prepare-test-env
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-prepare-test-env -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/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-prepare-test-env/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- start a local app fast using generated launch scripts
- generate native PowerShell or POSIX entrypoints with health checks
- write a shared `.ai/qa/test-env.json` descriptor for QA skills
- rebuild the local environment bypassing the cache with `--force-rebuild`

## Example prompts
- Prepare the test environment with --mode auto and configure the browser
- Regenerate the launch scripts using om-prepare-test-env --regenerate
- Shut down the running test environment using om-prepare-test-env --stop

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: om-prepare-test-env
description: Prepare a reusable, technology-agnostic environment for local tests and QA. Compiles discovery into cross-platform launch scripts, provisions the configured browser provider autonomously, and writes the shared test-env descriptor consumed by UI and integration-test skills.
---

# Prepare Test Environment

Give the other QA skills a **running app they can drive**, and make starting it
**repeatable, fast, and identical every time** — on macOS, Linux, WSL2, or
Windows.

This skill is **expensive exactly once per repository**. It works like a
compiler:

- **Execute (every run, step 1).** A generated entrypoint script already
  exists → run it and report. No discovery, no reasoning, no model time spent
  on figuring out the stack again. This is the normal path.
- **Generate (first run, `--regenerate`, or repair — step 2).** No script yet
  (or it failed) → discover how the project runs, generate the entrypoint
  script with all the fast-bootstrap machinery baked in (reuse checks, build
  cache, locks, health waits), **verify it cold and warm**, and record where it
  lives.

The durable artifacts, and where they are saved:

| Artifact | Default path | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Entrypoint (up) | `.ai/scripts/test-env-up.sh` (`test-env-up.ps1` on native Windows) | The one command that brings the env up fast |
| Teardown (down) | `.ai/scripts/test-env-down.sh` (`test-env-down.ps1` on native Windows) | Stops exactly what the up script started |
| Environment descriptor | `.ai/qa/test-env.json` | What consumers (QA, integration tests) attach to |
| Build cache state | `.ai/qa/test-env-build-cache.json` | Written/read by the up script, not by the agent |

**Script flavor — match the platform the user is on.** The entrypoint is
generated in the flavor that runs natively where generation happens, and every
example in this skill must be executed in the shell the user actually has:

- **POSIX `sh`** (`.sh`) on macOS, Linux, WSL2, and Git Bash/MSYS on Windows.
  Run with `sh .ai/scripts/test-env-up.sh`.
- **PowerShell** (`.ps1`) on native Windows (the user works in PowerShell or
  cmd, with no WSL/Git Bash available). Run with
  `pwsh -File .ai/scripts/test-env-up.ps1` (or `powershell -ExecutionPolicy
  Bypass -File …` where only Windows PowerShell 5.x exists).

Both flavors implement the same entrypoint contract — same marker, `# history:`
header, flags, result lines, and descriptor. Snippets below are POSIX with
PowerShell equivalents where the translation is not obvious; on native Windows
run the PowerShell form — never assume `sh`, `uname`, or other POSIX tools
exist there. A repo may carry both flavors side by side; they share the
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