# playwright-interactive-sandbox

This skill runs iterative web UI checks through a persistent Node.js Playwright workflow. Use it for functional checks, visual QA, and screenshot evidence.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 400 installs · ★ 2
- Author: customware-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/customware-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/playwright-interactive-sandbox/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/playwright-interactive-sandbox

## What it does

The skill starts with a QA inventory covering requested requirements, visible behaviours, controls, state changes, and claims planned for signoff. It then starts or confirms the dev server, writes a focused Playwright script, and checks the changed flow with normal keyboard, mouse, touch, or equivalent Playwright input.

The desktop pattern uses `chromium`, `http://127.0.0.1:4444`, a `1600x900` viewport, and the `playwright-desktop.png` screenshot artifact. A separate mobile script handles responsive or touch changes with a `390x844` viewport, `isMobile: true`, `hasTouch: true`, and `playwright-mobile.png`.

Each code change is checked again from a clean Node.js process. Functional QA and visual QA stay separate, and the workflow includes viewport checks plus exploratory coverage beyond the main path. In the Debian sandbox, Playwright must run headless; headed mode needs an X server. The browser payload is under `/ms-playwright`, and a check can be run with `node /tmp/playwright-verify-desktop.mjs`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill playwright-interactive-sandbox -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill playwright-interactive-sandbox -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill playwright-interactive-sandbox -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install customware-ai/skills playwright-interactive-sandbox
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/playwright-interactive-sandbox/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill playwright-interactive-sandbox -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/customware-ai/skills --path skills/playwright-interactive-sandbox
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add customware-ai/skills --skill playwright-interactive-sandbox -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/customware-ai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/playwright-interactive-sandbox/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- map visible requirements to concrete QA checks
- verify a critical browser flow with real input
- check responsive layouts and touch interactions
- capture screenshots from a passing run
- rerun validation after code changes

## Example prompts
- Use this skill to verify the changed web flow at `http://127.0.0.1:4444` and save the desktop screenshot.
- Write a focused Playwright script for the main user path, run functional and visual QA, then repeat it from a clean Node.js process.
- Check the mobile layout with touch input and save the result as `playwright-mobile.png`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: "playwright-interactive-sandbox"
description: "Persistent browser interaction through a normal Node.js Playwright script for fast iterative web UI debugging."
---

## Core Workflow

1. Write a brief QA inventory before testing:
    - Build the inventory from three sources: the user's requested requirements, the user-visible features or behaviors you actually implemented, and the claims you expect to make in the final response.
    - Anything that appears in any of those three sources must map to at least one QA check before signoff.
    - List the user-visible claims you intend to sign off on.
    - List every meaningful user-facing control, mode switch, or implemented interactive behavior.
    - List the state changes or view changes each control or implemented behavior can cause.
    - Use this as the shared coverage list for both functional QA and visual QA.
    - For each claim or control-state pair, note the intended functional check, the specific state where the visual check must happen, and the evidence you expect to capture.
    - If a requirement is visually central but subjective, convert it into an observable QA check instead of leaving it implicit.
    - Add at least 2 exploratory or off-happy-path scenarios that could expose fragile behavior.
2. Start or confirm any required dev server in a persistent TTY session.
3. Write a dedicated Playwright verification script for the changed flow.
4. Run the desktop script first, then add a mobile script if the change affects mobile layouts or touch behavior.
5. After each code change, rerun the verification script from a clean Node.js process.
6. Run functional QA with normal user input.
7. Run a separate visual QA pass.
8. Verify viewport fit and capture the screenshots needed to support your claims.
9. Save screenshot artifacts from the successful run.

## Desktop Verification Script

Set `TARGET_URL` to the app you are debugging. Use port `4444` and prefer `127.0.0.1` over `localhost`.

In this sandbox, Playwright browsers are preinstalled under `/ms-playwright` and `PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH` may already be set to that location. Do not assume the default cache path `~/.cache/ms-playwright`.
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