# qa-plan

Generates a structured QA test plan for a sprint, feature, or story using game design docs and acceptance criteria. Distributes manual checks and automated tests before work begins.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 438 installs · ★ 27473
- Author: Donchitos
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/qa-plan/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/qa-plan

## What it does

This skill scans story files and referenced game design documents to group work items into logic, integration, and UI categories. Instead of loading every document into the context window, it targets acceptance criteria and boundary conditions with grep patterns. The resulting artifact is written to `production/qa/qa-plan-[sprint-slug]-[date].md`.

Configuration relies on `qa.level` and `workflow` values. The minimal setting outputs a basic smoke test outline without automated test requirements, while full mode adds coverage targets for each system. Visual and interface checks remain active across every level.

If the target scope contains zero stories, the skill aborts with a `NOT ASSESSED` status. This hard stop prevents generating an empty report table that a team could mistake for an approved test cycle.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill qa-plan -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill qa-plan -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill qa-plan -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios qa-plan
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill qa-plan -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --path .claude/skills/qa-plan
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill qa-plan -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/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/qa-plan/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a structured QA plan before sprint execution
- categorize stories across logic, integration, and UI layers
- separate automated testing requirements from manual verification
- define smoke test scope directly from game design documents

## Example prompts
- /qa-plan sprint
- /qa-plan feature: combat
- Generate a QA test plan for the current sprint using `/qa-plan sprint`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: qa-plan
description: "QA test plan for a sprint — classifies stories by Logic/Integration/Visual/UI, covers automated tests, manual cases, smoke scope."
argument-hint: "[sprint | feature: system-name | story: path]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, AskUserQuestion, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/qa-plan/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *)
model: sonnet
---

!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys automation,workflow,qa.level,system_overrides`

Resolved above — use as-is. No block → defaults in
`.claude/docs/config-resolution.md`.


# QA Plan

This skill generates a structured QA plan for a sprint, feature, or individual
story. It reads all in-scope story files and their referenced GDDs, classifies
each story by test type, and produces a plan that tells developers exactly what
to automate, what to verify manually, what the smoke test scope is, and when
to bring in a playtester.

Run this before a sprint begins so the team knows upfront what testing work
is required. A test plan written after implementation is a post-mortem, not a
plan.

**Output:** `production/qa/qa-plan-[sprint-slug]-[date].md`

---

Every `AskUserQuestion` call follows `.claude/docs/automation-modes.md`
(collaborative asks always · guided major-only · autonomous logs and proceeds;
`automation_always_ask` categories always prompt).

**Workflow tier**: resolve per the GDD's system as each is read (per
if the block lists one, else the project value. It sets how many GDD sections
the test plan is mined from — see Phase 2.

**`qa.level`**: at `minimal`, produce only a minimal smoke
plan — drop the automated-test-required rows and the test-file DoD; at `standard`,
a full plan per story type; at `full`, also add per-system coverage targets.
Distinct axis from `workflow` (which sets how many GDD sections are mined).
No level drops the Visual/Feel and UI screenshot rows — tests are waived at
`minimal`, the look is not (`.claude/docs/coding-standards.md`).

## Phase 1: Parse Scope

**Argument:** `$ARGUMENTS` (blank = ask user via AskUserQuestion)

Determine scope from the argument:

- **`sprint`** — read the most recent file in `production/sprints/`, extract
  every story file path referenced. If `production/sprint-status.yaml` exists,
  use it as the primary story list and fall back to the sprint plan for story
  metadata.
- **`feature: [system-name]`** — glob `production/epics/*/story-*.md`, filter
  to stories whose file path or title contains the system name. Also check the
  epic index file (`EPIC.md`) in that system's directory.
- **`story: [path]`** — validate that the path exists and load that single file.
- **No argument** — use `AskUserQuestion`:
  - "What is the scope for this QA plan?"
  - Options: "Current sprint", "Specific feature (enter system name)",
    "Specific story (enter path)", "Full epic"
```
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