# qa-project-context

Scans your repo and generates .agents/qa-project-context.md with stack, test tools, and risk areas. Useful when configuring QA context before running other QA skills.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 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/qa-project-context/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/qa-project-context

## What it does

The skill inspects existing project files such as `package.json`, `playwright.config.*`, or CI workflows to create `.agents/qa-project-context.md`. It records the application type, frontend and backend stacks, test directories, CI/CD triggers, environment URLs, and selector conventions.

Instead of asking everything at once, the agent steps section by section and queries only about gaps or conflicting data. If your project lacks tests entirely, it records that factual status instead of inventing one, noting Playwright and Vitest as default suggestions.

This skill does not bootstrap end-to-end QA from scratch. For full initial setup, use `qa-start`, which invokes `qa-project-context` as its starting action.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install petrkindlmann/qa-skills qa-project-context
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/petrkindlmann/qa-skills --path skills/qa-project-context
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add petrkindlmann/qa-skills --skill qa-project-context -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/qa-project-context/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- document project tech and test stack in a single file
- prevent downstream QA skills from re-asking setup questions
- record known project risks and critical user journeys
- capture selector conventions and test data strategies

## Example prompts
- Set up QA context for this project
- Configure testing context and generate .agents/qa-project-context.md
- Scan the repository and document our test stack and quality goals

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: qa-project-context
description: >-
  Create and fill .agents/qa-project-context.md with the project's tech stack, test
  frameworks, CI/CD pipeline, environments, quality goals, risk areas, team structure,
  and conventions. This is the one file every other QA skill reads first, so they skip
  redundant discovery and give context-aware advice.
  Use when: "set up QA context," "configure testing," "initialize project," first use of any QA skill.
  Not for: bootstrapping a brand-new project's QA end-to-end — use qa-start (which calls this skill as its first step).
  Related: qa-start, risk-based-testing, test-strategy, qa-metrics, playwright-automation.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: kindlmann
  version: "2.1"
  category: foundation
---

<objective>
This skill writes the single file every other QA skill reads. Without it, each skill
re-asks "what framework? what CI? where do tests live?" from scratch and gives generic
advice. It produces `.agents/qa-project-context.md` in the project root, capturing product,
tech stack, test stack, CI/CD, environments, quality goals, risk areas, team, and
conventions. Replace template placeholders with evidenced values or explicit unknowns;
an unavailable answer is not permission to invent a value.
</objective>

Downstream skills consume specific sections: Risk Areas feeds `risk-based-testing` and
`test-strategy`; Conventions → Selectors feeds `playwright-automation` and `test-reliability`;
Quality Goals feeds `qa-metrics`; Tech Stack feeds every automation skill. Fill those sections
well and the rest of the library gets sharper for free.

## Discovery Questions

First, check whether `.agents/qa-project-context.md` already exists — if it does, read it and
use the existing sections as context. Check their provenance and whether relevant config
has changed. Scan the repo for config files (see Codebase Detection), record observed
values with their source, and ask only about gaps or conflicts that affect the work.
Walk the remaining questions **section by section**, never all at once.

### Product
- What is the product called, and what does it do in one sentence?
- What type is it? (SaaS, e-commerce, media, mobile app, API service, internal tool) — changes which flows matter.
- What are the production, staging, and development URLs?
- What are the 5–10 most critical user journeys? ("If this breaks, we get paged at 2am.") This list drives every other skill's coverage priorities.

### Tech Stack
- Frontend framework and language? Backend framework, language, and API style (REST, GraphQL, tRPC, gRPC)?
- Database, cache layer, ORM? Hosting, CDN, monitoring?
- Monorepo? If yes, list each app separately (see Monorepo note) — sharding and detection differ.

### Test Stack
- E2E tests today? Framework, config location, test directory. Same for unit, API, visual, performance.
- If a framework is detected, record its name, config path, and resolved version from the
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