# running-release-tests

Runs UI and API release tests in AWS DevOps Agent from a pre-configured test profile. Useful before a rollout, when you want workflows and regressions checked.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1400 installs · ★ 3282
- Author: aws
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/HEAD/plugins/aws-agents-for-devsecops/skills/running-release-tests/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/running-release-tests

## What it does

The skill handles the whole path from job creation to report. You name a test profile, the agent starts a release testing job, polls its status and pulls findings from the execution journal. When the job finishes, the UI or API report is written to a markdown file named `release-testing-report-<YYYY-MM-DD-HHmmss>.md`.

A profile is a Knowledge Item such as `ki-12345`, created beforehand in the AWS DevOps Agent console. It already holds the target URL, agent type, personas and credentials, so the skill will not ask you for a URL. Profiles cannot be created through the skill — if you do not have one, set it up in the console or via the API first. That is where first runs usually stall.

Under the hood it calls `aws_devops_agent__create_release_testing_job`, `aws_devops_agent__get_task` and `aws_devops_agent__list_journal_records`. These tools are not lazy-loaded, and when they are missing the skill falls back to the AWS CLI. AgentSpace routing needs SigV4; with bearer token auth it is unnecessary because the token is already scoped to one space. On `429` or `ThrottlingException` the skill waits 30 seconds and retries.

## Requirements
- Works with: AWS

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill running-release-tests -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill running-release-tests -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill running-release-tests -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws running-release-tests
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/running-release-tests/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill running-release-tests -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --path plugins/aws-agents-for-devsecops/skills/running-release-tests
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws --skill running-release-tests -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/aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws/tree/HEAD/plugins/aws-agents-for-devsecops/skills/running-release-tests/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run a browser UI scenario before release
- check API endpoints against an OpenAPI spec
- catch regressions in a multi-step workflow
- get a markdown report of the test run
- cancel a stuck testing job

## Example prompts
- run release tests with profile ki-12345
- run a UI test on my app, profile ki-12345
- test the API with profile ki-12345, focus on checkout

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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```text
---
name: running-release-tests
description: >-
  Run automated release testing (UI or API) via the AWS DevOps Agent using a
  pre-configured test profile. Use when the user wants to validate multi-step
  workflows, verify features, check for regressions, or test API endpoints.
  Trigger words include run tests, UAT, test my app, test profile, UI test,
  API test, automated testing, regression test, QA, end-to-end test, run the QA agent.
---

# Release Testing

> **AgentSpace routing (SigV4 only):** If `list_agent_spaces` is available in your tool list and the multi-space orchestration skill has NOT been invoked yet this session, invoke it first to determine which `agent_space_id` to use. Then pass `agent_space_id` on all tool calls below. For bearer token auth this is unnecessary — the token is already scoped to one space.

Run automated release testing in the cloud via the AWS DevOps Agent's Release Testing Agent. Supports UI testing (browser-based) and API testing (OpenAPI spec-based). Uses pre-existing test profiles that define target URL, agent type, personas, and credentials.

**Input is a test profile** — the test profile already contains the target URL, agent type (UI or API), test personas, and credentials. Do NOT ask the user for a URL directly; the URL is defined in the test profile.

## Prerequisites

- A pre-existing test profile (Knowledge Item ID like `ki-12345`) created from the AWS DevOps Agent console

## Gathering test parameters

Before starting any workflow, you MUST gather the following parameters. Do NOT proceed to job creation until answered.

### Step 1 — Test profile (required)

Ask the user which test profile to use. The test profile already contains the target URL, agent type (UI or API), test personas, and credentials configuration — these do NOT need to be gathered separately.

**Note:** A pre-existing test profile is a prerequisite. Test profiles are created using the AWS DevOps Agent console or API, not through this tool. If the user asks whether one can be created here, inform them it must already exist.

### Step 2 — Test requirement (optional)

If the user has not already mentioned a test focus, ask:
> "Do you have a specific test requirement or focus area? If not, I'll run a full exploratory test."

Wait for the user's response. If they provide one, use it as the `test_requirement`. If they say no or skip, proceed without it.
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