# test-automation-framework

A skill for designing a test automation framework: Page Object Model, fixtures, reporting and test organization. Useful once a suite grows and needs a shared shape.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 498 installs · ★ 371
- Author: aj-geddes
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/test-automation-framework/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-04
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## What it does

The skill walks through building test automation structure: the Page Object Model, fixtures and test data factories, custom utilities, configuration management and a custom reporter. It opens with a short TypeScript example — a base page class for `@playwright/test` — and points to seven reference guides in the `references/` directory: POM for Playwright and TypeScript, fixtures and factories, custom utilities, configuration, a custom reporter, a pytest framework for Python, and test organization.

There is also a do-and-don't list. Test logic stays out of page objects, hard-coded sleeps give way to wait strategies, test data is kept apart from test logic, and environment URLs are not hardcoded. Worth checking your existing suite against it — you will likely find a few of these.

The skill installs across six platforms, but the code samples and directory layout assume Playwright with TypeScript or pytest. On another stack you port the guides yourself.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill test-automation-framework -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill test-automation-framework -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill test-automation-framework -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts test-automation-framework
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/test-automation-framework/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill test-automation-framework -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --path skills/test-automation-framework
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill test-automation-framework -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/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts/tree/HEAD/skills/test-automation-framework/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- lay out a large test suite by feature and type
- move repeated page interactions into page objects
- build fixtures and factories for test data
- configure several environments without hardcoded URLs
- add a readable report for test runs

## Example prompts
- help me design a Playwright test framework with the Page Object Model
- organize my tests by feature and type and cut the duplicated setup
- create fixtures and factories for test data instead of copy-paste

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: test-automation-framework
description: >
  Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks with Page Object
  Model, fixtures, and reporting. Use for test framework, page object pattern,
  test architecture, test organization, and automation infrastructure.
---

# Test Automation Framework

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Reference Guides](#reference-guides)
- [Best Practices](#best-practices)

## Overview

A test automation framework provides structure, reusability, and maintainability for automated tests. It defines patterns for organizing tests, managing test data, handling dependencies, and generating reports. A well-designed framework reduces duplication, improves reliability, and accelerates test development.

## When to Use

- Setting up new test automation
- Scaling existing test suites
- Standardizing test practices across teams
- Reducing test maintenance burden
- Improving test reliability and speed
- Organizing large test codebases
- Implementing reusable test utilities
- Creating consistent reporting

## Quick Start

Minimal working example:

```typescript
// framework/pages/BasePage.ts
import { Page, Locator } from "@playwright/test";

export abstract class BasePage {
  constructor(protected page: Page) {}

  async goto(path: string) {
    await this.page.goto(path);
  }

  async waitForPageLoad() {
    await this.page.waitForLoadState("networkidle");
  }

  async takeScreenshot(name: string) {
    await this.page.screenshot({ path: `screenshots/${name}.png` });
  }

  protected async clickAndWait(locator: Locator) {
    await Promise.all([
      this.page.waitForResponse((resp) => resp.status() === 200),
      locator.click(),
    ]);
  }
}
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)
```

## Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the `references/` directory:

| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| [Page Object Model (Playwright/TypeScript)](references/page-object-model-playwrighttypescript.md) | Page Object Model (Playwright/TypeScript) |
| [Test Fixtures and Factories](references/test-fixtures-and-factories.md) | Test Fixtures and Factories |
| [Custom Test Utilities](references/custom-test-utilities.md) | Custom Test Utilities |
| [Configuration Management](references/configuration-management.md) | Configuration Management |
| [Custom Reporter](references/custom-reporter.md) | Custom Reporter |
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