# ui-test

Adversarial UI testing skill that drives a real browser through the browse CLI: tests what a git diff touched, or explores the app to find bugs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 installs · ★ 3742
- Author: browserbase
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/browserbase/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/ui-test/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ui-test

## What it does

It drives a real browser through the `browse` CLI and treats each feature as something to break: double clicks, empty submits, a wall of pasted text, Escape pressed mid-flow. Two ways in. Diff-driven mode reads the git diff and touches only the screens that changed; exploratory mode walks the app looking for bugs nobody wrote a test for.

A run is split between a coordinator and sub-agents. The main agent writes three planning rounds itself (functional, adversarial, coverage gaps), merges them into one numbered list, groups the tests, then hands each group to a sub-agent and collects the results. Sub-agents execute only what they were assigned and answer with `STEP_PASS`, `STEP_FAIL` or `STEP_SKIP`, saving a screenshot to `.context/ui-test-screenshots/` for every failure.

Setup comes first. The CLI is `npm install -g browse`; a deployed site also needs `BROWSERBASE_API_KEY` and the cookie-sync skill. Worth knowing before you fan out a run: sub-agents do not stop on their own, so the main agent has to put an explicit `browse` step budget into every prompt it writes, otherwise a group keeps going past the point where it had anything left to check.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill ui-test -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill ui-test -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill ui-test -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install browserbase/skills ui-test
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill ui-test -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/browserbase/skills --path skills/ui-test
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill ui-test -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/browserbase/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/ui-test/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- QA a pull request by testing only the screens its diff touched
- Find form bugs: empty fields, oversized input, rapid repeats of the same click
- Audit a page for keyboard access and axe-core violations
- See where a layout breaks on mobile viewports
- Catch console errors on a deployed site

## Example prompts
- Read the git diff for this branch and test only the changed screens in the browser
- QA this pull request: walk the signup form, empty states and validation errors
- Explore the app in exploratory mode and find bugs I didn't plan for

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: ui-test
description: "AI-powered adversarial UI testing via the browse CLI. Analyzes git diffs to test only what changed, or explores the full app to find bugs. Tests functional correctness, accessibility, responsive layout, and UX heuristics. Use when the user asks to test UI changes, QA a pull request, audit accessibility, or run exploratory testing. Supports local browser (localhost) and remote Browserbase (deployed sites)."
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: browserbase
  version: "0.4.0"
allowed-tools: Bash Read Glob Grep Agent
compatibility: "Requires the browse CLI (`npm install -g browse`). For remote testing: BROWSERBASE_API_KEY and cookie-sync skill."
---

# UI Test — Agentic UI Testing Skill

Test UI changes in a real browser. Your job is to **try to break things**, not confirm they work.

Three workflows:
- **Diff-driven** — analyze a git diff, test only what changed
- **Exploratory** — navigate the app, find bugs the developer didn't think about
- **Parallel** — fan out independent test groups across multiple Browserbase browsers

## How Testing Works

The main agent **coordinates** — it plans test strategy, delegates to sub-agents, and merges results. Sub-agents do the actual browser testing.

### Planning: multiple angles, then execute once

**You MUST complete all three planning rounds yourself and output them before launching any sub-agents.** Planning happens in your own response — it is NOT delegated to sub-agents. Do not skip ahead to execution.

**Round 1 — Functional:** What are the core user flows? What should work? Write out each test as: action → expected result.

**Round 2 — Adversarial:** Re-read Round 1. What did you miss? Think about: different user types/roles, error paths, empty states, race conditions, edge inputs (empty, huge, special chars, rapid clicks).

**Round 3 — Coverage gaps:** Re-read Rounds 1–2. What about: accessibility (axe-core, keyboard-only), mobile viewports, console errors, visual consistency with the rest of the app?

**Deduplicate:** Merge all three rounds into one numbered list of tests. Remove overlaps. Assign each test to a group (e.g. Group A, Group B).

**Then execute once** — launch one sub-agent per group. Each sub-agent receives its specific list of tests to run, nothing more. Sub-agents do not explore or plan — they execute assigned tests and report results.

Output the three rounds, the merged plan, and the group assignments in your response before calling any Agent tool.

### Principles for splitting work
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