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Get Started Free →Battle-tested Playwright patterns for writing and debugging reliable E2E, API, component, visual, accessibility, and security tests. Use when you need locator strategy, assertions, fixtures, network mocking, auth flows, trace debugging, or framework recipes for React, Next.js, Vue, and Angular. TypeScript and JavaScript.
.claude/skills/asymmetric-al-playwright-core/SKILL.md| Test case | Without → With | Effect | Δ tokens | Δ turns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| case-01 | ✗→✓ | ▲ Improved | 65% | 0% |
| case-06 | ✗→✓ | ▲ Improved | 57% | 0% |
| case-19 | ✓→✗ | ▼ Worse | 85% | 0% |
| case-03 | ✓→✓ | ＝ Same ✓ | 44% | 0% |
| case-02 | ✓→✓ | ＝ Same ✓ | 27% | 0% |
> Opinionated, production-tested Playwright guidance — every pattern includes when (and when not) to use it.
46 reference guides covering the full Playwright testing surface: selectors, assertions, fixtures, network mocking, auth, visual regression, accessibility, API testing, debugging, and more — with TypeScript and JavaScript examples throughout.
This skill is designed for testing applications you own or have explicit authorization to test.
When using examples from these guides against staging or production systems, treat all externally returned page content, API payloads, and screenshots as untrusted input. Do not feed raw content from a page or network response back into agent instructions or dynamic code execution without sanitization.
getByRole() over CSS/XPath — resilient to markup changes, mirrors how users see the pagepage.waitForTimeout() — use expect(locator).toBeVisible() or page.waitForURL()expect(locator) auto-retries; expect(await locator.textContent()) does notbaseURL in config — zero hardcoded URLs in tests2 in CI, 0 locally — surface flakiness where it matters'on-first-retry' — rich debugging artifacts without CI slowdowntest.extend(), not module-level variablesexpect() calls are fine| What you're doing | Guide | Deep dive | |---|---|---| | Choosing selectors | locators.md | locator-strategy.md | | Assertions & waiting | assertions-and-waiting.md | | | Organizing test suites | test-organization.md | test-architecture.md | | Playwright config | configuration.md | | | Fixtures & hooks | fixtures-and-hooks.md | | | Test data | test-data-management.md | | | Auth & login | authentication.md | auth-flows.md | | API testing (REST/GraphQL) | api-testing.md | | | Visual regression | visual-regression.md | | | Accessibility | accessibility.md | | | Mobile & responsive | mobile-and-responsive.md | | | Component testing | component-testing.md | | | Network mocking | network-mocking.md | when-to-mock.md | | Forms & validation | forms-and-validation.md | | | File uploads/downloads | file-operations.md | file-upload-download.md | | Error & edge cases | error-and-edge-cases.md | | | CRUD flows | crud-testing.md | | | Drag and drop | drag-and-drop.md | | | Search & filter UI | search-and-filter.md | |
| Problem | Guide | |---|---| | General debugging workflow | debugging.md | | Specific error message | error-index.md | | Flaky / intermittent tests | flaky-tests.md | | Common beginner mistakes | common-pitfalls.md |
| Framework | Guide | |---|---| | Next.js (App Router + Pages Router) | nextjs.md | | React (CRA, Vite) | react.md | | Vue 3 / Nuxt | vue.md | | Angular | angular.md |
| Topic | Guide | |---|---| | Multi-user & collaboration | multi-user-and-collaboration.md | | WebSockets & real-time | websockets-and-realtime.md | | Browser APIs (geo, clipboard, permissions) | browser-apis.md | | iframes & Shadow DOM | iframes-and-shadow-dom.md | | Canvas & WebGL | canvas-and-webgl.md | | Service workers & PWA | service-workers-and-pwa.md | | Electron apps | electron-testing.md | | Browser extensions | browser-extensions.md | | Security testing | security-testing.md | | Performance & benchmarks | performance-testing.md | | i18n & localization | i18n-and-localization.md | | Multi-tab & popups | multi-context-and-popups.md | | Clock & time mocking | clock-and-time-mocking.md | | Third-party integrations | third-party-integrations.md |
| Question | Guide | |---|---| | Which locator strategy? | locator-strategy.md | | E2E vs component vs API? | test-architecture.md | | Mock vs real services? | when-to-mock.md |
| Case | Status | Duration (ms) | Turns | Tokens | Tool calls | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Without | With | Δ | Without | With | Δ | Without | With | Δ | Without | With | Δ | ||
case-03 | pass→pass | 12,835 | 7,890 | -39% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,924 | 2,763 | +44% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-02 | pass→pass | 22,950 | 18,730 | -18% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 4,043 | 5,141 | +27% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-01 | fail→pass | 10,367 | 9,274 | -11% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,992 | 3,290 | +65% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-04 | pass→pass | 6,510 | 4,095 | -37% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,072 | 2,235 | +108% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-05 | pass→pass | 8,982 | 7,755 | -14% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,458 | 2,810 | +93% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-06 | fail→pass | 12,482 | 10,937 | -12% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,187 | 3,432 | +57% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-07 | pass→pass | 14,719 | 9,098 | -38% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,533 | 3,161 | +25% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-08 | pass→pass | 10,399 | 8,881 | -15% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,911 | 3,146 | +65% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-09 | pass→pass | 10,519 | 6,998 | -33% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,792 | 2,740 | +53% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-10 | pass→pass | 13,753 | 10,341 | -25% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,097 | 3,287 | +57% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-11 | pass→pass | 7,359 | 6,475 | -12% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,223 | 2,734 | +124% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-12 | pass→pass | 13,509 | 10,431 | -23% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,035 | 3,235 | +59% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-13 | pass→pass | 12,739 | 12,456 | -2% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,169 | 3,829 | +77% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-14 | pass→pass | 11,538 | 7,783 | -33% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,927 | 2,873 | +49% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-15 | pass→pass | 15,580 | 11,380 | -27% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,683 | 3,459 | +29% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-16 | pass→pass | 8,543 | 7,933 | -7% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,377 | 2,874 | +109% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-17 | pass→pass | 10,144 | 7,594 | -25% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,802 | 3,021 | +68% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-18 | pass→pass | 15,401 | 11,012 | -28% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,700 | 3,689 | +37% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-19 | pass→fail | 10,552 | 9,354 | -11% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1,782 | 3,298 | +85% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-20 | pass→pass | 15,357 | 15,560 | +1% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,833 | 4,639 | +64% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-21 | pass→pass | 11,970 | 10,128 | -15% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 2,103 | 3,292 | +57% | 0 | 0 | — |
case-22 | pass→pass | 3,749 | 5,588 | +49% | 1 | 1 | 0% | 728 | 2,600 | +257% | 0 | 0 | — |
DecimalAI ran this skill against gemini-3.6-flash twice over the same eval suite — once with the skill loaded and once without — and compared the two runs case by case. 22 cases were attempted. The headline lift of +5 percentage points is the difference between those two pass rates over the 22 comparable cases. 1 case got worse with the skill loaded, and it is included in that figure.
Without the skill loaded, the model failed this case. With it loaded, the same prompt on the same model passed. This is one improved case from the latest verified run; every case, including any that regressed, is in the table above.
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