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agentic-playwright test-standards.instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from idavidov13/agentic-playwright. It costs 3,234 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of rules for writing and organizing Playwright tests, which automate checks in web browsers. It defines which test fixtures, tags, assertions, cleanup steps, and file locations to use.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding or reviewing Playwright tests. It helps classify tests, choose their location and type, apply one required tag, and add cleanup for tests that change state.
Why use it?
It prevents inconsistent test structure and common testing mistakes, such as using fixed delays or leaving changed data behind. It also makes each test’s purpose easier to identify.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is idavidov13/agentic-playwright's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on agentic-playwright itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything agentic-playwright configures →

Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is import { expect, test } from '../../../fixtures/pom/test-options';.

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to idavidov13/agentic-playwright. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
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.github/instructions/test-standards.instructions.md · 278 lines

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The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 278 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Test Standards

Critical

  • Imports: Import test and expect from fixtures/pom/test-options.ts. NEVER from @playwright/test in spec files.
  • Single-tag rule: Each test has exactly one tag chosen from @smoke | @sanity | @regression | @e2e | @api | @destructive. NEVER combine tags. NEVER use @functional. NEVER put tags on test.describe() blocks.
  • @destructive is the heaviest tag and always wins — but only for shared/global state. A test that mutates state other tests or users depend on (locale, permissions, roles, guest access, feature flags, global settings) is tagged only @destructive. A test that creates and deletes only its own data is isolated, not destructive — tag it by importance (@smoke / @sanity / @regression / @e2e / @api).
  • Every state-mutating test must have test.afterEach() or test.afterAll() cleanup that reverts the change — both @destructive shared-state tests and isolated tests that write their own data.
  • Web-first assertions only (await expect(locator).toBeVisible(), .toHaveText(), .toBeEnabled(), .toHaveCount(...), etc.). NEVER page.waitForTimeout(...).
  • Use test.step() for Given/When/Then structure when a test has more than one distinct phase (setup, action, assertion).
  • Tests must be independent. No ordering dependencies, no shared mutable state across tests.
  • NEVER commit explore-only or debug test files (.spec.ts containing console.log(await page.content()), temporary probes, etc.).
  • Static test data is imported from .ts modules (test-data/static/**/*.ts) via named as const exports. NEVER .json.
  • Dynamic happy-path data comes from Faker factories (test-data/factories/{area}/); universal type-mismatch arrays from test-data/static/util/invalid-values.ts; domain-specific curated sets from test-data/static/{area}/*.ts. See the data-strategy skill.
  • Page objects are consumed via the fixture (async ({ appPage }) => ...). NEVER new PageObject(page) inside a test.
  • After adding or modifying a test file, run the affected tests and confirm zero failures before finishing the task.

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agentic-playwright test-standards.instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository idavidov13/agentic-playwright (241 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,234 tokens to every session, about $0.0129 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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