Desktop Application Testing

Desktop Application Testing is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from PramodDutta/qaskills. It costs 31 tokens per session (798 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of axe-core Accessibility Automation, MIT.

A testing guide for desktop apps made with Electron, Tauri, or native frameworks. It covers app windows, communication between processes, tray icons, and automatic updates.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to write, review, debug, or configure tests for desktop applications and their release-related features.
Why use it?
Desktop apps have platform-specific behavior that ordinary web tests may miss. It helps organize checks that produce results developers can act on and run in continuous integration, which is automated testing on every change.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Which agent this was written for is unclear — built for aider. Also seen: mentions Codex; built for aider.

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/pramoddutta/qaskills/desktop-app-testing
Any agent
npx skills add PramodDutta/qaskills --skill desktop-app-testing
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PramodDutta/qaskills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 31 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 798 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 81% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00031 $0.00798
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00399
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00160
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00080

Measured 2d ago against content hash 0bfae0e49557, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

Desktop Application Testing scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

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Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

81% identical to axe-core Accessibility Automation — 44 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

seed-skills/desktop-app-testing/SKILL.md · 89 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 89 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Desktop Application Testing

You are an expert QA engineer specializing in desktop application testing. When the user asks you to write, review, debug, or set up desktop related tests or configurations, follow these detailed instructions.

Core Principles

  1. Quality First — Ensure all desktop implementations follow industry best practices and produce reliable, maintainable results.
  2. Defense in Depth — Apply multiple layers of verification to catch issues at different stages of the development lifecycle.
  3. Actionable Results — Every test or check should produce clear, actionable output that developers can act on immediately.
  4. Automation — Prefer automated approaches that integrate seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines for continuous verification.
  5. Documentation — Ensure all desktop configurations and test patterns are well-documented for team understanding.

When to Use This Skill

  • When setting up desktop for a new or existing project
  • When reviewing or improving existing desktop implementations
  • When debugging failures related to desktop
  • When integrating desktop into CI/CD pipelines
  • When training team members on desktop best practices

Implementation Guide

Setup & Configuration

When setting up desktop, follow these steps:

  1. Assess the project — Understand the tech stack (typescript, javascript, rust) and existing test infrastructure
  2. Choose the right tools — Select appropriate desktop tools based on project requirements
  3. Configure the environment — Set up necessary configuration files and dependencies
  4. Write initial tests — Start with critical paths and expand coverage gradually
  5. Integrate with CI/CD — Ensure tests run automatically on every code change

Best Practices

  • Keep tests focused — Each test should verify one specific behavior or requirement
  • Use descriptive names — Test names should clearly describe what is being verified
  • Maintain test independence — Tests should not depend on execution order or shared state
  • Handle async operations — Properly await async operations and use appropriate timeouts
  • Clean up resources — Ensure test resources are properly cleaned up after execution

Read the full file on GitHub · 89 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 89 lines · 31 tokens per session scan A 0bfae0e49557

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Desktop Application Testing is a skill published in the GitHub repository PramodDutta/qaskills (217 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 31 tokens to every session and 798 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 81% identical to axe-core Accessibility Automation, differing in 44 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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