qa-testing

QA Testing

Verify that a page, feature, or site is working before declaring it shipped. Stack-agnostic. Console-snippet driven for speed.

This skill is faster than accessibility-audit (which goes deeper on WCAG) and performance-optimization (which goes deeper on Core Web Vitals). Use this skill for general QA. Use the specialists for deep audits.

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When to use

• After every deploy (smoke test)
• After launching a new page or feature (standard audit)
• Before a major release (full release matrix)
• Investigating a "something looks off" report
• Pre-launch verification of a site or section

When NOT to use

• Deep accessibility compliance work (use accessibility-audit)
• Deep performance investigation (use performance-optimization)
• Code review or debugging (use code-review-web)
• Initial site setup or technical SEO baseline (use seo-technical)

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Required inputs

• The page URL or site under test
• The tier of QA needed (smoke, standard, or full)
• Browser dev tools access
• Any specific concerns to check beyond the standard tier

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The framework: 3 tiers

QA scales with the stakes. Pick the tier that matches the context.

Tier	When to run	Time	Coverage
Smoke	After every deploy	2 minutes	Critical signals only
Standard	New page or feature	10 minutes	On-page basics, accessibility, structure
Full	Major release, pre-launch	30+ minutes	Comprehensive across all dimensions

Tier 1: Smoke test

The 2-minute "did the deploy break anything obvious?" check. Run after every deploy.

Console snippet (paste in browser dev tools):

const smoke = {
  title: document.title,
  titleLen: document.title.length,
  canonical: document.querySelector('link[rel="canonical"]')?.href,
  h1Count: document.querySelectorAll('h1').length,
  missingAlts: [...document.querySelectorAll('img')].filter(i => !i.hasAttribute('alt')).length,
  schema: [...document.querySelectorAll('script[type="application/ld+json"]')]
    .map(s => { try { return JSON.parse(s.innerText)['@type'] } catch(e) { return 'invalid' } }),
  brokenImages: [...document.querySelectorAll('img')].filter(i => !i.complete || i.naturalWidth === 0).length,
};
console.log(JSON.stringify(smoke, null, 2));