exploratory-testing SKILL.md skillA
exploratory-testing from petrkindlmann/qa-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add petrkindlmann/qa-skills/exploratory-testing@v2.0Pins v2.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- petrkindlmann/qa-skills
- Path
skills/exploratory-testing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v2.0, committed Jun 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 10, 2026
- Size
- 20,479 bytes
- Repository stars
- 198
- License
- MIT
Design and execute structured exploratory testing sessions. Covers Session-Based Test Management (SBTM), charter writing, heuristic-based exploration (HICCUPS, FEW HICCUPS), bug discovery patterns, note-taking templates, and conversion of findings to automated tests. Use when: "exploratory testing," "SBTM," "manual testing," "bug hunting," "test charter," "heuristic testing." Not for: an AI browser agent autonomously exploring the app from a natural-language goal — use agentic-browser-testing.…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
<objective> Structured exploration that finds bugs scripted tests miss. Exploratory testing is simultaneous learning, test design, and execution -- the tester adapts in real time based on what the application reveals. This skill provides the frameworks to make that exploration systematic, repeatable, and documentable. </objective> --- ## Quick Route Match the situation to a charter pattern and the reference section to open. | Situation | Charter pattern | Open in references | |-----------|-----------------|--------------------| | **New feature** — learn it, find requirement gaps | "Explore [feature] with various roles/data to discover requirement gaps and unexpected behaviors" | Charter examples + session flow in `session-templates.md`; boundary/"what if" banks in `heuristics-and-automation.md` | | **Regression** — a change just landed | "Explore [area] after [change] to discover regressions at integration points" | State-transition heuristics in `heuristics-and-automation.md` | …
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How to install
mdr add petrkindlmann/qa-skills/exploratory-testing@sha256:c0dd7d003ef4f337The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 10, 2026 and Jun 10, 2026, about one every 8 days.
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| v2.0 latest | 2026-06-10 | bcd1201 | 20,479 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-30 | f408ee1 | 16,820 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-30 | d9b4edd | 16,820 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-10 | efa2391 | 23,929 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-05-10 | 0bcda07 | 22,771 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
petrkindlmann/qa-skills · 198 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2jnqiqkyq2on6zmc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=petrkindlmann/qa-skills/exploratory-testing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c0dd7d003ef4f337369a57fa71dea1d2c7a08832706c9fba0526d6eac28ad2e8
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