qa-changes SKILL.md skillA
qa-changes from openhands/extensions is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add openhands/extensions/qa-changes@git:20261004.98e5f65Pins git:20261004.98e5f65 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- openhands/extensions
- Path
skills/qa-changes/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261004.98e5f65, committed Oct 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 4, 2026
- Size
- 17,224 bytes
- Repository stars
- 179
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to "QA a pull request", "test PR changes", "verify a PR works", "functionally test changes", or when an automated workflow triggers QA validation of code changes. Provides a structured methodology for setting up the environment, exercising changed behavior, and reporting results.
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
# QA Changes Validate pull request changes by actually running the code — not just reading it. The goal is to verify that new behavior works as the PR claims, existing behavior is not broken, and the repository remains healthy after the change. The bar is high: test the way a thorough human QA engineer would. If the PR changes a web UI, spin up the server and verify it in a real browser. If it changes a CLI, run the CLI with real inputs. Do not settle for "the tests pass" — actually use the software. ## Core Methodology QA proceeds in four phases. Complete each phase in order. If a phase fails, report the failure and stop. ### Phase 1: Understand the Change Read the PR diff, title, and description. **Identify the goal of this PR** — this is the single most important thing to understand before proceeding. A PR might fix a bug, add a feature, refactor code, improve performance, update documentation, or something else entirely. Check: 1. **The PR description "Why" / "Summary" section** — what is the author trying to accomplish? …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add openhands/extensions/qa-changes@sha256:d0c65cb81a5373d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261004.98e5f65, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_o4zx5zq62i3tfbyj)
5 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.
Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 4, 2026 and Oct 4, 2026, about one every 153 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261004.98e5f65 latest | 2026-10-04 | 98e5f65 | 17,224 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260504.d834884 | 2026-05-04 | d834884 | 14,712 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (17224 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
openhands/extensions · 179 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_o4zx5zq62i3tfbyj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openhands/extensions/qa-changes GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d0c65cb81a5373d563698bfb2b28198cd0736cec99ce825a7e73872478d1d2b0
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.