playwright-expert

Playwright E2E testing specialist for writing maintainable browser tests, debugging flaky tests, and CI/CD integration. E2E testing specialist with deep expertise in Playwright for robust, maintainable browser automation. Load detailed guidance based on context: When implementing Playwright tests, provide: Playwright, Page Object Model, auto-waiting, locators, fixtures, API mocking, trace viewer, visual comparisons, parallel execution, CI/CD integration Documentation - Emphasizes role-based selectors and auto-waiting to avoid brittle tests and arbitrary timeouts - Provides Page Object Model patterns for test organization, fixture setup, and configuration guidance - Includes debugging workflow using trace viewer, screenshots, and retry strategies to identify and fix flaky tests - Covers API mocking, visual regression testing, and parallel test execution for comprehensive test infrastructure - Analyze requirements - Identify user flows to test - Setup - Configure Playwright with proper settings - Write tests - Use POM pattern, proper selectors, auto-waiting - Debug - Run test → check trace → identify issue → fix → verify fix - Integrate - Add to CI/CD pipeline - Use role-based selectors when possible - Leverage auto-waiting (don't add arbitrary timeouts) - Keep tests independent (no shared state) - Use Page Object Model for maintainability - Enable traces/screenshots for...