Skill: qa-chrome
Visual tests and browser debugging via Chrome. Use to test web pages, verify visual rendering, debug with the console, or automate browser actions. Trigger when the user mentions "visual test", "Chrome", "browser", "browser console", "DOM", "screenshot", "GIF".
Configuration
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Context | inline |
| Pre-approved tools | None declared: the project's permission settings apply |
| Trigger | manual only — run /qa-chrome |
Detailed description
Visual Tests and Chrome Debugging (pointer)
DevTools features (network inspection, profiling, accessibility tree, console replay) are canonical at the Chrome team's ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp (Apache-2.0). Since 2026 it ships seven skills next to its MCP server: chrome-devtools, chrome-devtools-cli, a11y-debugging, debug-optimize-lcp, memory-leak-debugging, cookie-debugging, troubleshooting.
# The plugin bundles the skills and the MCP server. The marketplace follows the vendor's default
# branch: what you get is the plugin.json there (chrome-devtools-mcp@1.10.1 on 2026-10-04).
/plugin marketplace add ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp
/plugin install chrome-devtools-mcp@chrome-devtools-plugins
# MCP server only, pinned by us (the vendor's docs show @latest)
claude mcp add chrome-devtools --scope user npx chrome-devtools-mcp@1.10.1
This skill scopes to the manual-review checklist when using Claude Code's --chrome flag — what to look for, not how the API works.
Prerequisites
- Claude Code launched with
--chrome - "Claude in Chrome" extension v1.0.36+
- Google Chrome open (not Brave/Arc/Firefox; no headless mode; WSL unsupported)
Manual-review checklist
When asked to visually validate a page or flow:
- Page loads with no console error
- Layout correct (no overflow, no overlap, no z-index bug)
- Text readable (contrast meets WCAG AA — see
wcag-audit) - Images loaded (no broken sources, lazy-load completes)
- Links functional (no 404 in network panel)
- Forms submittable (validation triggers on bad input)
- Responsive OK across mobile/tablet/desktop breakpoints — see
qa-design(responsive category) - No network error (no 4xx/5xx unless intentional)
Expected output
Structured report:
- Screenshots/GIFs of issues
- List of console + network errors with source location
- Recommendations sorted by severity
- Overall verdict:
OK/Warnings/Errors
See also
chrome-devtools-mcp(vendor MCP server, programmatic layer) —docs/recipes/recommended-vendor-skills.mdqa-designskill — UI/UX heuristics + responsive/breakpoint testing complementwcag-audit— accessibility gate when contrast/readability issues surface- Audit pilot trace:
specs/marketplace-audit/qa-skills-pilot-2026-05-06.md
Manual invocation only
This skill carries disable-model-invocation: true, so Claude cannot load it —
not when keywords match, and not from inside the same-named command either.
Start it yourself with /qa-chrome.
Context inline
Inline means the skill runs in the conversation (the default, no context key):
- Sees the full history
- Its work is visible as it happens
- Right for almost every skill