web-testing

v2026.09.24

L2 AI-driven web UI testing for a React/Vite dashboard app. Originally authored against the Onsager Dashboard (the body's route table + file paths are Onsager-shaped); other React dashboards fork the procedure and substitute their own routes / test paths. Use when testing UI on PRs, triaging L1 test failures, or verifying UI behavior at desktop + mobile viewports. Triggers include "test the UI", "check the dashboard", "triage L1 failure", "run L2 tests", "validate this PR", "exploratory test the web app".

GitHub
Install command
npx skhub add onsager-ai/web-testing
Markdown
SKILL.md

Web Testing Protocol (L2)

Exploratory, AI-driven validation of dashboard UI changes — not regression testing. Regression coverage is L1's job (smoke + e2e suites under the dashboard's test directories). L2 catches things L1 misses: layout bugs, mobile regressions, interaction flows that only fail in a real browser.

Adopting in another repo: the procedure (read diff → map to routes → run agent-browser at two viewports → screenshot → verdict) is repo-agnostic. The route table, test paths, and verdict schema below are examples from onsager-ai/onsager. Fork the skill and replace those concrete bits for your own dashboard.

When to invoke

  • A PR touches apps/dashboard/**
  • L1 e2e fails and you need to know if it's a real regression, flaky, or env
  • Someone says "validate the UI" / "dogfood this change"

The app under test

The CI pipeline builds crates/stiglab/deploy/Dockerfile — a single image bundling the Rust backends (stiglab + synodic) and the prebuilt dashboard SPA. It listens on http://localhost:3000.

Primary routes:

RoutePageHeading
/Factory overviewFactory
/sessionsSessions listSessions
/sessions/:idSession detail— (dynamic)
/nodesNodes listNodes
/artifactsArtifacts listArtifacts
/spineEvent spine viewer— (dynamic)
/governanceGovernanceGovernance
/settingsSettings + credentialsSettings

Viewports (always test both)

  • Desktop: agent-browser set viewport 1280 720
  • Mobile: agent-browser set viewport 375 812

Mobile matters — the dashboard ships with a responsive layout (see the md: breakpoints throughout). Horizontal overflow and hidden nav are the top-two regression classes.

Procedure

  1. Read the diff (git diff $DIFF_RANGE) — you will receive DIFF_RANGE as an env var from CI.
  2. Map changes to routes. A change in src/pages/SessionsPage.tsx ⇒ /sessions. A change in src/components/layout/** ⇒ every route.
  3. For each affected route, at each viewport:
    • agent-browser open http://localhost:3000<route>
    • Snapshot the page; verify the heading + key elements render.
    • Actively exercise interactive elements — don't just check markup:
      • Click buttons, submit forms, open dialogs.
      • Verify the result — did the UI state change, did the dialog close, did new data appear? Presence of markup is not proof of working.
    • Check for layout bugs. On mobile especially: horizontal scroll is a failure; a nav that blocks content is a failure.
    • agent-browser screenshot --screenshot-dir /tmp/l2-screenshots then rename the output to {route-slug}-{desktop|mobile}.png.
  4. Crystallize findings. When you validate new behavior or catch a bug whose fix you can describe, write a deterministic L1 test under apps/dashboard/tests/smoke/ (component-level) or apps/dashboard/tests/e2e/ (browser-level). This is how L2 discoveries become permanent L1 coverage.
  5. Emit the verdict. Return JSON matching tests/l2-verdict-schema.json:
    • PASS if every affected route passes at both viewports.
    • FAIL if any route fails; include the specific failure in viewports[].issues[].

Triage mode

When invoked after an L1 e2e failure, your job is different:

  1. Read the failing test file(s) under apps/dashboard/tests/e2e/.
  2. Reproduce against http://localhost:3000 with agent-browser.
  3. For each failure, classify: regression (real bug), flaky (intermittent / timing), or environment (test harness or CI issue).
  4. Return JSON matching tests/l2-triage-schema.json with root cause and suggested fix.

Guardrails

  • Scope to the diff. Don't re-test the whole app on a one-line change.
  • Screenshots are required evidence — no screenshot, the viewport didn't run.
  • Don't invent routes. If a new route was added in the diff, use that one; otherwise stick to the table above.
  • Keep it cheap. One browser session per viewport is plenty.
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v2026.09.24

Published

Sep 24, 2026

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