manual-tester agent skill by tronghieu

At a glance

Before you install

Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.

• Bundled scripts: 4 script files (4 Python). Your agent may run them, so read them first.
• Tool permissions requested: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash(curl *), Bash(psql *), Bash(docker *), Bash(jq *), Bash(python3 *) (the allowed-tools field of SKILL.md).
• License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.

Install manual-tester

The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.

npx skills add https://github.com/tronghieu/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/manual-tester

tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tronghieu/agent-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/manual-tester .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"

python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
    --repo tronghieu/agent-skills \
    --path skills/manual-tester

tronghieu/agent-skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.

How the author describes it

Plan and run manual tests of the project's running app. Runs a session in one of five modes: exploratory, verification, smoke, assessment (UX, localization, accessibility, improvement review), or AI probe. Also writes a manual test plan that holds only what automated tests cannot judge. Use whenever the user asks, in any language, for something to be tested by hand or for a manual test plan — "manual test", "exploratory test", "bug hunt", "verify the bug fix", "smoke test", "QA this screen", "review this screen's UX", "what would you improve", "check the localized copy", "test the AI agent's answers", "write manual test cases", "kịch bản test manual" — or assigns a test design, test plan or test-case IDs to execute by hand. Not for writing automated tests.

From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.

Sections in SKILL.md

• Project customization — resolve first
• Session modes
• The project adapter — project/testing/
• The session, step by step
• 0 · Preflight
• 1 · Mission
• 2 · Drive
• 3 · Verify
• 4 · Report
• 5 · Debrief
• Hard rules
• Reference files

Files in the skill folder

• README.md
• README.vi.md
• README.zh.md
• SKILL.md
• assets/templates/environment.md
• assets/templates/environment.toml
• assets/templates/gitignore
• assets/templates/project-readme.md
• assets/templates/verification-queries.md
• customize.toml
• references/adapter-bootstrap.md
• references/assessment-rubric.md
• references/bug-report-template.md
• references/exploration-method.md
• references/proof-discipline.md
• references/session-modes.md
• references/session-note-template.md
• references/test-plan-authoring.md
• references/test-plan-intake.md
• scripts/bootstrap_adapter.py
• scripts/resolve_customization.py
• scripts/test_bootstrap_adapter.py
• scripts/test_resolve_customization.py

Suede Skill Check: 92/100 · A

manual-tester passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.

Where this skill is cited

tronghieu/agent-skills appears in 2 curated lists: VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills, hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code.

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