The Testing Academy

AI for QA, from first principles to shipped agents

Every AI-for-QA guide in one place. Learn the concepts (MCP, RAG, agents), pick up a tool (LangChain, n8n, LangFlow, CrewAI), then build agents you can run against real suites.

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Six modules from AI fundamentals to a shipped QA copilot. Live cohort, real projects, mentorship.

Concept pillars

Start here. The ideas every AI-powered tester needs, each with a playable diagram.

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Seven AI Skills Every QA Needs

Seven bullet-point tutorials with fifteen diagrams: NotebookLM interview prep, prompt vs skill vs agent, RAG basics, Playwright CLI, LLM evaluation, Cursor, and your own skill directory.

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AI Fluency: the 4D Framework

Anthropic's free AI Fluency course in one page: Delegation, Description, Discernment and Diligence in Anthropic's own words, the three modes of AI interaction, the certificate trap between its two official homes, and the framework applied to a QA workflow.

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AI Fluency in Plain English

The same 4D framework with the jargon taken out: a simple analogy for each D and each mode, how each one usually goes wrong, and the QA version.

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Claude 101: concept reference

Every key concept from the official course on one page, organised for revision: the prompt formula, Projects, Artifacts, Skills, Connectors, Research mode, and the cheatsheet.

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Claude 101: course walkthrough

Work through Anthropic's free Claude 101 course module by module and earn the certificate: all five modules explained, projects, artifacts, skills, connectors and research, plus a fifteen-question self-test with answers.

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Claude Code 101 Study Guide

Anthropic free Claude Code course on one page, in its own running order, plus ten self-test questions with answers covering everything the quiz can draw on.

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Agent Skills Study Guide

Anthropic free Introduction to agent skills course on one page, with seven hand-drawn diagrams, eight self-test questions, and every place the course and the current docs now disagree.

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Model Context Protocol Study Guide

Anthropic free Introduction to MCP course on one page, with seven hand-drawn diagrams, eight self-test questions, and the SDK rename that stops the course code running today.

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Inside the DeepEval Framework

A chatbot and a RAG pipeline graded by a second language model: the five step loop, twenty five metrics grouped by the failure they catch, a twenty seven prompt attack library, and the four ways the numbers lie.

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AI Tester Blueprint 3x Hackathon

Every project the 3x batch shipped: ten winners, thirty three projects with screenshots and live demos you can click through, and all forty one entries.

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Batch Setup Guide

Get your machine ready: local LLM, Groq key, VS Code and Copilot, Antigravity, GitHub, LangFlow, n8n, Command Code, OpenCode.

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20 hands-on AI projects

The project track for the batch: twenty build-it-yourself projects that take you from a first prompt to shipped QA agents, with the docs for each.

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MCP for QA

How the Model Context Protocol lets an agent drive Playwright, read your repo, and file bugs.

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MCP Went Stateless

The spec revision read as a diff: sessions out, self-contained requests in, MRTR, ttlMs caching, the deprecation clock, and what it breaks in your tests.

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RAG for QA

Ground AI test generation in your own specs and past bugs, so every case traces to a real requirement.

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AI Agents for QA

The reason-act-observe loop, agent frameworks, and self-healing tests, step by step.

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LLM vs AI Agent

Why an LLM only predicts text, while an agent acts, remembers, and verifies.

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Prompt vs Skill vs Agent

Prompt, vibe-coded prompt, skill file, or agent: what each is and when to reach for it.

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ML vs AI vs DL Engineer

Three titles, three different jobs: who trains models, who ships on foundation models, who designs the networks, and the litmus questions that decode any posting.

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How a Transformer Predicts the Next Token

One sentence walked through the whole machine: tokens, embeddings, attention, logits, softmax, decoding, and why probable is not the same as true.

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The LangChain family

Three deep pillars: build chains and agents, add state and cycles, then trace and gate them. LangChain v1 accurate.

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LangChain for QA

Compose testable LLM chains and agents with LCEL, tools, and RAG to generate tests and triage bugs.

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LangGraph for QA

Stateful agent graphs with cycles for retry-until-green and self-healing tests, plus multi-agent crews.

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LangSmith for QA

Trace agent runs, build datasets and evaluators, and gate CI so LLM tests stop silently regressing.

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Visual workflow builders

Two low-code pillars: build an agent on a canvas, then wire it into CI. Each with a playable diagram and a six-stage roadmap.

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LangFlow for QA

Build LLM test agents on a visual canvas, turn them into bug-triage agents, then export the flow as an API for CI.

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n8n for QA

Automate testing workflows on a node canvas, add an AI Agent node for smart triage, and trigger it from CI.

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Eval tools

Three pillars for testing LLM output: pytest-native metrics, config-driven prompt matrices, and LLM-as-judge functions. Each with a playable diagram and a six-stage roadmap.

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DeepEval for QA

Unit-test LLM outputs in pytest with G-Eval and RAG metrics like faithfulness, then gate CI.

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promptfoo for QA

Declare prompts, providers, and assertions in one YAML file, run the matrix, and compare models side by side.

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OpenEvals for QA

LLM-as-judge evals with prebuilt and custom rubrics, wired into pytest and LangSmith.

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Tools and frameworks

Build with a specific stack: orchestration, workflows, and visual agent builders.

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LangChain field guide

Zero to three working QA agents: Bug Triage, RCA, and Test Designer.

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n8n Complete Tutorial

Install n8n on local, Docker, and cloud, then wire up AI workflow nodes.

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QA Agents with LangFlow

Three production QA agents in LangFlow and Groq: Bug Triage, Flaky Analyzer, API Contract Validator.

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CrewAI + Jira MCP

A four-agent CrewAI pipeline that turns a Jira ticket into test plans, cases, and Playwright scripts.

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Claude Code Plugins for QA

The best Claude Code plugins for SDETs: Superpowers, Caveman, Frontend Design, and more.

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API Contract Validator

Build an API contract validation agent in LangFlow, step by step.

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cmux for QA and SDET

Run parallel AI coding agents side by side with cmux.

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Agents and skills to build

Hands-on projects. Copy the skill, run it, ship the report.

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Bug Triage AI Agent

Triage a bug end to end: severity P0-P4, root cause, tests, and a clean HTML report.

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Flaky Test AI Agent

Score every test for flakiness across repeat runs, on Playwright or Selenium.

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Copilot Test-Plan Builder

A Copilot skill that turns a Jira story into PDF and XLSX test plans, plus a 36-skill STLC suite.

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Skill Masterclass for QA

The Skills Masterclass companion: why a prompt has no leverage, the two shapes of a skill, where the folder lives per tool, the human review gate, guardrails, and how to validate a skill you did not write.

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QA Code-Review Skill

Build a SKILL.md that makes Copilot review Playwright diffs against your QA policy, and verify locators live through Playwright MCP. Works in agent mode and on PRs.

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QA Buddy: your AI copilot

The capstone: a multi-source RAG copilot built over your own QA knowledge.

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Masterclasses

Long-form deep dives. Each one ships working code, hand-drawn diagrams, and something you can download and run.

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Skills Masterclass

Build agent skills that actually work: SKILL.md anatomy, progressive disclosure, and a 36-skill QA suite to download.

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Hermes Agent for QA

An always-on QA operator on a cheap VPS: scheduled triage, zero-token watchdogs, and coding agents dispatched from your phone.

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Hermes: the 22 lessons

The step-by-step companion: every Hermes module as a full lesson with commands and a drill.

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LLM Evals with DeepEval

Score AI output like a tester: LLM-as-judge, the metrics that matter, and a pytest-native eval framework for chatbots and RAG.

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Command Code

The terminal agent that learns your coding taste: install, VS Code sync, and the Windows setup fixes.

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Command Code: the $1 agent

The dollar-a-month Claude Code alternative, with receipts: the CLI, the slash command catalogue, custom commands and skills, and how to make the credits go furthest.

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Caveman Mode

Cut about 75% of your agent's output tokens with full accuracy, across Claude Code, Copilot, Codex, and OpenCode.

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Your Last Day With Fable

Five moves to extract a frontier model's judgment into permanent assets before it moves to pay-per-token.

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AI coding tools for QA

One masterclass per assistant. Same QA jobs, each tool's own rules, skills, and agent modes.

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Claude Code for QA

Slash commands, CLAUDE.md, Skills, Subagents, Hooks, MCP, and Playwright MCP for agentic testing.

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Codex for QA

AGENTS.md, Skills, Subagents, Hooks, MCP, model routing, and AI code review for QA workflows.

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GitHub Copilot for QA

Copilot, custom skills, and the Jira MCP to generate test plans, cases, and bug reports across the STLC.

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Copilot for QA: Top 10

Custom instructions, context variables, slash commands, agent mode, Playwright MCP, the coding agent, and the CLI.

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Cursor for QA

Privacy-aware setup, project rules, bounded agent modes, Playwright assets, MCP, CLI review, and Bugbot.

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Cursor for QA: the lessons

Twelve lessons: rules, context, test design, Playwright automation, deterministic verification, MCP, and Bugbot.

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Cursor Masterclass for QA

The customization reference: project rules, skills, subagents, hooks, run modes and permissions, MCP, the headless CLI in CI, and Bugbot on review duty.

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Kiro for QA

Steering, EARS requirements, feature and bugfix specs, correctness properties, hooks, Playwright MCP, and Powers.

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Kiro for QA: the lessons

Twelve lessons: specs, steering, EARS, traceability, property-based tests, hooks, MCP, and permissions.

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Playwright with AI agents

Three ways to put agents on a real browser: the MCP server, the agent loop, and the agent-friendly CLI.

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Playwright 1.62 for QA

Isolated retries, virtual passkeys, the new component model, WebP snapshots, and the MCP server bundled in, with a one-week adoption plan.

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Playwright MCP + AI Agents

Run the Playwright MCP server and drive a real browser with natural language over the Model Context Protocol.

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Playwright AI Agents

The perceive, reason, act, verify loop: generate tests with AI, self-heal flaky locators, and auto-triage failures.

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Playwright Agent CLI

The token-efficient, agent-friendly browser command line: install, ref-based snapshots, sessions, and skills.

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AI-Native Playwright Orchestration

The 2-day workshop on a fully open-source stack: CLAUDE.md orchestrator, RULES.md constitution, agent skills, and a finale where BrowserBash plus a local Ollama model writes, orchestrates, and runs the automation.

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Methods, quality, and RAG

Process and reliability: spec-driven methods, verification loops, flake control, and retrieval done properly.

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BMAD Method for QA

V6 setup, built-in QA versus Test Architect Enterprise, P0 to P3 risk design, ATDD, NFR evidence, and traceability.

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BMAD for QA: the lessons

Twelve lessons: lifecycle artifacts, TEA workflows, risk-based test design, frameworks, CI, ATDD, and traceability.

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Loop Engineering for QA

Bounded makers, deterministic verification, immutable oracles, evidence manifests, and Playwright repair loops.

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Loop Engineering: the lessons

All eighteen lessons: contracts, verifiers, oracles, evidence manifests, repair loops, STLC, Selenium, and AI eval.

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DeFlaky for QA

Source-audited: real CLI commands, reporter contracts, scoring behaviour, the local dashboard, CI gates, and limits.

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DeFlaky: the lessons

Twelve lessons: flake taxonomy, JUnit and JSON reports, scoring, diagnosis, dashboard, and CI guardrails.

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Advanced RAG for QA

A local Langflow flow with BGE-M3, Nomic, two Chroma collections, reranking, grounded answers, and tuning.

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