Purpose
Equip QA teams with a thorough test strategy document ready to align with engineering and product before delivery begins.
Pre-run Checklist
- •✅ Review discovery risk assessment outcomes.
- •✅ Gather architectural diagrams and integration dependencies.
- •✅ Confirm available automation frameworks and environment readiness.
Invocation Guidance
bash
codex run --skill definition.test_strategy \
--vars "feature={{feature}}" \
"scope={{scope}}" \
"non_functional={{non_functional}}" \
"constraints={{constraints}}"
Recommended Input Attachments
- •Historical defect data or production incident summaries.
- •Existing test plans or automation coverage reports.
Claude Workflow Outline
- •Summarize feature scope, risks, and constraints.
- •Define testing objectives tied to quality risks and success metrics.
- •Produce a coverage matrix mapping test types to owners, environments, and tooling.
- •Outline milestones with entry/exit criteria and reporting cadence.
- •Highlight dependencies, data needs, and automation investments.
Output Template
code
## Test Strategy Overview
Feature: {{feature}}
Scope: {{scope}}
## Testing Objectives
- Objective — Risk addressed — Metric
## Coverage Matrix
| Test Type | Owner | Environment | Tooling | Automation | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
## Milestones & Criteria
| Milestone | Entry Criteria | Exit Criteria | Target Date | Owner |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
## Dependencies & Data Needs
- Dependency:
- Mitigation:
Follow-up Actions
- •Review strategy with engineering and product leadership for sign-off.
- •Translate coverage needs into executable test cases in the test management tool.
- •Track progress and update strategy as scope evolves.