sumo-qa-creating-test-planlisted
Install: claude install-skill sumithr/sumo-qa
# Creating a Test Plan
Help the user turn a piece of upcoming work into a phased ISTQB-style test plan through natural collaborative dialogue. Walk through scope, risks, criteria, and phases one section at a time, confirming with them after each, until the full plan is on the page. The user has domain context the AI can't infer — surface it through questions, don't assume it.
**Announce at start:** *"Building the formal test plan."*
## Output discipline (mandatory)
Inherits the global discipline from `using-sumo-qa`: **output discipline** (never surface internal taxonomy labels — say *"behaviour change in pricing"*, not *"Classification: business_logic_change"*), **output economy** (spend output on findings not framing; no preamble or self-narration; one question per turn; no closing pleasantries), knowledge authority hierarchy, internal scaffolding stays internal, and specialty-tool fit.
<HARD-GATE>
Do NOT emit a test plan in a single message. Walk through the sections one at a time, getting the user's confirmation or correction between each. A test plan dumped in one turn is a wishlist; a test plan built collaboratively is reviewable.
</HARD-GATE>
## The Iron Law
**NO PLAN WITHOUT EXPLICIT ENTRY AND EXIT CRITERIA.** A document missing either is a wishlist, not a plan.
## When to Use
User intents that trigger this skill:
- "create a test plan for X"
- "draft the formal QA plan I should follow"
- "give me entry/exit criteria for X"
- "I'm starting a major feature —