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Use when the user asks for a formal test plan, entry/exit criteria, or a phased QA approach for a piece of work. Walk the user through scope → risks → entry criteria → phases → exit criteria → residual risks one section at a time, getting confirmation before each step. Heavier than sumo-qa-preparing-for-work; use when the work is tracked or formally reviewed.
sumithr/sumo-qa · ★ 4 · Testing & QA · score 70
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 —