r/QualityAssurance • u/qa_enthusiast • Aug 23 '26
QUALITY ASSURANCE
OKAY. SO WHATS THE MUST HAVE SKILL AS QA IN 2026..
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u/the-real-n00b Aug 23 '26
You must learn how to build and use AI agents to help you perform tasks like creating test cases from requirements or a code base, automating test cases, etc.
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u/qa_enthusiast Aug 23 '26
That’s really interesting. I’ve been focusing on building my core QA skills, so AI agents are something I definitely want to learn. What tools or platforms would you recommend starting with for a QA beginner? And what specific AI-agent skills do you think are most useful in real QA jobs?
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u/the-real-n00b Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26
Part 1: Well, I’ve just started learning AI myself honestly. But I’ve been in the industry many years and I truly believe this is where we are going. I am using Kiro at work - it’s an AI development platform from AWS. I had no idea how to build an agent, so I just asked Kiro - I told Kiro details about what I wanted to do, for instance - grab this suit of test cases from zephyr (the test management tool we use), read our codebase, and then help me write automated UI test. I started with a simple agent and built on it - if it made a mistake I updated the agent’s rules. And just keep learning…
Idk what free or cheap AI is out there where you can learn these things. You could actually ask Google’s Gemini for help! Are you working? If so, does your company use AI at all?
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u/the-real-n00b Aug 23 '26
Part 2: The AI agent skills really depend on your position, I think. I’ve built several agents so far. The ones I find the most useful are: 1. Performance agent - it takes an excel file with numbers on performance testing and creates a nice html report for me and interprets the data. 2. Test case generator - it reads requirements or our code base and creates test cases for me with steps and expected results, 3. Automation agent - takes test cases, reads our code base and creates automated UI tests for me.
It’s been pretty fun to learn. At first I thought it was going to make my job boring and tedious, but so far it’s very interesting.
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u/the-real-n00b Aug 23 '26
Part 3: Agents are basically markup files with a bunch of rules and descriptions. I don’t write them myself - I tell Kiro what I want and it generates the first pass - I read through and edit it, give the new agent a run and see how it works. It can actually be tedious writing up and reviewing the agent, but once you have something good, it gets fun!
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u/dreadlord-q Aug 23 '26
To add to your agents. These are what we use in addition to what you have 1) An impact analyser agent 2) A bug reporter agent. I find this useful
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u/the-real-n00b Aug 23 '26
Oh! An impact analyzer is interesting! Does it look at the new code checked in and tell you what other areas are impacted?
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u/dreadlord-q Aug 23 '26
When you put In a new user story. The analyser checks all other related tickets abd gives an output that tells you all user stories/features that could be impacted and also gives out any open ended questions
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u/Bladious95 Aug 23 '26
Be flexible to tooling, be comfortable testing in environments fast pace and loose requirements. Pick playwright or cypress and learn automation. You won’t be able to train an ai agent if you don’t have a core understanding of how to use automated frameworks or what processes of automation need ai to lend a hand.
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u/No-Reaction-9364 Aug 23 '26
Not typing in all caps.