Week 2 · Track split
Day 08
Developer trackBA/QA track
Developer track
Extend, automate, review
MCP and connectors
- Course: Introduction to model context protocol.
- Add the GitHub connector; add the Playwright MCP server.
Exercise
Use one MCP tool end-to-end in a session (e.g. query PRs, comment on one).
BA/QA track
Automated testing
Browser automation
- Playwright MCP in a session: drive the training web app by chatting (navigate, fill, assert); Claude in Chrome on a signed-in site; computer-use demo on a GUI-only tool.
Exercise
Automate one real user journey end-to-end from the ticket pack's criteria.
Skills today
Developer track
- MCP connectors (GitHub first): Claude reads real PR/ticket state instead of guesses
How to set up
- Open a terminal in your repo and paste:
claude mcp add --transport http github https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ - Restart the session and sign in when GitHub asks — PR and ticket tools now appear in the session.
- Open a terminal in your repo and paste:
- Playwright MCP (devs too): Drive and verify the running app from a session
How to set up
- Install Node.js if you don't have it (nodejs.org).
- Open a terminal in your repo and paste:
claude mcp add playwright -- npx -y @playwright/mcp@latest - Restart the session; browser tools (open, click, screenshot) are now available.
BA/QA track
- Playwright MCP browser automation: Chat-driven end-to-end journeys from the ticket's criteria
How to set up
- Install Node.js if you don't have it (nodejs.org).
- Open a terminal in your repo and paste:
claude mcp add playwright -- npx -y @playwright/mcp@latest - Restart the session, then ask in plain words: "run the journey in the ticket's Given/When/Then and show screenshots."
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