ln-510-test-planner

• Orchestrate test planning: research → manual testing → automated test planning
• Delegate to workers: ln-511-test-researcher, ln-512-manual-tester, ln-513-auto-test-planner
• No direct work — only coordination and delegation via Skill tool
• Called by ln-500-story-quality-gate after regression tests pass

This skill should be used when:

• Invoked by ln-500-story-quality-gate Pass 1 after regression tests pass
• All implementation tasks in Story are Done
• Need complete test planning (research + manual + auto)

Prerequisites:

• All implementation Tasks in Story status = Done
• Regression tests passed (ln-502)
• Code quality checked (ln-501)

```

ln-510-test-planner (Orchestrator)

│

├─→ ln-511-test-researcher

│ └─→ Posts "## Test Research: {Feature}" comment

│

├─→ ln-512-manual-tester

│ └─→ Creates tests/manual/ scripts + "## Manual Testing Results" comment

│

└─→ ln-513-auto-test-planner

└─→ Creates test task in Linear via ln-301/ln-302

```

Phase 1: Discovery

1) Auto-discover Team ID from docs/tasks/kanban_board.md

2) Validate Story ID provided by ln-500

Input: Story ID from ln-500-story-quality-gate

Phase 2: Research Delegation

1) Check if research exists:

- Search Linear comments for "## Test Research:" header

- If found → skip to Phase 3

2) If no research:

- Use Skill tool to invoke ln-511-test-researcher

- Pass: Story ID

- Wait for completion

- Verify research comment created

Phase 3: Manual Testing Delegation

1) Check if manual testing done:

- Search Linear comments for "## Manual Testing Results" header

- If found with all AC passed → skip to Phase 4

2) If manual testing needed:

- Use Skill tool to invoke ln-512-manual-tester

- Pass: Story ID

- Wait for completion

- Verify results comment created

3) If any AC failed:

- Stop pipeline

- Report to ln-500: "Manual testing failed, Story needs fixes"

Phase 4: Auto Test Planning Delegation

1) Invoke auto test planner:

- Use Skill tool to invoke ln-513-auto-test-planner

- Pass: Story ID

- Wait for completion

2) Verify results:

- Test task created in Linear (or updated if existed)

- Return task URL to ln-500

Phase 5: Report to Caller

1) Return summary to ln-500:

- Research: completed / skipped (existed)

- Manual testing: passed / failed

- Test task: created / updated + URL

> CRITICAL: All delegations use Task tool with subagent_type: "general-purpose" for context isolation.

| Phase | Worker | Purpose |

|-------|--------|---------|

| 2 | ln-511-test-researcher | Research real-world problems |

| 3 | ln-512-manual-tester | Manual AC testing via bash scripts |

| 4 | ln-513-auto-test-planner | Plan E2E/Integration/Unit tests |

Prompt template:

```

Task(description: "[Phase N] test planning via ln-51X",

prompt: "Execute ln-51X-{worker}. Read skill from ln-51X-{worker}/SKILL.md. Story: {storyId}",

subagent_type: "general-purpose")

```

Anti-Patterns:

• ❌ Direct Skill tool invocation without Task wrapper
• ❌ Running web searches directly (delegate to ln-511)
• ❌ Creating bash test scripts directly (delegate to ln-512)
• ❌ Creating test tasks directly (delegate to ln-513)
• ❌ Skipping any phase without justification

• No direct work: Orchestrator only delegates, never executes tasks itself
• Sequential execution: 511 → 512 → 513 (each depends on previous)
• Fail-fast: If manual testing fails, stop pipeline and report
• Skip detection: Check for existing comments before invoking workers
• Single responsibility: Each worker does one thing well

• [ ] Story ID validated
• [ ] Research phase: ln-511 invoked OR existing comment found
• [ ] Manual testing phase: ln-512 invoked OR existing results found
• [ ] Auto test planning phase: ln-513 invoked
• [ ] Test task created/updated in Linear
• [ ] Summary returned to ln-500-story-quality-gate

Output: Summary with phase results + test task URL

• Workers: ../ln-511-test-researcher/SKILL.md, ../ln-512-manual-tester/SKILL.md, ../ln-513-auto-test-planner/SKILL.md
• Caller: ../ln-500-story-quality-gate/SKILL.md
• Risk-based testing: ../ln-513-auto-test-planner/references/risk_based_testing_guide.md

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Version: 4.0.0 (Refactored to Orchestrator pattern - delegates to ln-511/512/513 workers)

Last Updated: 2026-01-15