Cherry Studio PR Test
SkillDev toolsTest Cherry Studio pull requests without doing the checkout and cleanup by hand. Once added, your AI can pull down a PR, inspect its changes, run type and UI tests against it, and give you a structured report of the results. When testing is done, it cleans up its own test instance and puts your original branch back the way it was.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Add the skill, then tell your AI which Cherry Studio pull request you want tested. It will run the checks and come back with a test report.
Then ask your AI: use the Cherry Studio PR Test skill
What your AI can do with it
- Resolve and check out a Cherry Studio pull request
- Statically inspect the changes in a PR
- Run type checks on the PR's code
- Run interactive UI tests in a safely tracked Electron instance
- Produce a structured test report
- Clean up the test instance and restore the original branch
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by cherryhq/cherry-studio in .agents/skills/cherry-pr-test/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Use this workflow for a bounded PR test. Use cherry-electron-dev for ongoing
implementation or debugging in the current checkout.
Prerequisites and safety
- Require authenticated
gh,pnpm, and installed project dependencies. - Use Playwright/CDP or optional
agent-browserfor UI control. - Before touching Electron, read
Electron Instance Management
and select its
ephemeralpolicy. - Treat that reference as the only authority for discovery, target selection, launch, replacement, shutdown, tracking, and troubleshooting.
- Never discard local changes. Stop and ask if checkout would overwrite them.
- Show the report before posting it anywhere.
$ARGUMENTS may contain a PR number, PR URL, latest/recent, or nothing.
Workflow
1. Resolve and inspect the PR
If no PR is specified, list recent PRs and ask the user to choose unless they requested the latest:
gh pr list --repo CherryHQ/cherry-studio --state open --limit 10 \
--json number,title,author,createdAt,headRefName,changedFiles
Record the current branch for restoration, inspect the PR, then check it out:
git status --short
git branch --show-current
gh pr view <NUMBER> --json title,body,author,headRefName,files
gh pr checkout <NUMBER>
Read the changed files and nearby instructions. Record the exact checked-out HEAD.
2. Analyze and start the app
Run static analysis while the app starts when both can proceed independently.
For static analysis:
pnpm typecheck
Also check:
- blocked or deprecated v1/v2-refactor files
- hardcoded user-visible strings instead of i18n
console.loginstead ofloggerService- missing types on new public interfaces
For Electron:
- Use the shared reference to verify existing instances.
- Reuse only an instance from this workspace whose recorded launch HEAD equals the checked-out PR HEAD.
- When reusing one, mark it borrowed and preserve its existing policy and ownership. Never reclassify a persistent instance as ephemeral.
- Otherwise gracefully replace only the verified same-workspace instance.
- Launch an
ephemeral, agent-owned instance with an isolatedCS_DEV_USER_DATA_SUFFIX, such asPR-<NUMBER>. - Keep its managed terminal/session, PIDs, ports, log, exact target, and
pr-test:<NUMBER>launch purpose ininstance.json.
Do not use broad process or port cleanup.
3. Run interactive tests
Bind the controller to the exact target returned by the shared reference. Never navigate to a guessed root URL or select a target by index.
Build test cases from the PR description and changed files:
- Capture the initial state.
- Inspect interactive elements with the available CDP controller.
- Exercise the changed behavior.
- Capture the result and verify relevant persisted state.
- Repeat edge cases justified by the change.
Consider UI rendering, interactions, persistence, light/dark themes, relevant window sizes, i18n, empty states, and rapid interaction only when in scope.
Store screenshots and the report under /tmp/pr-<NUMBER>/:
mkdir -p /tmp/pr-<NUMBER>
If an isolated profile shows the migration wizard or splash, follow the shared troubleshooting guidance and startup logs. Do not reset or force-close data.
4. Clean up and restore
Use the shared ephemeral finish procedure. Stop only an instance launched by
this PR-test workflow whose verified record remains ephemeral, agent-owned,
and scoped to pr-test:<NUMBER>. Leave every borrowed instance running. Do not
stop unrelated workspaces or packaged apps.
Restore the branch recorded before checkout. If it no longer exists, resolve the repository default branch and report the fallback before switching:
git checkout <ORIGINAL_BRANCH>
5. Report
Save /tmp/pr-<NUMBER>/report.md and show it to the user. Match the report
language to the user's language; the template uses English labels:
# PR #<NUMBER> Test Report
**Title**: <title>
**Author**: @<author>
**Branch**: <branch>
**Changed files**: <count>
## Static Analysis
| Check | Result | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TypeScript typecheck | ✅/❌ | ... |
| Blocked-file check | ✅/⚠️ | ... |
| Logging, i18n, and types | ✅/❌ | ... |
## UI Tests
### <Test Case>
<scenario, evidence, and result>

## Findings
<findings or none>
## Conclusion
- Total findings: N
- Recommendation: APPROVE / REQUEST_CHANGES / COMMENT
Do not post the report or submit a GitHub review unless the user explicitly asks.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 52k
- Forks
- 5k
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
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cherry-pr-test- Source
- github.com/cherryhq/cherry-studio