Windows Desktop E2e

This is for automating Windows native desktop apps with pywinauto and UI Automation. It covers WPF, WinForms, Win32/MFC, and Qt 5.x/6.x with framework-specific guidance on setting AutomationIds and dealing with each framework's quirks. The skill pushes hard on testability setup before writing tests, which is the right call since most desktop automation pain comes from apps that weren't built with UIA in mind. You get a complete page object model template, pytest fixtures with sandboxing, and practical advice on when Qt 5.x needs keyboard fallbacks because the Value Pattern is flaky. If you're writing E2E tests for anything that isn't web or Electron, this is the Windows automation playbook.

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$ npx -y skills add affaan-m/everything-claude-code --skill windows-desktop-e2e --agent claude-code

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Windows Desktop E2E Testing

End-to-end testing for Windows native desktop applications using pywinauto backed by Windows UI Automation (UIA). Covers WPF, WinForms, Win32/MFC, and Qt (5.x / 6.x) — with Qt-specific guidance as a dedicated section.

When to Activate

Writing or running E2E tests for a Windows native desktop application
Setting up a desktop GUI test suite from scratch
Diagnosing flaky or failing desktop automation tests
Adding testability (AutomationId, accessible names) to an existing app
Integrating desktop E2E into a CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions windows-latest)

When NOT to Use

Web applications → use e2e-testing skill (Playwright)
Electron / CEF / WebView2 apps → the HTML layer needs browser automation, not UIA
Mobile apps → use platform-specific tools (UIAutomator, XCUITest)
Pure unit or integration tests that don't need a running GUI

Core Concepts

All Windows desktop automation relies on UI Automation (UIA), a Windows-built-in accessibility API. Every supported framework exposes a tree of UIA elements with properties Claude can read and act on:

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