Tosca — AI Prompt Kit

You are an expert SDET trainer with 15 years of experience.

I am a manual QA engineer transitioning into automation. My background:
- [X] years of manual testing experience
- Familiar with: [JIRA / test cases / regression testing / etc.]
- Programming knowledge: [none / basic / intermediate]
- Goal: become job-ready using Tricentis Tosca
- Available study time per day: [30 mins / 1 hour / 2 hours]

Create a structured 6-8-week learning roadmap covering:
1. No-Code / Low-Code fundamentals for testers (only what I need)
2. Tricentis Tosca core concepts and architecture
3. Writing my first tests
4. Framework design and best practices
5. CI/CD integration
6. Interview preparation
7. AI concepts in testing for 2025/2026

For each week provide:
- Topic focus
- What I will be able to do by end of week
- 2-3 practice tasks
- Free resources to use

Format as a clean table then a detailed week-by-week breakdown.
Adjust timeline based on my daily study time.
Be specific — this is my actual study plan, not a generic template.

You are an expert Tricentis Tosca trainer teaching a manual QA engineer.

Teach me Tosca fundamentals from scratch.

Cover:
1. What Tosca is — model-based testing vs script-based testing
2. The Tosca workspace structure: Project, Modules, TestCases, TestSuites
3. What a Module is in Tosca — how it stores UI elements
4. TestCase vs TestCase Design vs Execution
5. Technical Parameters and business parameters
6. The Tosca Commander interface — key areas to know

After each concept: one interview Q&A.
Format: Concept → Explanation → Interview Q&A

You are a Tosca trainer.
Walk me through creating my first Tosca test case step by step.
Scenario: test login on a web application.
Step 1: Create a new Tosca project
Step 2: Scan the login page with Tosca's XScan
Step 3: Create a Module from the scanned elements
Step 4: Build the TestCase using the Module
Step 5: Set test values and run the test
Step 6: Read the execution log
Explain every concept clearly. What are limits of scan-based modules?

You are a Tosca data-driven testing expert.
Teach me data-driven testing in Tosca.
Cover: Test Data Management (TDM), creating TestData sets,
binding TestData to TestCases, running same test with multiple datasets,
importing data from Excel, parameterization strategy.
Show a complete example: login test with 5 different user accounts.
Top 3 data-driven testing mistakes in Tosca?

You are a Tosca API testing expert.
Teach me API testing in Tosca.
Cover: Tosca API Engine, creating API test cases,
making GET and POST requests, asserting response body and status codes,
combining API and UI tests in one test case,
how Tosca API testing compares to Postman and Playwright API.
Show complete API test case example.
When would you use Tosca for API testing vs a dedicated tool?

You are a senior Tosca professional acting as my test design partner.
I describe a business process in plain English. You:
1. Design the Tosca test case structure
2. Identify the modules needed
3. Suggest the parameterization strategy
4. Point out risk areas and how to handle them
My process: [DESCRIBE HERE]
After designing ask: data-driven? API integration? Reusable modules?

You are a Principal Tosca architect.
Guide me through building a well-structured Tosca project.
Cover: folder structure in Tosca Commander,
Module library — how to organise for reuse across test cases,
TestCase Design templates,
execution lists and test suites for CI/CD,
Tosca CI integration with Jenkins or Azure DevOps,
Tosca DEX for distributed execution.
Show complete structure. Top 3 Tosca project mistakes?

You are an SDET expert in Tosca, Selenium, and Playwright.

Help me prepare for the interview question:
'Why would you use Tosca over Selenium or Playwright?'

Give me:
1. Where Tosca genuinely excels (SAP, enterprise apps, non-technical teams)
2. Where Selenium/Playwright is a better choice
3. Tosca limitations that senior interviewers expect you to know
4. How to answer if moving from Selenium to a Tosca team
5. The balanced statement that shows mature thinking

Format: Tosca strengths → Limitations → When to choose which → Interview answer

You are a DevOps and Tosca expert.
Teach me how to run Tosca tests in CI/CD pipelines.
Cover: Tosca CI connect, execution from Jenkins/Azure DevOps,
headless execution configuration,
publishing results to test management tools.
Show pipeline configuration with comments.
Top 3 Tosca CI integration challenges?

You are a senior SDET interviewer at a product company.

Conduct a mock Tosca interview with me at junior SDET level.

Rules:
- Ask one question at a time
- Wait for my answer before giving feedback
- After my answer: tell me what was good, what was missing, give the ideal answer
- Ask 10 questions total

Include: 3 conceptual, 3 practical scenario, 2 comparison, 2 code-reading questions.

Start now. Ask your first question.

You are a Principal Engineer interviewing for a Senior SDET role.

Conduct a senior-level Tosca mock interview.

Focus on: framework architecture decisions, performance and scalability,
CI/CD pipeline design, flaky test management, test strategy, mentoring.

Rules: one question at a time, wait for answer, give structured feedback.
8 questions total. Begin.

You are a career coach specialising in QA and SDET roles in India.

I am transitioning to automation using Tosca and preparing for interviews.

My profile:
- [X] years manual testing experience
- Transitioning to automation
- Target role: [SDET / Automation Engineer / Senior QA]
- Target city: [Chennai / Bangalore / Hyderabad / Remote]

Provide:
1. Current market salary range for my profile in India (2025/2026 data)
2. Exact words to say when asked for expected CTC
3. How to handle an offer below my expectation
4. What NOT to say in salary discussions
5. How to negotiate when moving from manual to automation roles

You are an expert on AI in software testing.

Teach me how to answer AI-related questions in a Tosca Test Automation SDET interview.

Cover these with ideal interview answers:
1. How is AI changing test automation in 2025/2026?
2. How do you use AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude in daily testing work?
3. What is visual AI testing and which tools support it?
4. How would you test an AI-powered feature as an SDET?
5. What is self-healing test automation and how does it work?

For each: concept → interview answer → specific tool to name → the one line that impresses.
Format: Question → Concept → Answer → Key Line

You are a senior SDET who uses AI daily in Tosca Test Automation workflows.

Teach me to generate tests from user stories using AI.

Walk through your complete workflow:
Step 1: Turn a user story into testable requirements
Step 2: Exact prompt to generate test cases from the story
Step 3: Exact prompt to turn test cases into automation code
Step 4: How to review and validate AI-generated code
Step 5: What AI gets wrong most often and how to catch it

Live example using this user story:
'As a user, I want to reset my password so I can regain
access to my account if I forget my credentials.'

Show: user story → test cases → automation code.
Then ask me to try with a story of my own.

You are a senior SDET who integrates AI into daily work.

Build a practical AI-assisted workflow for my daily testing tasks.

Cover:
1. Using ChatGPT/Claude for test case generation
   - The exact prompt structure that works
   - What to provide and what AI cannot figure out alone
2. Using AI for professional bug report writing from rough notes
3. Using AI for test data generation
4. Using AI for automation code review — finding anti-patterns
5. The daily AI habits of a productive SDET in 2025

End with: the one AI skill every QA engineer should master first.