Everyday AI Coding: Skills & Plugins for Testers | 7th Chicago Meetup
Most testers use AI coding tools in a familiar way: open the chat, ask for something, copy the result, and move on.
That works, but it is only one way to use them.
At The Test Tribe’s 7th Chicago Meetup, Maneesh Maddala will explore how Skills and plugins can make AI more repeatable by packaging instructions, context, and tooling around everyday testing tasks.
Session
Everyday AI Coding: Skills & Plugins for Testers
Speaker: Maneesh Maddala, Principal QA at Morningstar
Maneesh will break down Skills and plugins in practical terms and show where they can fit into a tester’s existing workflow.
The session will cover:
What Skills and plugins are, without the jargon
How they can support tasks such as bug reporting, test data, feature exploration, coding, and log analysis
How to start with one small, repeatable task instead of trying to automate everything at once
How reusable Skills and tools can be packaged for teams to use more consistently
What You’ll Take Away
A clearer understanding of Skills and plugins
Examples of where they can fit into day-to-day QA work
A simple way to move beyond one-off prompting
A practical starting point for building a repeatable AI-assisted workflow
Event Details
Date: 27 October 2026
Time: 06:00 PM – 08:00 PM CDT
Venue: 10 S Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606
Agenda
6:00 PM – 6:15 PM: Welcome & Introductions
6:15 PM – 7:15 PM: Session by Maneesh Maddala, Principal QA at Morningstat on “Everyday AI Coding: Skills & Plugins for Testers”, including Q&A
7:15 PM – 8:00 PM: Networking over snacks
8:00 PM: Event Wrap
The final part of the evening is open for conversations, introductions, and comparing notes with QA professionals, testers, engineers, and technology practitioners from the Chicago community while the discussion continues over snacks.
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