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Build: WP Playground AI Agent Skill

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Today I built the WP Playground AI Agent Skill, a set of tools and Blueprints designed to enable AI agents to interact with WordPress in a fast, ephemeral environment using WP Playground.

Why this matters​

Testing WordPress plugins and themes usually requires a full local server setup (DDEV, LocalWP, etc.), which can be slow and heavy for an AI agent performing quick iterations. WP Playground runs WordPress in a WASM-based environment, allowing for near-instantaneous site launches directly in the terminal or browser.

By wrapping WP Playground CLI into a specialized skill, AI agents can now:

  1. Launch ephemeral sites for testing code changes.
  2. Mount local files directly into a running WordPress instance.
  3. Run WP-CLI commands to configure the site or verify status.
  4. Use Blueprints to automate complex setup steps.

Implementation Details​

The project includes:

  • Base Blueprints: Pre-configured JSON files for clean WordPress installs.
  • Helper Scripts: Tools like test-plugin.sh that automate the process of mounting and activating a local plugin in a Playground instance.
  • Test Suite: A validation layer to ensure all Blueprints are syntactically correct and ready for use.

View Code​

This skill is now part of the VictorStack AI ecosystem, allowing our agents to perform high-fidelity WordPress testing with minimal overhead.