﻿---
title: Scout training
description: Get the most out of Scout with dedicated training sessions recorded by the AppEx QA team. You can watch these sessions in any order. Learn more about...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2964/extend/kibana/scout/training
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Scout training
Get the most out of [Scout](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2964/extend/kibana/scout) with dedicated training sessions recorded by the AppEx QA team.
<important>
  These videos are currently available for Elasticians only.
</important>


## Sessions

You can watch these sessions in any order.

### Scout Essentials

Learn more about what makes Scout powerful: parallel testing, its modular architecture, and its extensible building blocks (fixtures, API services, and page objects).
- `playFilled` [Video](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mRgm2_ea78mzS9WHsXZZPQIIwAJka3nc/view?usp=sharing)
- `document` [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AjgZVqNFoFAVlLDSm35tLgBJ1pex1csedOiltAGpgsg/edit?usp=sharing)


### Scout Agentic Skills

Improve your Scout PRs and streamline FTR-to-Scout test migrations by mastering two of Scout's most powerful agentic skills.
- `playFilled` [Video](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fG4jPwZm-dF7CNEhJD_4FMCDAH-oNlnF/view?usp=sharing)
- `document` [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cehd4RxgnjWbdDpRDlyHKpRxagwLqn_o6OlkbTd-mrw/edit?usp=sharing)

<tip>
  The code reviewer skill is based on our [Scout best practices](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2964/extend/kibana/scout/best-practices) article.
</tip>


### Team-level QA insights

Improve your team's QA metrics by leveraging the rich test event data collected during every CI run.
- `playFilled` [Video](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eWmY6Dqzh37p2E-WL0ve5u39pbaK_kB8/view?usp=sharing)
- `document` [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bXqiMZgZ6F0qzTJ_QFHDvkiq594KihoOx-C75qk0B1U/edit?usp=sharing)


### Break the Flake: test design anti-patterns

Identify common test design anti-patterns that cause flakiness and learn proven strategies to combat them.
- `playFilled` [Video](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s7lj2uYnl5BTOVo14vWYnVklU2cwwuwO/view?usp=sharing)
- `document` [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QqSSrxehjvgAhinU9IFGLgLbr_H2C53dy5DloL3dGws/edit?usp=sharing)

<note>
  This talk is testing framework-agnostic. It showcases FTR code examples, but the same concepts apply to Scout as well.
</note>