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I built an AI agent that runs manual test cases in a real browser

A developer has created qpilot, an open-source AI agent that reads plain-text manual test cases and executes them step-by-step in a real Chrome browser using TypeScript, Playwright, and Anthropic's Claude Haiku model. The agent handles form filling, clicks, and reports pass/fail/warn results per step with page evidence, pausing to ask for user input when encountering OTPs or captchas. The tool requires no code, configuration, or Selenium setup, running via a single `npx qpilot` command.

read1 min publishedJun 3, 2026

Every deploy — same manual test steps. Login, open the form,

fill the fields, check the result. Over and over.

I wanted to skip the Playwright/Selenium boilerplate and just

paste my existing test cases as plain text.

qpilot — an AI agent that reads your manual test case and

executes it in a real Chrome browser step by step.

You write this:

The agent opens Chrome, clicks, fills forms, and reports

pass/fail/warn per step with evidence from the page.

If it hits an OTP or captcha — it s and asks you directly. npx qpilot

No code. No config. No Selenium.

TypeScript, Playwright, Claude Haiku via Anthropic API.

Open source: qpilot Curious what you think — especially about edge cases

you'd want it to handle.

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