{"slug": "i-built-an-ai-agent-that-runs-manual-test-cases-in-a-real-browser", "title": "I built an AI agent that runs manual test cases in a real browser", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Every deploy — same manual test steps. Login, open the form,\n\nfill the fields, check the result. Over and over.\n\nI wanted to skip the Playwright/Selenium boilerplate and just\n\npaste my existing test cases as plain text.\n\nqpilot — an AI agent that reads your manual test case and\n\nexecutes it in a real Chrome browser step by step.\n\nYou write this:\n\nThe agent opens Chrome, clicks, fills forms, and reports\n\npass/fail/warn per step with evidence from the page.\n\nIf it hits an OTP or captcha — it pauses and asks you directly.\n\nnpx qpilot\n\nNo code. No config. No Selenium.\n\nTypeScript, Playwright, Claude Haiku via Anthropic API.\n\nOpen source: [qpilot](https://github.com/broxhq/qpilot)\n\nCurious what you think — especially about edge cases\n\nyou'd want it to handle.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-agent-that-runs-manual-test-cases-in-a-real-browser", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/broxhq/i-built-an-ai-agent-that-runs-manual-test-cases-in-a-real-browser-4caj", "published_at": "2026-06-03 11:00:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-03 11:13:00.670529+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-tools", "ai-products", "ai-startups", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["qpilot", "Playwright", "Selenium", "Chrome", "Claude Haiku", "Anthropic", "TypeScript", "broxhq"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-agent-that-runs-manual-test-cases-in-a-real-browser", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-agent-that-runs-manual-test-cases-in-a-real-browser.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-agent-that-runs-manual-test-cases-in-a-real-browser.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-agent-that-runs-manual-test-cases-in-a-real-browser.jsonld"}}