{"slug": "show-hn-testmagic-link-zero-setup-magic-link-testing-for-coding-agents", "title": "Show HN: Testmagic.link – Zero-setup magic link testing for coding agents", "summary": "A developer launched Testmagic.link, a zero-setup email testing service for coding agents, after Claude Code repeatedly used his personal Gmail for magic-link authentication tests. The service requires no signup, API keys, or integration, and includes an optional mail-scanner simulation via ?prefetch=1 to catch flows broken by security scanners. The tool is available at testmagic.link.", "body_md": "I built testmagic.link because Claude Code kept using my personal Gmail when testing magic-link authentication, filling my inbox with test emails. I know there are existing email testing services, but the ones I found require signing up, getting credentials, and integrating an API. That felt like overkill when I just wanted to tell Claude Code: \"test the email sign-in using testmagic.link\". So I made testmagic.link. No signup, no API keys, no integration. It’s basically a one-liner with a domain that’s easy to remember. I also added an llms.txt file at the root, so agents instantly know how to read the inbox without me explaining it. There’s also an optional mail-scanner simulation: add ?prefetch=1 to the inbox URL, and testmagic.link will GET each message’s magic link once before you open it, without following redirects — similar to how Outlook Safe Links or a corporate mail scanner might prefetch links. This is useful for catching magic-link flows that break when a security scanner visits a single-use link first. Would love to hear your feedback, or if you've run into any other weird email auth edge cases I should simulate. I'll be around to answer questions!\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374124](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49374124)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-testmagic-link-zero-setup-magic-link-testing-for-coding-agents", "canonical_source": "https://testmagic.link", "published_at": "2026-08-20 13:08:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-20 13:17:02.601292+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["Testmagic.link", "Claude Code"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-testmagic-link-zero-setup-magic-link-testing-for-coding-agents", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-testmagic-link-zero-setup-magic-link-testing-for-coding-agents.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-testmagic-link-zero-setup-magic-link-testing-for-coding-agents.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-testmagic-link-zero-setup-magic-link-testing-for-coding-agents.jsonld"}}