The Problem with AI Tests That Don’t Know Your App

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AI-generated Cypress tests are promising, but by default, the AI has never seen your app. Out of the box, cy.prompt() has no knowledge of your specific app. It does not know your selectors, your valid usernames, or your known failure scenarios. It is working from general knowledge, not your actual codebase. That is where RAG comes in. Retrieval-Augmented Generation . Instead of relying on a generic AI, you feed it your own documentation. Your API sp

Published 30 Mar 2026
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