AI Agent Guardrails: Contracts, Context and Safety Limits for QA
Add AI agent guardrails to your QA project. Define typed contracts, shared project context, host allowlists, safe file paths and secret redaction.
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1,677 articles · page 6 of 140Deterministic Playwright Tests: The Foundation of Your QA Agent
Build deterministic Playwright tests before adding AI. Create a safe local login page, configure traces and prove that your QA agent's foundation works.
AI Agent Project Structure: Repository, Scripts and TypeScript Setup
Set up a clean AI agent project structure with TypeScript, ESLint and npm scripts, so every agent, tool and validator has one clear place in your repository.
AI Agent Project Setup: Prerequisites and a Safe Local Environment
Complete your AI agent project setup. Install the tools, create a safe environment file and protect API keys before you write any agent code.
QA Automation AI Agent Project: Vision, MVP Scope and Architecture
Plan your QA automation AI agent project. Define the MVP, what stays out of scope and an architecture where code controls every step of the workflow.
MCP Security for Testers: Permissions, Allowlists and Approvals
Learn MCP security for testers. Understand tool poisoning, rug pulls and over-broad access, then add allowlists, approvals and checks in your own code.
MCP Tool Design for QA: Browser, File, Test Runner and Report Tools
Learn MCP tool design for QA with browser, file, test-runner and report tools. Use narrow actions, strict inputs and clear results that models can use.
MCP Server Testing: Bad Input, Timeouts and Disconnections
Learn MCP server testing as a QA engineer. Test bad input, unknown tools, timeouts and disconnections using a real MCP client and repeatable checks.
Build an MCP Server for QA: Your First Read-Only Test Tool
Learn to build an MCP server for QA in TypeScript. Create two read-only test report tools, validate their input and try them with the MCP Inspector.
Playwright MCP Workflow for Testers: Explore Safely, Then Automate
Follow a safe Playwright MCP workflow: connect a ready-made server, explore an approved page, check the evidence and turn findings into real tests.
MCP Architecture Explained: Host, Client, Server and Transports
Understand MCP architecture in simple words: host, client, server, stdio and Streamable HTTP, with a runnable example of real message shapes for testers.
What Is an MCP Server? A Simple Guide for Software Testers
What is an MCP server? Learn what MCP does, what it does not do and how testers can use it to connect AI assistants to browsers, files and…
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