Meet cypress tap: give your AI agent the context the Cypress app shows you

Cypress has introduced cypress tap, a free beta CLI feature for Cypress 15.21.0 and later that enables AI coding agents to interact with an already running Cypress open session from the terminal. It allows agents to run specs, check execution status and reporter output, pin failure snapshots, and inspect the live application’s DOM and ARIA tree, helping them verify and correct tests rather than relying only on source-code assumptions. The tool supports both debugging failed tests, such as locating an incorrect selector, and authoring tests based on the application’s current rendered state. Cypress positions cypress tap as the local authoring and verification component alongside its Cloud CLI, which can identify and investigate failures recorded in CI; together, they enable agents to move from CI failure triage to locally tested fixes. Users can begin by updating Cypress, launching it in open mode, and adding instructions for agents to use cypress tap during test-writing workflows.

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