Shortest
QA via natural language AI tests
Shortest launched on December 24, 2024 with 222 votes, #167 of 5,365 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Run your CI suite faster than ever. Shortest is an open-source AI-powered testing framework that allows developers to write end-to-end tests in plain English, as simple as: shortest(“user can sign up and create a $5 product”)
Run your CI suite faster than ever.
Write tests in plain English and let AI handle the execution. Built on Playwright with seamless GitHub integration. import { shortest } from '@antiwork/shortest' shortest ( 'Login to the app using email and password' , { username: process . env . GITHUB_USERNAME , password: process . env . GITHUB_PASSWORD }) Ready to get started? Start writing natural language tests today and let AI handle the implementation. Focus on describing your test scenarios while Shortest takes care of thefrom shortest.com
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Shortest, a natural language AI-powered testing framework2024 · github.com · ▲6Shortest is an open-source AI-powered testing framework that allows developers to write end-to-end tests in plain English, as simple as: shortest(“user can sign up and create a $5 product”) The thesis is that being able to write short tests in English → more tests → fewer regressions as AI writes and ships more code. Would love to hear what you all think! Feedback (and contributions) welcome.
QA.tech 1.02025 · qa.tech · ▲413Hi, I'm Daniel, CEO of QA.tech. We've spent the past 18 months developing a cool tool that allows you to run end-to-end tests on any web application using natural language. Check it out and let us know what you think! I used to be a CTO at a B2C marketplace and was taken aback that all qa agencies we talked to wanted to create a custom suite of tests from scratch. Even though we were essentially a e-com with the same functionality as everyone else. Why weren't there any best practices? Some time later my co-founders and I had moved on and were looking for the next thing to do. AI agents…
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