Test Manager Integration

By default, Kane CLI uploads each session to TestMu AI Test Manager as a test case. This page covers what gets uploaded, where it ends up, and the related features: project and folder selection, code export, share links, the post-session feedback prompt, and the local session directory.

This is the default behaviour for every session in both the TUI and the CLI. You do not need to opt in.

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What Gets Uploaded

When a session ends, Kane CLI runs an upload pipeline that finalises the test case in Test Manager. Two kinds of artefacts move from your machine to TestMu AI:

• Screenshots — uploaded incrementally as the agent runs. By the time the session ends, most of them are already in place. PNG screenshots are converted to WebP before upload.
• Run artefacts and metadata — packaged at session exit. This includes per-run action logs, an execution blob describing the run (objective, status, steps, durations, variables in scope), and the zipped contents of the session run directories.

You see a short progress indicator at exit covering these stages: convert (preparing metadata), zip (packaging run directories), presign (requesting upload URLs), upload (sending the zip and metadata), and finalize (committing the test case in Test Manager). If code export is enabled, a code_export stage runs after finalize. If it is disabled, that stage is reported as skipped.

If the upload fails, Kane CLI prints the error and exits. The local session directory is preserved either way — see Session History on Disk.

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Choosing Where Uploads Land

Each test case is filed under a Test Manager project. Optionally, you can also choose a folder inside that project.

Project

Configure your project once, and every subsequent session uploads under it:

kane-cli config project

With no value, this opens a search-as-you-type picker. Projects are loaded from your Test Manager account on demand. Type to filter, use the arrow keys to navigate pages of five, press Enter to select, or Tab to create a new project. If your account has no projects yet, the picker jumps straight to the create flow.

You can also set a project non-interactively by ID:

kane-cli config project <project-id>

In the TUI, the same picker is available via the /config command.

Folder

Folders are optional. Once a project is set, you can pick a folder the same way:

kane-cli config folder

This opens a search-as-you-type folder picker. Type to filter, Enter to select, Tab to create a new folder. Each folder is shown with its current test case count.

kane-cli config folder <folder-id>

If you try to set a folder before choosing a project, Kane CLI asks you to pick a project first.

Finding Your Test Case in Test Manager

After a successful upload, Kane CLI prints two links to the terminal (see Share Links at Session Exit). Both lead into the TestMu AI Test Manager for the test case that was just created.

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Code Export

Code export converts a completed test case into runnable Playwright code that you can check into your repository or extend by hand.

What It Produces

Currently the only supported language is Python with Playwright. Code export runs server-side after the test case is finalised. Kane CLI polls Test Manager until generation is complete, then downloads the resulting files.

Enabling Code Export

Code export is off by default. Turn it on either in your stored config or per-run on the CLI.

In ~/.testmuai/kaneai/tui-config.json, set the code_export block:

{
  "code_export": {
    "enabled": true,
    "language": "python",
    "skip_validation": true
  }
}

For one-off CLI runs, use flags:

kane-cli run "Add an item to the cart" \
  --code-export \
  --code-language python \
  --skip-code-validation

--no-skip-code-validation forces validation on for that run. --code-language only accepts python.

Where to Find the Output

Generated code is downloaded into a local directory under your session, by default ~/.testmuai/kaneai/sessions/<session-id>/code-export/. At session exit Kane CLI prints a CodeExport line in the links box pointing to that directory.

The same code is also available alongside the test case in Test Manager.

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Share Links at Session Exit

When the upload finishes successfully, Kane CLI prints a small links block to the terminal. You see up to three links, depending on what was generated:

• ShareLink — a shareable session URL on TestMu AI Test Manager. Anyone you send this link to can view the run summary without needing access to the project. Links are issued with a seven-day expiry.
• TestCase — a direct URL to the test case dashboard inside your Test Manager project. Use this when you are signed in to TestMu AI and want to drill into the run.
• CodeExport — a file:// link to the directory on your machine that holds the generated Playwright code. Only shown when code export is enabled and produced files.

The links survive the terminal exit and remain in your scrollback.

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Feedback Prompt

After a session uploads successfully, Kane CLI shows a thumbs-up / thumbs-down prompt. Use the left and right arrow keys to switch between the two options, Enter to submit, or Esc to skip. Skipping sends nothing.

If you submit, Kane CLI posts your choice (positive or negative) for the test case that was just finalised. Both the TUI and the CLI render the same prompt; in the CLI it appears on stderr after the links block.

You can also submit feedback after the fact for a known test case:

kane-cli feedback --test-id <test-id> --feedback-type positive
kane-cli feedback --test-id <test-id> --feedback-type negative --details "..."

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Session History on Disk

Every session, regardless of upload outcome, leaves a directory on your machine:

~/.testmuai/kaneai/sessions/<session-id>/
├── session.json         # Metadata: started_at, ended_at, model, profile,
│                        # test_id, testcase_id, upload_status, run summaries
├── tui.log              # Append-only event log for the TUI session
├── runs/<n>/            # One directory per run in the session
│   └── run-test/
│       └── actions.ndjson  # Step-by-step record of what the agent did
└── code-export/         # (when code export is enabled) Generated code files

<session-id> is a UUID generated when the session starts. The runner writes its step logs and screenshots into runs/<n>/, where n increments per run within the session.

This directory is useful when you want to look back at a past run without going to Test Manager, debug a session that failed to upload, or hand a teammate the raw artefacts.