The vikingQA recorder

You know the process. Click through it once.

The recorder is a Chrome extension. It sits next to your application and watches while you do your work. The vikingQA agent turns what you did into a test your team can run every day. You never write code.

Works in Chrome and Chromium-based browsers. Free with every plan.

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Recording

Click through your application as usual. The recorder writes down each step.

Two ways to use it

Record a test, or run one by hand.

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Record a test

Click through a flow in your application. The agent turns your recording into a test case and an automated test.

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Run a test by hand

Do the test yourself. The recorder captures what happened. At the end, you say passed or failed and add a note.

What it captures

The evidence a developer asks for, without the screenshots in an email.

You do the test. The recorder writes down the rest.

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Steps

Each click, each typed value and each page change, in order, in plain language.

02

Notes

Type a note at any moment. It is saved at the point in the run where you wrote it.

03

Video

A recording of the browser tab you test in.

04

Console log

The errors and messages the page writes while you work.

05

Network log

The requests the page makes, with their status and timing.

From recording to test

You click through it once. The agent writes the test and adds it to your suite.

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Send the recording

Stop the recording and send it. There is no form to fill in.

02

The agent writes the test case

The agent reads your steps and writes a test case in plain language: a title, what to verify, and the steps. You read it and correct it in chat.

03

The agent writes and runs the automated test

The agent writes the automation in plain Playwright and runs it in the cloud until it passes.

04

The test is added

No developer needed. vikingQA can add the test by itself, or your team can review it first. You choose. From then on, the test runs with the rest of the suite, on vikingQA or on your own infrastructure.

Manual runs

Some tests stay manual. They count too.

Some tests cannot or should not be automated, and the reasons are specific to your business: a judgment call, a physical device, a one-time check, a system that belongs to a third party. vikingQA does not force you to automate them. Run them by hand with the recorder, and each run leaves a record: who ran it, on which environment, the verdict, the note and the evidence.

01

Starts with one click

Pick any test case and run it by hand. The recorder opens next to your application and follows along.

02

One results list

A manual run appears in the same list as the automated runs, with the same statuses.

03

Evidence included

A failed manual run has the video, the steps and the logs a developer needs to fix the bug.

Privacy

It records the tab you test in, while you record. Nothing else.

01

What the recorder records

  • Your clicks, typed text and page changes in the tab you record
  • A video of that tab, after you give permission
  • The console log and the list of network requests of that tab
  • The notes you type
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What it does not record

  • Passwords. Each password is replaced with a placeholder before the recording leaves your browser.
  • The content of network requests and responses
  • Other tabs, other windows or your desktop
  • Anything when you are not recording

The recorder starts when you press Record and stops when you press Stop. A run that you close before you submit is not sent.

Questions about the recorder.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You click through your application. The agent writes the code. No developer needed: vikingQA can add the test by itself, or your team can review it first.

Can it reach an application behind our VPN or login?

Yes. The recorder runs in your own browser, with your own session. If you can open the page, you can record it.

What happens to the passwords I type?

They do not leave your browser. The recorder replaces each password with a placeholder. When the test runs, it uses the secret that your team stored for that environment.

Do I need to see the code the agent writes?

No. You read the test case in plain language. The code is stored in your team's repository. A developer can review it there, if your team wants that.

Can clients or external testers use it?

Yes. Invite them with the Customer role. They can record tests and run tests by hand in the projects you give them.

Which browsers does it work in?

Chrome and Chromium-based browsers that install extensions from the Chrome Web Store.

Does a recording cost AI credits?

The recording does not. The agent's work to turn it into a test does. Running your committed Playwright tests costs no AI credits.

Click through it once. Your team runs it every day.

The agent turns it into a test your team can run every day.