Our Cursor Extension is a plugin designed to bring Squidler's exploratory functional user testing directly into your local development environment. It simulates real user interactions—clicking buttons, navigating pages and much more—to uncover issues and help improve your web application as early as possible.

The extension opens a secure tunnel and triggers Squidler’s exploratory testing engine. Squidler autonomously explores and interacts with your web app in a browser to finds functional, as well ass accessibility and language, problems. To solve problems you can click "Fix selected problems" and Cursor get the details needed to try to figure out a solution.

The extension evaluates all interactions in your web app against Squidler’s comprehensive testing capabilities, which cover functional performance, accessibility standards, and language accuracy. It identifies runtime errors, UI glitches, and issues that might not be caught through static code analysis—ensuring that your application meets expected behaviors and quality benchmarks.

No. The Cursor Extension uses Squidler's exploratory testing approach. This means there’s no need for you to write, update, or manage test cases.

Not the Cursor Extension itself, but you can use Squidler. The Cursor Extension is specifically designed for local development environments—enabling you to test your web app as you build it. If you want continuous testing of your live production or staging site, simply add the URL to Squidler.io, and Squidler will continuously monitor your site and send you email notifications when issues are detected.

For testing areas of your application that require authentication, you will be able to provide test user credentials so the extension can log in autonomously. It’s important that you use dedicated test accounts, and test databases, to ensure that any automated interactions (such as form submissions or data entries) don’t inadvertently affect your production data.

When an issue is detected, the extension relays detailed problem information to the integrated Cursor AI chat. This chat uses the model you’ve chosen within the Cursor Extension to analyze the issue and generate a code solution. The extension provides enough detailed context for the AI to effectively solve the problem, allowing you to review and apply the proposed fix directly.

• Early End-to-End Testing: Automatically explores and tests your application without manual test cases.
• Real-Time Feedback: Detects issues as they occur and provides visual, step-by-step reports.
• AI Assistance: Offers code generation to help quickly resolve identified problems.
• Reduced Developer Effort: Minimizes the amount of pointing and clicking required during testing.
• Enhanced Developer Experience: Integrates directly into your local development workflow, enabling you to catch issues early and improve overall application quality.

The Cursor Extension is designed to be a seamless part of your development process. It enables you to get your web app tested by Squidler as you develop it, using the same robust exploratory testing engine that powers Squidler.io. Whether you're testing locally with the extension or monitoring a live site via Squidler.io, you’re accessing the same powerful testing capabilities—tailored to your development stage.