--- title: Meet cypress tap: give your AI agent the context the... description: Cypress introduces a new beta CLI tool called cypress tap that lets AI coding agents drive a live cypress open session directly from the terminal. Agents can... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/meet-cypress-tap-give-your-ai-agent-the-context-the-cypress-app-shows-you-7rnum3uls twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Meet cypress tap: give your AI agent the context the Cypress app shows you | daily.dev og:description: Cypress introduces a new beta CLI tool called cypress tap that lets AI coding agents drive a live cypress open session directly from the terminal. Agents can... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/meet-cypress-tap-give-your-ai-agent-the-context-the-cypress-app-shows-you-7rnum3uls og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7RnUm3ULs.png og:image:alt: Meet cypress tap: give your AI agent the context the Cypress app shows you og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [cypress](https://daily.dev/sources/cypress) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs) # [Meet cypress tap: give your AI agent the context the Cypress app shows you](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs "Go to post") Cypress introduces a new beta CLI tool called cypress tap that lets AI coding agents drive a live cypress open session directly from the terminal. Agents can run specs, read failures the way the Cypress app shows them, pin snapshots to time-travel to a failure point, and inspect the real DOM and ARIA tree, closing the gap between agents writing tests and verifying they actually work. It requires Cypress 15.21.0 or later, is free with no usage limits, attaches to an already-running cypress open session, and is designed to be wired into an AGENTS.md file. Paired with the existing Cloud CLI (which handles triage and debugging of CI failures), the two together let an agent go from identifying a failing test in CI to authoring and verifying a fix against a live local app. [#testing](/tags/testing "Check all #testing posts")[#ai-agents](/tags/ai-agents "Check all #ai-agents posts")[#cli](/tags/cli "Check all #cli posts")[#cypress](/tags/cypress "Check all #cypress posts") Aug 18•6m read time•From [cypress.io](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs "cypress.io") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs "Go to post") Table of contents [What it actually does](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs?a=what-it-actually-does "What it actually does")[Authoring, not just debugging](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs?a=authoring-not-just-debugging "Authoring, not just debugging")[Closing the loop](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs?a=closing-the-loop "Closing the loop")[How to get started](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs?a=how-to-get-started "How to get started")[Ready to close the context gap?](https://api.daily.dev/r/7RnUm3ULs?a=ready-to-close-the-context-gap "Ready to close the context gap?") Questions this post answers What is cypress tap and what version of Cypress do I need to use it? Cypress tap is a new beta set of CLI commands that let an AI coding agent drive a live cypress open session from the terminal, running specs, reading failures, pinning snapshots to time-travel, and inspecting the DOM and ARIA tree. It requires Cypress 15.21.0 or later, is free with no usage limits, and attaches to an already-running cypress open session rather than starting its own headless run. Developers wiring AI agents into their Cypress workflow can track tooling releases like this on daily.dev. How do cypress tap and the Cypress Cloud CLI work together for AI agents fixing failing tests? Cloud CLI handles triage and debugging by finding a failing test recorded in CI, reading its run history, and reviewing Test Replay to identify the root cause. Cypress tap then handles authoring and verification locally: you pass the failing test's spec path to cypress tap run, and the agent iterates against the live app until the test passes, closing the loop from CI failure to verified fix. Teams building agent-driven test pipelines can follow workflow changes like this via daily.dev. 4 Impressions Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/cypress) [cypress](https://daily.dev/sources/cypress "https://daily.dev/sources/cypress") Cypress's platform is a resource for developers and QA engineers, offering insights into end-to-end ... Read more 135 Followers • 245 Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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