--- title: What’s new in cy.prompt for AI testing in Cypress description: Cypress has updated cy.prompt, their AI-driven test authoring feature, based on real-world usage patterns. New capabilities include asserting non-existence... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-cy-prompt-for-ai-testing-in-cypress-pyei6inyq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s new in cy.prompt for AI testing in Cypress | daily.dev og:description: Cypress has updated cy.prompt, their AI-driven test authoring feature, based on real-world usage patterns. New capabilities include asserting non-existence... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-new-in-cy-prompt-for-ai-testing-in-cypress-pyei6inyq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PyEI6iNYq.png og:image:alt: What’s new in cy.prompt for AI testing in Cypress og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What’s new in cy.prompt for AI testing in Cypress **[cypress](https://daily.dev/sources/cypress)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Cypress has updated cy.prompt, their AI-driven test authoring feature, based on real-world usage patterns. New capabilities include asserting non-existence with explicit CSS selectors, passing command options like timeout and force directly in prompts, and controlling selector priority through the Cypress.ElementSelector API. The updates also highlight recent additions like self-healing indicators and scroll-into-view support. Upcoming improvements include generating cy.contains() queries for text-based assertions and expanded interaction support including hover behavior. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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