What are the best AI tools for writing and improving tests?
The useful ones start from a failure or a behaviour, not from a coverage percentage. Prefer tools that reproduce a real bug as a failing test first, then verify the fix makes it pass.
Surveyed 17 September 2026
Generate and improve tests
Open in Tools →No.Tool
- 01Expect
Reads your git diff, generates AI test plans, and runs them in real browsers using your existing login sessions.
Developer Tools - 02qa-use
Automates QA by handing test flows to browser agents that exercise web apps end to end.
Developer Tools - 03Trailblaze
AI-driven Android UI testing framework where plain-language test descriptions let an agent drive the app.
Developer Tools - 04OpenAI Testing Agent Demo
Demo UI testing agent on OpenAI's Computer Use model that drives a browser to test apps end to end.
AI Agents
A curated selection in editorial order. Use the fit and evidence to judge it for your task. Something missing?
What to look for
- 01Does it write tests that can fail? Generated tests that assert whatever the code currently does lock in bugs instead of catching them.
- 02Does it run the suite, or only write files? A tool that never executes what it wrote cannot tell you it works.
- 03Does it fit your existing framework and fixtures, or import a second test runner alongside the one you have?
Common questions
- Does AI-generated test coverage actually catch bugs?
- Only when the test was written to reproduce a specific failure. Coverage generated to hit a percentage target mostly asserts current behaviour, which passes forever and catches nothing.
- What is the most reliable way to use an agent for testing?
- Red-green: have it write a test that fails for the right reason, confirm the failure, then fix the code until it passes. The failing run is the proof the test is real.
More in Write better software
- Review React codeFind React-specific correctness, performance, and maintainability problems.
- Review any codebaseGive an agent a repeatable, high-signal engineering review process.
- Review code for securityFind vulnerable patterns and validate remediations before shipping.
- Turn an API into a CLIGenerate a usable command-line interface from APIs and documentation.
- Debug production failuresGive agents logs, traces, errors, and the context needed to diagnose incidents.