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Playwright MCP vs CLI, Mutation Testing and AI Agents Flying Blind TGNS196

28 September 2026 at 7:50 PM
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Playwright MCP vs CLI, Mutation Testing and AI Agents Flying Blind TGNS196

About This Episode:

Playwright MCP or CLI: which one’s really eating your AI budget?

If you had 12,000 green unit tests, why would bugs still got through.

AI agents can ship code fast, but can they see what breaks in production?

Find out more in this episode of the Test Guild New Shows for the week of Sep 27th. So, grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea, and let’s do this.

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Links to News Mentioned in this Episode

0:00 Intro
0:19 Playwright MCP Vs CLI https://testgld.link/v9Hj8O6R
1:26 Cypress Observability https://testgld.link/FfRMrNr
2:33 Jev to make rigid tests flex https://testgld.link/AMnmwslU
3:49 Github AI Fuzzing https://testgld.link/nwJZUFTg
4:46 AI Unit Test aren’t real Tests https://testgld.link/bVLKeYTq
5:59 Mutation Testing Skill https://testgld.link/LlGVXeQ7
7:05 New Book Signals & Levers https://testgld.link/1kboWcA8
8:06 Raindrop Follow the Money https://testgld.link/5IqQ9nyw
8:54 AI Miving Fast Flying Blind https://testgld.link/Rq5pt7u2

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