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Argus

AI-powered exploratory QA agent. Give it a URL, it explores your app like a real user — clicking buttons, filling forms, trying edge cases — and finds bugs that scripted tests miss.

Unlike Playwright or Cypress, you don't write test scripts. Argus discovers bugs you didn't think to test for.

Core Feature: Auto-Verification

Argus's killer feature: every action is automatically verified. When you delete an item and see "Deleted!", Argus refreshes the page to check if it's actually gone. When you edit and save, Argus verifies the new value persisted. No other testing tool does this automatically.

test_form({"email": "test@test.com", "password": "wrong"}, expected_result="validation_error")

→ UNEXPECTED — form accepted input that should have been rejected
  (Auth bypass: any credentials accepted)
test_crud(create_url="/tasks/new", list_url="/tasks", item_data={"title": "Buy milk"})

→ CREATE: [OK] item created and found on list
  EDIT:   [BUG] "Buy milk (edited)" not found — edit did not persist!
  DELETE: [BUG] item still present after refresh — delete is fake!

Quick Start (MCP Server for Claude Code)

Claude Code becomes the AI brain — no API key needed.

pip install argus-testing
playwright install chromium
claude mcp add argus -- argus-mcp

Then in Claude Code:

"Test my app at http://localhost:3000, focus on the checkout flow"

MCP Tools (18)

Compound tools (core — do more per call):

Tool

What it does

test_action(index, desc)

Click + auto-capture before/after state + diff + detect bugs

test_form(fields, submit)

Fill form + submit + verify success/error + detect bugs

test_crud(create, list, data)

Full create/edit/delete cycle with auto-verification per step

Scanning tools:

Tool

What it does

crawl_site(max_pages)

Auto-crawl entire site, run all detectors on every page

check_links()

Crawl internal links, find 404s/5xx

check_performance()

Measure load time, find large resources

Low-level tools (for edge cases):

Tool

What it does

start_session(url) / end_session()

Launch/close browser, generate report

get_page_state()

See elements + page text + counts + toasts + meta + a11y

click / type_text / select_option / navigate / go_back / scroll_down

Direct interaction

screenshot(name)

Capture the current page

get_errors()

Run all 12 passive detectors

verify_action(type, text, url)

Manual verification of delete/edit persistence

What It Detects (16 types)

Category

What it finds

Logic Bugs

Fake delete/edit (says success but data didn't persist), misleading toasts

Runtime Errors

Console exceptions, HTTP 4xx/5xx, crashes

Data Issues

Count mismatches, broken dates, NaN, eternal "Loading..."

Dead Links

Crawls all internal links, finds 404s and 5xx

Broken Images

Images that failed to load

SEO

Missing meta description, OG tags, heading hierarchy

Accessibility

Missing alt text, unlabeled inputs, no lang attribute

Performance

Slow loads (>3s), large resources (>500KB), excessive requests

Security

Mixed content (HTTP on HTTPS), XSS reflection

Tested On

Site

Type

Result

React.dev

Next.js SPA

2 bugs (a11y)

Angular.dev

Angular SPA

1 bug (a11y)

Vue.js

Vitepress SPA

1 bug (a11y)

TodoMVC Svelte

Svelte SPA

2 bugs (SEO, a11y)

Tailwind CSS

Next.js

9 bugs (a11y, perf, large resources)

Hacker News

Static

5 bugs (SEO, a11y)

citymedicalaesthetics.com

Static

8 bugs (dead links, 404 images, SEO)

httpbin.org

Static

5 bugs (SEO, a11y)

BuggyTasks (test app)

Starlette

15+ bugs (fake CRUD, auth bypass, broken dates)

Zero false positives across all tested sites.

Alternative: Standalone CLI

pip install argus-testing
playwright install chromium
export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=sk-...
argus http://localhost:3000 --model deepseek/deepseek-chat -n 50

Supports 100+ models via LiteLLM.

Requirements

  • Python 3.10+

  • Chromium (auto-installed via playwright install chromium)

License

MIT

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security - not tested
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license - permissive license
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quality - not tested

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