TestChimp VSCode Guide

Introduction

TestChimp VSCode extension acts as a bridge between your VS based IDEs (such as Cursor), and the TestChimp Chrome extension, to provide a seamless shift-left experience for QA and dev workflows enabling:

Visual Vibe Coding

Just Point and “Say the change you want to see“. TestChimp Chrome extension will communicate with the VSCode extension to prompt your AI assistant to make the adjustment requested, passing the complete context about the related files, target components details (ancestry hierarchy, computed styles etc.) and the fix requested.

Fix Bugs directly from the browser

TestChimp displays all bugs captured for a given screen in the Chrome extension (both Agent discovered as well as manually reported). With the VS Code extension installed, you can simply click “Fix in IDE” on the bug, and it will communicate with the VSCode extension to prompt the AI assistant in your IDE.

Generate test scripts for test scenarios

 Similar to bugs, the chrome extension displays all test scenarios identified (both agentically as well as manually added) for the current screen. You can click on “Generate script in IDE“, which will communicate with VS Code extension to prompt the AI assistant to generate test scripts – in your codebases’ style and structure.

Installation Guide

  1. Download the extension (.vsix file) from here: [link]
  2. Open Command Palette in Cursor IDE, select “Extensions: Install from VSIX…”, and give the downloaded file.
  3. Open Command Palette again, and select “Start TestChimp Bridge”

You should see “VSCode: connected” when you open the Chrome extension.

Related Resources:

  1. TestChimp Chrome Extension: “Cursor for QA”, bringing runtime-context aware AI assistance to your browser, right when you are testing.
  2. TestChimp MCP Server: Giving your MCP enabled IDEs (such as Cursor) access to the runtime behaviour context of your webapps.
  3. Babel-plugin-source-mapper: A tiny babel plugin instrumenting your build with source file metadata for enabling richer prompting to your IDEs directly from the Chrome extension.