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# Radio preset survives a source switch

## Preconditions

Ignition on. Radio is the active source.

## Steps

Open Radio from the home screen.
Long-press the tile FM 98.4. Expected: “Saved to preset 2”.
Switch the source to USB, then back to Radio.

## Postconditions

Preset 2 plays FM 98.4.

How it works

How a test runs

The agent works your software the way a tester does. No selectors, no recordings.

01Read
The agent takes a screenshot of the device under test.
02Decide
It compares the screen with the step and chooses the next action.
03Act
It clicks, types, scrolls or calls a tool the test may use.
04Verify
It checks the result against the expected result and writes the verdict.

The harness around the agent

Context

The same layers for every test: built-in rules, the device prompt, what the team knows about the app, the report format, and your rules last.

Cost and speed

Stable prompts and tool definitions are cached, screenshots are downscaled, and several actions run in one model call.

Verdicts

Two attempts per step, then stop. FAILED when the app misbehaves, SKIPPED when a precondition is missing, BROKEN when infrastructure is down.

How AskUI works · How the harness works

Reach

What it can test

Anything a person can see and operate. No API or test hooks needed.

Systems AskUI can test, and how it connects
System	How AskUI connects
Windows, macOS, Linux	AgentOS on the machine drives screen, keyboard and mouse. Runs as a Windows service, also with nobody logged in.
Web	Any browser, through Playwright.
Android	Phones, tablets and emulators over adb, including device racks.
iOS	Simulators over idb.
Citrix and VDI	The published session, from the pixels. No plugins in the session.
HIL benches, head units, kiosks	HDMI capture and USB or Bluetooth HID. Nothing installed on the target.
Several machines	One test drives a client and a server, or a phone and a head unit.

Devices in the docs

Your tests

Your tests are files in your Git repository

Review, diff and branch them like code. Nothing important lives only with us.

Formats: Markdown, CSV for data-driven tests, TXT, JSON and PDF.
Structure: Tests with setup and teardown, test plans, reusable procedures, app knowledge, devices and schedules.
Import: Bring existing test cases from spreadsheets, CSV, TestRail or Helix ALM.

Project structure

main2 changes · ready to commit

tests

radio

TC-1142.mdtest case

rules.mdfolder rules

setup.md

ui.mdapp knowledge

plans

nightly.yamltest plan

procedures

select_source.mdreusable steps

utils

tools.json

mcp.json

devices.json

Evidence

What every run proves

Enough to debug a failure, or to show an auditor, from the report alone.

Verdict

PASSED, FAILED, WARN, SKIPPED or BROKEN, per test.

Per step

The expected and the observed result, a screenshot and the agent's reasoning.

Dashboard

Pass rate per test and per device. Runs from a laptop and from CI count the same.

radio_regressionScheduled · 02:00 · bench-hu-03PASSED 1FAILED 1WARN 1SKIPPED 1BROKEN 1

TC-1142 Radio preset survives a source switch

1Open Radio from the home screenPASSED
Observed FM station list shown
2Long-press the tile “FM 98.4”PASSED
Expected “Saved to preset 2”
Observed Toast reads “Saved to preset 2”
3Switch to USB, then back to RadioPASSED
Observed Preset 2 plays FM 98.4

TC-1142_report.md · step_2.png · conversation.json

Run report

Improves over time

Every run makes the suite sturdier

You approve every change.

Dreaming

Studies past runs against their outcomes and proposes small edits to rules and tests, as a reviewable diff.

In-Flight Guidance

A second model watches the run and stops it when it loops or drifts.

Forge

PromptForge, ToolForge and TestForge let testers set up and extend their agents without engineering support.

Integrations

Connect your systems and your pipeline

Tools: SQL over ODBC, HTTP, shell and file checks, built in. Custom C# tools. Secrets are encrypted and kept out of the transcript.
MCP: MCP servers as tools inside a test, for example Vector CANoe or dSPACE. AskUI is also an MCP server for Claude and other clients.
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI and Azure DevOps, through the headless CLI. Scheduled runs.

Tools · MCP · CI/CD

Security and deployment

Where it runs

The agent, your tests and your devices always stay with you. Only the model location changes.

AskUI Inference

Hosted by AskUI

Only model calls leave your network, with secrets redacted. We never train on your data.

AskUI ModelBridge

In your cloud

Azure AI Foundry, Vertex AI or another provider. AWS Bedrock is coming soon.

AskUI AirGap

On-premise

A self-hosted model and an offline licence key. Nothing leaves your network.

ISO 27001 certified. GDPR compliant. DPA available. Security and deployment · Architecture (PDF) · Security and data flow (PDF)

For your team

See how it works for your situation

Tech specs

Components: AskUI Desktop to author, run and review. The AskUI CLI, the same engine, headless. AgentOS for screen, keyboard and mouse on a machine.
Targets: Windows, macOS, Linux and Windows Server over gRPC. Android over adb. iOS simulators over idb. Web via Playwright. Citrix and VDI. HDMI capture and USB or Bluetooth HID.
Unattended: AgentOS as a Windows SYSTEM service: RDP disconnect recovery, logon screen, background sessions. Signed binaries, silent install.
Run order: setup.md first; a failing setup marks the tests it guards BROKEN. Each case is one agent execution. teardown.md runs last, also after failures.
Models: AskUI Inference, or your own: Anthropic (for example Claude Haiku 5.5), Azure AI Foundry, Vertex AI, any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, or self-hosted.
Plans: Per concurrent agent, after a free trial. See pricing

See it run on your system

Send us ten of your test cases. We run them on your system and walk you through the report.

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