MergeSense - xev for VS Code
AI-assisted test design for Jira, PRs, Confluence, and BDD workflows inside VS Code.
This is the VS Code port of the MergeSense - xev IntelliJ plugin. The generation logic, prompts,
supported integrations and exports are the same; the UI is rebuilt with VS Code webviews.
What it does
- Generates manual test cases (positive / negative / edge) from a Jira issue, a PR URL, a Confluence
page and the local git history.
- Generates BDD/Cucumber scenarios that reuse the existing Jira Cucumber tests of a project as style
reference and step inventory (also cross-project).
- Exports to Excel (
.xls + .xlsx, timestamped) and .feature files.
- Shows readable, scrollable, copyable diagnostic popups when something goes wrong.
Usage
Open the MergeSense - xev icon in the Activity Bar (you can drag the view to the secondary side bar).
Generate tab
- Enter a Jira ID or Confluence URL, optionally a PR URL
- Click Fetch Info / Fetch PR (optional — generation fetches them too)
- Click Generate Test Cases
Context used: PR diff + comments → Jira issue → related Jira issues → Confluence → local git history.
The Excel file is written to the output directory and the results open in the Results tab.
Generate BDD tab
- Enter the Jira Project ID that contains reusable Cucumber test cases
- Optionally enter a base Jira issue or Confluence URL
- Click Fetch Info, then Generate BDD Cases
BDD discovery uses: project = "<PROJECT>" AND issuetype = Test AND "Test Type" = Cucumber
Results tab
Color-coded table (positive / negative / edge), scenario detail, Export to Excel,
Export to Feature and Copy All.
Settings
Click ⚙ Settings (or run MergeSense: Open Settings).
| Section |
Fields |
| Jira |
URL, PAT or Basic auth, username, token |
| Confluence |
URL, PAT or Basic auth, username, token |
| Bitbucket (optional) |
URL, username, personal access token |
| GitHub / GitLab |
personal access token for PR/MR fetching |
| AI provider |
Anthropic, OpenAI, GitHub Models / Copilot, Gemini, Mistral, Groq, Ollama — with online model list refresh |
| Output |
default output directory |
Tokens are stored in the OS keychain through VS Code SecretStorage; other values live in the user
settings under mergesense.*.
- If the Anthropic token is empty the extension uses
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, or falls back to the
Claude CLI when ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN is set in the environment VS Code was launched from.
- For GitHub Copilot endpoints with an empty token, the local Copilot login files are tried first,
then the GitHub account signed in to VS Code.
Development
npm install
npm test # type-check + unit tests
npm run bundle # dist/extension.js
npm run package # mergesense-xev-<version>.vsix
Press F5 in VS Code (with this folder open) to start an Extension Development Host.
Install a built package with code --install-extension mergesense-xev-<version>.vsix
or Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX....
