🔨 TestForge: Your AI Test Design Assistant

Stop writing boilerplate. Start designing better test coverage.

TestForge is an enterprise-grade AI test design assistant built natively for VS Code. It bridges the gap between your product requirements (Jira) and your test execution strategy. Powered by a strict Anti-Shortcut Protocol (ASP), TestForge doesn't just generate generic text—it designs rigorous, ISTQB-compliant test matrices that adapt to your team's unique QA standards.

🚀 Why TestForge?

Most AI tools just read prompts and generate unstructured text. TestForge is built differently for professional QAs, SDETs, and Developers:

• Zero Context Switching: Fetch requirements directly from Jira into your IDE.
• The Brain (Semantic Vault): Teach the AI your company's specific formatting rules, edge cases, and business logic. It remembers your team's style for future generations.
• Structured Guardrails (ASP): TestForge utilizes a built-in Anti-Shortcut Protocol. While no AI is perfect, this system heavily guides the LLM to output rigorous, ISTQB-compliant JSON matrices, drastically reducing skipped steps and missing negative flows.
• Model-Agnostic Scaling: TestForge routes through your IDE's native AI proxy. The better your underlying AI model (e.g., GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet), the higher the quality of your test cases.
• 100% Local & Secure Data: We do not store your code, requirements, or test cases on external servers.

✨ Core Features

🔗 1. Direct Jira Integration

Stop copying and pasting requirements. Simply enter your Jira Ticket ID, and TestForge pulls the title, description, and acceptance criteria directly into the AI context window.

🧠 2. The Brain (Team Learning Vault)

Every QA team tests differently. If the AI misses a specific nuance, just tell it: "Always include a negative test for expired JWT tokens." TestForge saves this rule to your local Brain Vault and injects it into every future generation.

🛠️ 3. Legacy CSV Auditing & Repair

Have a massive CSV of old, poorly formatted test cases? Upload them to TestForge. The AI will audit the matrix against our protocol guardrails, identifying missing boundary tests or setup steps, and output a structured, updated matrix. (Note: Audit quality depends on the capability of your active IDE AI model).

📤 4. Bring-Your-Own-Format (Dynamic CSV Export)

No two Jira or Zephyr instances are the same. TestForge allows you to map our standard ISTQB JSON output to your company's exact custom CSV headers via VS Code settings. Export perfectly formatted test cases that upload cleanly to your test management tool on the first try.

⚡ Quick Start

1. Install TestForge from the VS Code Marketplace.
2. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P) and type: TestForge: Open Dashboard
3. (Optional) To enable Jira fetching, run: TestForge: Set Jira API Token (Secure)
4. Enter a requirement manually, or fetch a Jira ticket, and click Execute AI Pipeline.

💎 Pricing & Tiers

TestForge operates on a freemium model. The core generation loop is free forever to help you design better software.

🟢 Free Tier (Evaluator)

• Test Case Generation: Unlimited
• Custom CSV Exports: Unlimited
• Jira Ticket Fetching: Unlimited
• The Brain Vault: Maximum of 3 active rules
• CSV Auditing: 5 audits per week

🔵 Pro Tier ($15/user/month or $144/year)

• The Brain Vault: Unlimited active rules. Map your entire QA handbook.
• CSV Auditing: Unlimited audits
• Coming Soon: 1-Click direct push to Jira.

To upgrade to Pro, open your VS Code Settings (JSON) and update the testforge.licenseKey configuration.

🟣 Enterprise Tier

Need TestForge for the whole department? We offer custom deployments including:

• Corporate Security (BYOK): Route TestForge through your company's internal, secure Azure OpenAI or AWS Bedrock endpoints for zero data leakage.
• Volume Licensing: Centralized billing and master keys.

Contact us at testforge.inquiries@outlook.com to discuss Enterprise deployment.

⚙️ Configuration Settings

Customize TestForge directly in your settings.json:

• testforge.csvMapping: Define your custom CSV export headers.
• testforge.licenseKey: Enter your TF-PRO or TF-ENT license key.

🔒 Privacy & Security First

• TestForge runs inside your IDE. By leveraging the vscode.lm API, we route requests securely through your existing IDE AI subscription (like GitHub Copilot).
• We do not collect telemetry on your test cases.
• Your Jira tokens are encrypted using VS Code's native, OS-level SecretStorage.
• Your Brain Vault rules are saved to a local SQLite database on your hard drive.
• Your intellectual property never touches our servers.