QA Cortex is a Quality Engineering assistant for VS Code. It reviews Playwright and Selenium WebDriver test files, highlights risky automation patterns, suggests missing test scenarios, and presents results in a native VS Code dashboard.
The extension uses the local QA Cortex rule engine by default. LLM providers are optional and can be configured from the dashboard.
Features
Review current test file or selected code.
Show findings in the Problems panel with editor diagnostics.
Display CodeLens summaries for reviewed test files.
Generate structured Markdown reports.
Run test design analysis for missing scenarios.
Show quality, risk, maintainability, coverage, and insight tabs in the sidebar dashboard.
Configure Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenRouter as optional provider fallbacks.
How To Use
Install the extension.
Open the QA Cortex view from the Activity Bar.
Open a supported test file.
Run QA Cortex: Review Current Test File from the Command Palette or editor context menu.
Inspect findings in the Problems panel, Output channel, and QA Cortex dashboard.
You can also select a code block and run QA Cortex: Review Selection for a context-limited review.
Configuration
Common settings:
qaCortex.reviewOnSave: run review when a supported test file is saved.
qaCortex.showDiagnostics: show findings in the Problems panel.
qaCortex.showCodeLens: show CodeLens summaries on supported test files.
qaCortex.showStatusBar: show the QA Cortex status bar item.
qaCortex.telemetryEnabled: opt in to local anonymized telemetry. Disabled by default.
qaCortex.apiProvider: optional provider fallback, such as Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenRouter.
qaCortex.apiKey: API key for the selected optional provider.
Privacy
Telemetry is disabled by default. When enabled, telemetry is local and anonymized. QA Cortex does not record file paths, repository URLs, source code, API keys, or secrets.
