Glossary term
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
The Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect to external tools and data through a common interface. In testing, MCP servers such as Playwright MCP let an AI agent drive a real browser, which enables agentic test creation and exploration.
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More terms
Agentic testingAI hallucinationAI red teamingAnswer relevancyAPI testingBehaviour-driven development (BDD)CI quality gateContext precisionEnd-to-end testingExploratory testingFaithfulnessFlaky testGolden datasetIntegration testingJailbreakLLM evaluationLLM guardrailsLLM-as-a-judgeLoad testingOWASP Top 10 for LLM ApplicationsPage Object ModelPrompt injectionRegression testingRetrieval-augmented generation (RAG)SDETSelf-healing testsSmoke testingTest automationTest caseTest pyramidVisual regression testing
