Appium KaneAI Code Runner Plugin

!KaneAI - AI Testing Assistant

An Appium plugin that provides GenAI-Native test automation capabilities for mobile applications, with a focus on self-healing automation. This plugin integrates with the KaneAI API to provide intelligent solutions for test automation challenges.

Features

- Self-healing Automation: Automatically finds alternative locators when elements can't be found, reducing test flakiness and maintenance
- GenAI-Native Operation Resolution: Uses KaneAI API to resolve operations that can't be performed with traditional approaches
- Cross-platform Support: Works seamlessly with both Android and iOS platforms
- Special UI Element Handling: Custom handling for complex UI elements like SeekBars, NumberPickers, and iOS pickers
- Vision-based Element Finding: Uses AI vision capabilities to locate elements when traditional locators fail
- Metadata-driven Execution: Supports intent-based operation execution through metadata

Architecture

The architecture diagram is available in the architecture.md file.

Installation - Production

Install the plugin:

``bash
appium plugin install --source=npm appium-kaneai-code-runner
`

Activate the plugin for local runs:

`bash
appium server --base-path /wd/hub --use-plugins=kaneai-code-runner
`

Installation - Local Devlopment

`bash


Install the plugin

npm install
npm run build

Start Appium server with the plugin

npm run run-server
`

Configuration

The plugin requires the following environment variables:

- LT_USERNAME: Your LambdaTest username
- LT_ACCESS_KEY: Your LambdaTest access key
- AUTOMIND_URL: KaneAI API URL
- ORG_ID: Your organization ID
- TEST_ID: Test ID for tracking
- COMMIT_ID`: Commit ID for tracking