| name | tui-explorer |
| description | Discover and replay terminal UI paths using agent-tui. Use when you need to launch a TUI app, explore navigation with bounded BFS, generate markdown acceptance tests, and verify those tests repeatedly. Do not use for web or desktop GUI automation.
|
tui-explorer
Purpose
Generate replayable acceptance tests from discovered TUI navigation paths.
Commands
- Discover:
skills/tui-explorer/scripts/tui_explorer discover --command "<app command>"
- Verify:
skills/tui-explorer/scripts/tui_explorer verify --spec "<path-to-acceptance.md>"
Defaults
- Exploration strategy: bounded BFS.
- Safe action set:
Enter, Tab, ArrowDown, ArrowUp, ArrowRight, ArrowLeft, Esc, Space.
- Risky actions are disabled unless
--allow-risky is set.
- Output directory defaults to
.agent-tui/discover/<timestamp>/.
- Replay fails on scenario failure and exits non-zero.
Workflow
- Start live preview over the HTTP endpoint with
agent-tui live start --open before discovery so the user can watch exploration in the built-in web UI.
- Run
discover for the target command.
- Inspect generated artifacts:
acceptance.md (human-readable OpenSpec-style expectations + machine-executable steps)trace.jsonldiscover-report.json
- Run
verify against the generated acceptance.md.
- Stop live preview with
agent-tui live stop after verification.
Session handling for live preview:
- Treat browser session selection as preview-local context only.
- Do not use browser interactions to switch the daemon active session.
- On failure, inspect
verify-report.json and files under failures/.
References
- Schema details:
references/schema-v1.md
- Discovery mechanics:
references/discovery.md
- Replay semantics:
references/replay.md
