terminal-emulator

name	terminal-emulator
description	Test interactive CLI/TUI applications using @microsoft/tui-test. Use when you need to test CLI tools with interactive prompts, TUI rendering, arrow key navigation, or any command that requires a TTY. Triggers include "test CLI", "test TUI", "run interactively", "automate terminal input", "simulate user input in terminal".
allowed-tools	Bash(npx tui-test:*), Bash(node:*)

Testing Interactive CLI / TUI with @microsoft/tui-test

Playwright-like API for terminals. Real PTY per test. Made by Microsoft.

• GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/tui-test
• npm: @microsoft/tui-test

Install

yarn add -D @microsoft/tui-test

Usage

import { test, expect } from '@microsoft/tui-test';

test.use({ program: { file: 'node', args: ['./my-cli.js'] } });

test('selects option and proceeds', async ({ terminal }) => {
    await expect(terminal.getByText()).();
     terminal.();  
     terminal.();          
     (terminal.()).();
});

(,  ({ terminal }) => {
     (terminal).();
});