`noflake write`

Scan your codebase, database schema, routes, and auth patterns. Generate a full Playwright E2E test suite powered by AI.

✅ Available — Requires Starter tier or above

Usage

npx noflake write [options]

Options

Flag	Description	Default
`-c, --config <path>`	Path to noflake config file	`.noflakerc.json`
`--dry-run`	Preview the test plan without generating files	`false`
`--max-retries <n>`	Max self-heal retries per test	`3`
`--visual`	Enable visual regression screenshots (Pro tier)	`false`
`--api`	Generate API endpoint tests (Pro tier)	`false`
`--perf`	Add performance budget assertions (Pro tier)	`false`

How it works

Scan — Detects your framework (Next.js, React, Vue, Svelte, Express), reads your database schema (Prisma, Drizzle, raw SQL), identifies auth patterns (NextAuth, Clerk, Supabase Auth, Lucia, Firebase), and maps all routes
Plan — Sends a condensed context to Claude and generates a test plan covering user flows, auth routes, CRUD operations, and edge cases
Generate — Creates Playwright test files in your testDir
Verify — Runs every generated test. If a test fails because the test itself is wrong, NoFlake sends the error back to Claude and retries (self-healing loop, up to maxRetries attempts)
Save state — Writes the test manifest, coverage map, and run history to .noflake/

Example (preview)

$ npx noflake write

🔥 NoFlake — Write Tests

🔍 Scanning codebase...
✅ Detected next project with 14 routes
  📊 Schema: prisma with 8 tables
  🔐 Auth: next-auth

🧪 Generating tests...
  ✅ user-signup-flow
  ✅ user-login-flow
  ✅ dashboard-crud-operations
  ✅ settings-profile-update
  ✅ api-auth-guard
  ❌ billing-checkout → self-healing (attempt 1/3)
  ✅ billing-checkout → healed ✓

  6 passed, 0 failed, 6 total
  State saved to .noflake/

Requires: An ANTHROPIC_API_KEY environment variable with a valid Anthropic API key, plus a Starter ($9/mo) tier or above. Visual, API, and performance flags require Pro ($39/mo) tier.

🔒 Safe by design: The write command reads your source code to understand your app, but only writes to tests/e2e/ and .noflake/. Your application source code is never modified.