Sahil Sharma
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2025-12-19

Do AI Test Agents Belong in CI Pipelines? An Honest Take

Why agents like Planner/Generator are instruction-driven, and when CI integration actually makes sense.

I see many teams rushing to plug AI Test Agents directly into CI/CD and expecting magic.

The core truth: most agents are instruction-driven. They generate or update specs when guided — not continuously.

So the real question becomes:

In many teams, local usage is enough.

CI integration starts making sense when you need scale, consistency, governance, or controlled workflows across multiple repos and teams.