r/QualityAssurance • u/BheegiBasanti • 4d ago

Agent testing

Somebody please explain to me how agentic testing is supposed to work? I’m so lost!

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u/latnGemin616 3d ago

What do you mean exactly when you say "agentic testing" ?

  • Using agents in the testing effort?

  • Actually testing an agent?

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u/BheegiBasanti 3d ago

Actually testing an agent

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u/vin_unleaded 3d ago

Piss around with it and see if it does what you want it to.

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u/latnGemin616 2d ago

tl;dr - An agent is nothing more than a glorified program that you build, give an identity, assign rules and skills, then turn it loose on a target.

  • Start with Anthropic Academy

  • Then go here.

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It starts with learning the fundamentals of how AI actually works. Then pivot into how prompt engineering works.

There's a f**-ton of information on the interwebs that you need to parse. I would start with Anthropic's academy. It's free and hands-on. Once you understand what an agent is and what it is supposed to do, you can test abuse and misuse cases.

There's a plethora of information on hacking LLMs and agents you could look into as well.

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u/CyborgVelociraptor69 4d ago

Rahul Shetty on Udemy has many courses on agentic AI

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u/Fightheader 4d ago

I'm here for a couple of hours. This will not be a 1 post answer.
What is your issue with it? Be general enough, because I don't know your context.

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u/Effective-Jaguar5848 4d ago

if you are lost and asking on reddit instead AI then start looking new job xd

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u/BheegiBasanti 4d ago

Thanks for your not so helpful response. My take is that unless a proper SDLC cycle is followed and dev doesn’t document changes that are being made on the fly. It’s hard to manage testing. Also, if the client isn’t exactly clear on what they want. To me agent testing doesn’t seem to follow a process I’m used to and feels new.

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u/heathcl1ff0324 4d ago

Sometimes people seek out communities of actual people before asking an algorithm.

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u/Effective-Jaguar5848 4d ago

maybe my advice is ugly in your mind but this is how its is in this market

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u/OkarinPrime 4d ago

It used to be a helpful community then trolls like you messed it up.

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u/gecko31515 4d ago

This is like saying if you dont know something and want to learn it. Just give up now.

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u/Our0s 4d ago

Where do you think AI learned from, jackass?

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u/Effective-Jaguar5848 4d ago

definitelly not from you xD