Prompt to Passing Test: AI-CLI-Driven Mobile Automation - 6th Dallas Meetup

6th Dallas Meetup – Prompt to Passing Test: AI-CLI-Driven Mobile Automation

What if you could go from a plain-English test idea to a working mobile automation test - without writing the test code yourself?

In this hands-on session, you’ll see how an AI command-line assistant can drive a real WebdriverIO + Appium framework, turn a simple test description into an asserting test, and run it on a real Android device.

The session also explores what changes when AI starts writing your tests - from defining team standards to reviewing AI-generated code and knowing where human judgment still matters.

Event Details

• Date: 30 September 2026
• Time: 05:30 PM – 07:30 PM CT
• Venue: 25N Coworking

Session – Prompt to Passing Test: AI-CLI-Driven Mobile Automation

Speaker: Srikanth Srinivas

WebdriverIO and Appium automation traditionally require specialist skills. This session explores how AI can make the workflow more approachable while keeping quality and human oversight at the center.

You’ll see how to:

• Turn plain-English intent into a real, asserting WebdriverIO + Appium test.
• Use a simple conventions file to guide AI-generated tests according to team standards.
• Review AI-generated automation like a pull request, rather than blindly accepting the output.
• Understand where human judgment remains essential in AI-assisted test creation.
• Run and observe mobile tests at scale through a shared BrowserStack cloud device dashboard.

How This Meetup Solves Your Problem

• Mobile automation feels too specialized? See how AI can help translate intent into working automation.
• Worried about trusting AI-generated tests? Learn how conventions and human review can keep the output aligned with team standards.
• Still spending time writing repetitive test code? Explore a workflow where AI handles test creation while engineers focus on reviewing and improving it.
• Hard to see what's happening across mobile test runs? Learn how a shared cloud device dashboard can make runs visible in one place.

Why Show Up on 30 September?

• Because you’ll see the journey from prompt to passing mobile test on a real Android device.
• Because AI-assisted automation is changing the role of the test engineer from code author to reviewer and quality gatekeeper.
• Because you’ll see how simple team conventions can influence AI-generated automation.
• Because the goal isn't just to generate tests - it’s to build a workflow where AI and human judgment work together.
• Because you’ll leave with practical ideas for making advanced automation more approachable for everyday testing teams.

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