Electron Live Test

When To Use

Use this skill for live, headed testing of a running Electron desktop app. It is for interactive verification while developing, not for replacing automated smoke tests.

Use Playwright, WebDriver, Spectron replacements, or app-specific smoke tests for deterministic CI coverage. Use native-devtools-mcp when the user wants the agent to inspect or drive the currently running desktop app.

Requirements

• native-devtools-mcp available to the agent host.
• macOS: Accessibility and Screen Recording permissions for the controlling app.
• Electron renderer debugging enabled through a Chrome DevTools Protocol endpoint.
• The target app running in headed mode.

MCP Setup

Prefer launching native-devtools-mcp from a neutral directory so project-local package-manager policies do not break npx: