🎯 Key Takeaways

5-point smoke test: Login, core action, 404 check, mobile viewport, third-party integrations.
Run after every major AI prompt to catch regressions immediately.
Manual smoke testing kills your flow—automate it.
Rihario self-heals tests when your UI changes—no maintenance required.

Vibe coding with tools like Cursor and Replit is fast, but it's also chaotic. Small prompts can break big features. A "smoke test" is your first line of defense—a quick set of checks to ensure the app isn't on fire.

Manual smoke testing kills your flow. Rihario recommends automating this entire 5-point checklist so you can run it with one click after every major prompt.

The Vibe Coder's Smoke Checklist

1. The "Happy Path" Login

Goal: Can a user get into the app?

Rihario creates a test that visits your login page, enters test credentials, and asserts that the dashboard loads. If this fails, stop coding and fix it immediately.

2. The Core Value Action

Goal: Can the user do the *one thing* your app is for?

If you're building a todo app, can Rihario add a todo? If it's a generator, can Rihario generate an image? This verifies your business logic didn't break during a UI refactor.

3. The "404" Check

Goal: Did a routing change break navigation?

Rihario's spider can quickly crawl your navbar links to ensure none of them return a 404 error or a blank white screen (the "White Screen of Death").

4. The Mobile Viewport

Goal: Did the new sidebar crush the mobile layout?

Rihario runs your tests in a mobile viewport (375x812) automatically. We check for horizontal scrollbars and overlapping elements that make the app unusable on phones.

5. Third-Party Integrations

Goal: Is Stripe/Supabase/OpenAI actually connecting?

Rihario monitors network requests during the test. We assert that calls to your API or third-party services return 200 OK statuses, not 500 errors.

Why Rihario?

You could write Playwright scripts for all of these. But you're a vibe coder. You don't want to maintain test scripts.

With **Rihario**, you just describe these 5 steps in plain English once. Our AI agents execute them forever. When your UI changes, Rihario self-heals the test instead of failing.

Rihario's Smoke Test Checklist for Vibe Coded Apps