🎯 Key Takeaways

Don't let manual QA break your flow. Testing should match your iteration speed.
Use AI-powered testing tools that understand intent, not selectors.
Run tests after every major AI-generated change to catch silent regressions.
The vibe coder's loop: Prompt → Generate → Test → Repeat.

So you’re vibe coding. You’re prompting Cursor to build a new dashboard. You’re asking Replit to refactor your auth flow. You’re moving 10x faster than you used to.

But then… dread.

You realized you just changed 40 files in one prompt. Did the login break? Is the mobile menu responsive? Does the checkout still calculate tax?

The old way (writing Jest/Playwright tests by hand) is too slow. It breaks your flow. It kills the vibe.

The Vibe Testing Workflow

To match the speed of Vibe Coding, you need a testing layer that works on **intent**, not script. Here is the 3-step workflow to keep your projects bug-free without leaving your editor.

Step 1: The "Sanity" Prompt (Get started)

Whenever you ask your AI coder to build a feature, immediately pop over to Rihario (or use our theoretical CLI 😉) and prompt a test for it.

Prompt: "Go to /dashboard and verify that the new 'Export CSV' button actually downloads a file."

Step 2: The "Regression" Suite

Before you merge or deploy, run your core flows. In Vibe Coding, you break things often because you move fast.

Login / Signup
Core value prop (e.g. creating a project)
Settings / Billing

Keep these as saved tests in Rihario. One click runs them all.

Step 3: Visual Vibes

AI code generators are notorious for messing up CSS. Using Rihario's **Visual Regression**, you can instantly see if your header alignment shifted by 2 pixels or if your dark mode is suddenly white.

Why Manual Testing is Dead for Vibe Coders

When you write code by hand, you have a mental model of what you touched. When you vibe code, you don't. You are the architect, not the bricklayer.

Because you don't know exactly what changed, manual testing requires checking everything. That’s impossible.

Automated AI testing is the only way to scale your confidence along with your code volume.

How to Test While Vibe Coding