How to configure your project

Fine-tune Aucert's test generation and execution by editing aucert.config.yaml.

Prerequisites

• Aucert CLI installed (installation guide)
• aucert init already run in your project

Common configurations

Adjust confidence threshold

The confidence threshold controls which results are flagged as failures. Lower it to catch more potential issues (with more false positives), or raise it for higher precision:

aucert.config.yaml

testing:
  confidence_threshold: 0.90  # Higher = fewer results, more precise

Threshold	Trade-off	Best for
0.70	Catches more issues, more noise	Early development — cast a wide net
0.85	Balanced (default)	Most projects
0.95	Very precise, may miss subtle issues	Mature apps with low false-positive tolerance

Limit test scope

Focus on specific test types for faster feedback:

aucert.config.yaml

testing:
  scope:
    - navigation    # Screen-to-screen flows only (fastest)

Scope	What it tests	Speed
navigation	Screen transitions, back navigation, deep links	Fast (~1 min)
user-flows	End-to-end journeys (login → purchase → logout)	Medium (~3 min)
regression	Re-runs previously failed scenarios	Depends on history

Change output format

aucert.config.yaml

output:
  format: junit     # junit for CI/CD, json for API consumption, html for humans
  screenshots: true # Include screenshot evidence at each step

Limit test generation

Cap the number of scenarios to control run time and cost:

aucert.config.yaml

testing:
  max_tests: 20    # Generate at most 20 scenarios (default: 100)
  timeout: 180     # Per-scenario timeout in seconds (default: 300)

Full configuration reference

See Configuration reference for every available option, environment variable overrides, and validation rules.

Example configurations

Quick PR feedback

Minimal scope for fast feedback in CI:

aucert.config.yaml

testing:
  scope: [navigation]
  max_tests: 10
  confidence_threshold: 0.85
output:
  format: junit

Comprehensive nightly testing

Full scope for thorough overnight runs:

aucert.config.yaml

testing:
  scope: [navigation, user-flows, regression]
  max_tests: 200
  confidence_threshold: 0.80
output:
  format: html
  screenshots: true

What's next

• Configuration reference — Full option reference
• CLI commands — Full command reference
• Interpret results — Understand confidence scores