Agentic Test Automation for Mainframe (CICS Screens) Applications

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Hi All,

I am looking for help/guidance on effective usage of agentic test automation for my application. 90% of my application is based on COBOL-CICS modules and BMS screens.

Thanks in Advance

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Hi @madhukar.anand

Agentic test automation can be applied to COBOL‑CICS/BMS applications by using UiPath Terminal activities for TN3270 access, mapping BMS screen fields, creating reusable navigation workflows, and letting agentic testing generate test steps, validate terminal responses, and expand coverage. I’m not very sure but you can try.

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Thanks, Prashant. I’ll give it a try.

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Hi @madhukar.anand

Agentic test automation has limited direct value for COBOL-CICS/BMS screens. Use traditional terminal/mainframe automation for execution, and apply agentic/AI mainly for test case design, data generation, and analysis. A hybrid approach works best.

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@madhukar.anand

In the test manager creating of test cases ,refining them and adding edge cases might be possible with AI..

But developing screens might be ideal manually as there is no object repo involved or any logic..most of it epuld be to use right activity from terminal and send the key strokes..if keystroke level is documented properly then 40-50% can be leveraged

Cheers

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