Nova Act extension: Speed up development with chat-based scripting and testing

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Today, we're introducing the Nova Act extension—a tool that transforms how developers can build AI agents with Nova Act by bringing the entire agent development experience directly into IDEs like Visual Studio Code, Kiro, and Cursor. No more context switching between coding and testing—now you can generate scripts through chat, test cell-by-cell, and debug with live thinking and action logs all in one place. What used to take days now happens in minutes, helping developers build agents that achieve high reliability on enterprise workflows. As one partner at Hertz shared: "The live debugging alone cut our development time by 50%." Learn more: https://amzn.to/3KAM6nP

Amazon just launched the Nova Act extension, bringing AI agent development directly into your favorite IDE! The extension transforms how we build automation workflows by eliminating context-switching between tools. For QA teams, this can be game-changing - build UI test automation faster than Selenium (it uses Playwright under the hood), debug visually in real-time, and iterate cell-by-cell without rerunning entire scripts. I'm excited to try this for complex UI testing scenarios. The live debugging alone reportedly cuts development time by 50%. Check it out at nova.amazon.com/act and share your experience! #AIAgents #QAAutomation #NovaAct Joe Colantonio Lamhot Siagian Karthik K.K Sidharth Shukla Naveen Khunteta

This is an awesome way forward to ease UI testing using natural language. Seeing it integrated in VS Code is the next consequent to integrate it in the product lifecycle

"Exciting launch from Amazon AGI Labs! 🚀 The Nova Act extension brings AI agent development directly into popular IDEs like VS Code, making development workflows more efficient.

Today's release of the Nova Act extension is a game-changer for AI agent development, and it sparks a crucial thought about how we at Amazon approach innovation. The ability to generate, test, and debug scripts directly within a single IDE is a massive leap forward, cutting development time by as much as 50%. I believe #Amazon's Data Analysts and Data Engineers should be given similar permissions to utilize powerful tools like Nova Act. A policy that limits access based on job level is an outdated concept that can become an obstacle to our core leadership principles. Providing wider access to AI agents would empower us to: #Invent and Simplify: Automate complex inventory-related analyses and root cause findings that currently consume significant manual effort. #Think Big: Move beyond reactive reporting to proactively identifying and solving systemic issues across the supply chain. #Dive Deep: Enable more granular, real-time analysis of inventory health, allowing us to find insights faster and with greater accuracy. #Deliver Results: Drastically reduce the time it takes to develop and deploy solutions, leading to more efficient operations and higher customer satisfaction. This is a powerful opportunity to align our internal policies with our a commitment to innovation, and I'm excited to see how we can apply these principles to our work

As a long-time product engineer, I'm always looking for ways to marry new innovation with existing infrastructure. The Nova Act extension is exactly that. The combination of an LLM that can reliably operate a web browser, and an IDE experience that cuts development time in half (thanks to features like live debugging!), is a massive accelerator. This capability opens up a world of possibilities, from rapidly automating repetitive enterprise workflows to efficiently testing web applications and extracting crucial data—all while leveraging existing code and the deep knowledge already in place. I see huge potential in this entire space. Proud to have been featured in the launch! https://lnkd.in/gwjkqkq8

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