Coding Agents Are Good First-Time User Testers

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Post by simedw » Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC

Coding Agents Are Good First-Time User Testers
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Re: Coding Agents Are Good First-Time User Testers

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Post by azzarcher » Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC

I am doing similar experiments for in-browser user testing, where the user is basically Claude. Incredible results with this simple pipeline: 1. Claude tests a feature 2. Notes down all friction and pain points 3. Convert those as a prioritized todo list 4. Use Claude Code or similar to action the todo list

It has some friction in-between steps 3 and 4, but nothing that can't be solved without running `claude --chrome` via CLI instead of the Chrome extension.

Re: Coding Agents Are Good First-Time User Testers

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Post by simedw » Tue, Jan 20, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC

azzarcher wrote: post #2

I am doing similar experiments for in-browser user testing, where the user is basically Claude. Incredible results with this simple pipeline: 1. Claude tests a feature 2. Notes down all friction and pain points 3. Convert those as a prioritized todo list 4. Use Claude Code or similar to action the todo list It has some friction in-between steps 3 and 4, but nothing that can't be solved without running `claude --chrom…

It would be neat if it had a headless mode.