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Testing story

As explained in Software Testing with Generative AI

A narrative testing report that organizes testing activities, observations, and findings into a richer account.

A testing story is a narrative report that reconstructs how exploratory testing was carried out and what was learned. It enriches brief session notes while preserving the testing setup, activities, observations, and discovered bugs. section 8.3

A practical testing story prompt can request that an LLM:

  • Convert exploratory testing notes, delimited by three hashes, into a detailed account of the sessions. section 8.3
  • List every identified bug separately at the end for quick team reference. section 8.3
  • Use existing Markdown notes as the source material rather than requiring extensive note-taking during exploration. section 8.3

Exploring bookings in a report view

A testing story can describe an exploratory session focused on rendering a large volume of bookings, including the session goal and the bugs found. ChatGPT can transform the supplied notes into this report format. section 8.3

Treat generated stories as aids for richer reporting and discussion, not as unquestioned accounts or replacements for tester judgment. section 8.4

How Software Testing with Generative AI covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the report and demonstrates a prompt, input delimiter, formatting instruction, and concrete output scenario.
Examples
Uses Markdown notes, a delimited conversion prompt, and a bookings-rendering session involving extensive booking data.
What it assumes
Assumes exploratory testing notes exist, while using those notes to avoid distracting testers with excessive session detail.
What you can do after
Apply it via ChatGPT to convert exploratory testing notes into a structured story with a separate bug list.
How it connects
Connects exploratory testing, testing notes, LLMs, test reports, and bug reporting.

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