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The Test Tribe 8th SFO Meetup – AI Agents Meet Mobile Testing
Building a Complete Appium Test Suite with MCP + Claude Code
Everyone is talking about AI agents in testing.
But how much of it actually works in real engineering environments?
At the 8th SFO Meetup, we move past theory and polished demos to explore a real-world implementation - building a full mobile automation suite using AI agents from scratch.
This session is about what happens when AI meets production constraints: what works, what breaks, and what still needs human judgment.
Event Details
Date: 28th April 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
Venue: 1631 N First St, San Jose, CA 95112, USA
Session: AI Agents Meet Mobile Testing - Building a Complete Appium Test Suite with MCP + Claude Code
Speaker: Somu Suryanarayanan
About the Session
In this hands-on, experience-driven session, Somu Suryanarayanan walks through how his team built a complete Appium test suite for iOS and Android - from zero to production - without writing manual test code.
Using the Appium MCP Server and Claude Code, the team:
Generated test scenarios from plain English descriptions
Created working Appium tests automatically
Executed tests across local simulators and BrowserStack cloud devices
Scaled from zero automation to 10+ end-to-end tests in under an hour
This is not a vendor demo - it’s a candid look at a real implementation, including:
Where AI delivered surprising value (including uncovering missed coverage)
Where things didn’t go as planned
Where human judgment remained critical to avoid flaky or misleading tests
Key Takeaways
The natural language → test automation workflow in practice
Real-world metrics: time saved, coverage gained, and limitations encountered
Practical lessons and gotchas from a production implementation
How to execute AI-generated tests across local and cloud environments
Where AI helps - and where human expertise still matters most
About the Speaker
Somu Suryanarayanan is an Engineering Manager leading Quality and Tools Development at CookUnity, where he builds AI-powered testing systems, agentic automation frameworks, and developer productivity tools for a team of 50+ engineers.
With over 15 years of experience, Somu has led quality engineering transformations at PayPal, Life360, MyVest, and several high-growth startups - helping teams evolve from manual testing to AI-augmented quality engineering.
His current work focuses on:
LLM-driven testing systems
Autonomous API testing agents using Claude and GPT
AI-powered flaky test detection
Machine learning integration into CI/CD pipelines
Somu is also an IEEE Professional Member and actively helps organizations adopt AI-first QA and development strategies.
Why You Should Attend
See a real-world implementation of AI-driven mobile test automation
Learn how to go from zero to a working test suite quickly
Understand the limits of AI in production testing
Gain practical insights you can apply to your own projects
Connect with San Francisco’s QA, automation, and AI engineering community
Be part of The Test Tribe’s 8th SFO Meetup
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