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Top 17 AI Testing Tools
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Top 17 AI Testing Tools

Compare 17 AI testing tools across five categories - from autonomous agents to managed QA services, and find the right fit for your team's testing workflow.

By Faith Kovi on

MCP Won't Replace Your Monitoring Tool
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MCP Won't Replace Your Monitoring Tool

MCP is a powerful interface for your monitoring data but it's not a replacement for your monitoring tool. Here's why.

By Dejan Lukić on

Why You Shouldn't Vibe Code Your Monitoring Tool
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Why You Shouldn't Vibe Code Your Monitoring Tool

Looking to build your own monitoring tool? While it may seem like a good idea at first, there are several reasons why you shouldn't vibe code your monitoring tool.

By Dejan Lukić on

How to Investigate a Production Incident Using an AI Agent (AppSignal MCP)
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How to Investigate a Production Incident Using an AI Agent (AppSignal MCP)

A step-by-step guide to investigating a production incident using an AI agent with AppSignal's MCP server.

By Dejan Lukić on

From Claude Code to Production: A Monitoring Checklist for Python Developers
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From Claude Code to Production: A Monitoring Checklist for Python Developers

If you're using AI to build a Python app, you need to make sure it's production-ready. Here's a checklist to get you started.

By Dejan Lukić on

Triage Production Incidents with a Single Prompt Using the AppSignal CLI
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Triage Production Incidents with a Single Prompt Using the AppSignal CLI

One AppSignal customer wired our official CLI into an agent skill, so he can search production logs, triage incidents, and check deploys in plain English. Here's how he set it up, and what it lets him do.

By Karen Patteri de Souza on

AppSignal MCP Server: Get Started in your IDE
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AppSignal MCP Server: Get Started in your IDE

Learn how to connect AppSignal's MCP server to Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, and Zed in under five minutes and give your AI agent direct access to your production monitoring data.

By Dejan Lukić on

Why AI-Generated Code Needs Monitoring More Than Handwritten Code
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Why AI-Generated Code Needs Monitoring More Than Handwritten Code

Vibe coding is great until something breaks in production and you're staring at a codebase you didn't write - monitoring is how you stay in control.

By Dejan Lukić on

Vibe Coding Economically: Which Framework Is the Cheapest? (Rails vs Django vs Laravel)
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Vibe Coding Economically: Which Framework Is the Cheapest? (Rails vs Django vs Laravel)

Thinking about starting your next web app? Learn which framework costs the least to run.

By Tarun Singh on

Top 10 Prompts for Your Monitoring Tool
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Top 10 Prompts for Your Monitoring Tool

Explore 10 ready-to-use prompts for AppSignal's MCP server that let you query errors, incidents, metrics, and dashboards using plain English.

By Dejan Lukić on

From Keyword Search to Ask AI: How We Upgraded AppSignal's Docs Experience
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From Keyword Search to Ask AI: How We Upgraded AppSignal's Docs Experience

This is the story of how we went from a minimal keyword-only search on docs.appsignal.com to a conversational Ask AI experience — and what we learned along the way.

By Ewa Szyszka, Karen Patteri de Souza on

AppSignal MCP Now Supports OAuth — and GitHub Copilot
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AppSignal MCP Now Supports OAuth — and GitHub Copilot

OAuth was always the auth model we wanted for AppSignal MCP, and it's now live as we move from beta to preview. That unlocks one-click install in the MCP Registry, GitHub Copilot, and a cleaner default for every editor we already supported — alongside a lot more we've shipped since launch.

By Serena Chou on

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