---
title: "Practical guides for web, mobile, and API tests"
sidebarTitle: "Guides"
description: >-
  Practical guides for web, smartphone, and API testing, plus monitor scheduling
  and alert management to keep your tests running smoothly.
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
---

> **For AI agents:** the complete documentation index is at [llms.txt](/llms.txt). Append `.md` to any page URL for its markdown version.

Practical walkthroughs that get you from zero to working solution.

## Web testing

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  <Card title="Create a web test" icon="circle-play" href="/guides/web-create-test">
    Record and run your first automated web test.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Update your tests" icon="pen" href="/guides/web-update-tests">
    Organize steps into groups, add variables, and refine selectors.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Web step types" icon="list" href="/guides/web-step-types">
    Explore all available actions for web tests.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Smartphone testing

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  <Card title="Create a smartphone test" icon="circle-play" href="/guides/smartphone-create-scenario">
    Record and run your first automated mobile test.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Modify steps" icon="pen" href="/guides/smartphone-modify-steps">
    Add, modify, or reorganize steps in your mobile tests.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Advanced options" icon="gear" href="/guides/smartphone-advanced-options">
    Configure delays, hooks, AI settings, and version history.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## API testing

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  <Card title="Create an API test" icon="code" href="/guides/api-create-test">
    Set up and execute an API test from a live session.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Monitors and alerts

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  <Card title="Create and delete monitors" icon="chart-line" href="/guides/monitors-create-delete">
    Schedule automatic execution of your tests.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Pause and resume monitors" icon="pause" href="/guides/monitors-pause-resume">
    Temporarily suspend monitors during maintenance.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Manage alerts" icon="bell" href="/guides/alerts-manage">
    Get notified by email, Slack, or Teams when tests fail.
  </Card>
</Columns>