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Reusing test cases with Call to Test | Zephyr

SmartBear Zephyr is the Jira-native test management and automation platform that empowers your team to deliver better software,faster. By creating test cases, linking them to user stories and requirements, and monitoring progress all within Jira, you can unify your testing and development efforts. This short video demonstrates how to use a test case in Zephyr, known as the “Call to Test” capability. You’ll see how you can reference and reuse test cases across multiple Jira projects, no matter the test case type.

How to create a test cycle | Zephyr

SmartBear Zephyr is the Jira-native test management and automation platform that empowers your team to deliver better software, faster. Organizing your testing into Test Cycles is the best way to align your QA efforts with specific sprints, releases, and versions, ensuring your team stays focused and on schedule. This short demo video guides you through the process of setting up and populating your Test Cycles. You’ll learn how to define execution windows, link cycles to specific release versions, and pull in test cases from across different Jira projects to create a unified testing effort.

Tracking testing progress with reports | Zephyr

SmartBear Zephyr is the Jira-native test management and automation platform that empowers your team to deliver better software, faster. Its reporting and dashboard capabilities provide real-time visibility into your quality metrics, so you always know the status of your release. This short demo video shows you how to navigate the Zephyr Reports tab and build customized Jira Dashboards. Whether it’s via high-level execution summaries or deep-dive traceability reports, you can track coverage and identify testing bottlenecks instantly.

Test automation using Record and Play | Zephyr

SmartBear Zephyr is the Jira-native test management and automation platform that empowers your team to deliver better software,faster. Its Record and Play capability is a fast and easy way to build, run, and review automated tests. This short video demonstrates the full flow from recording to execution, all without writing a single line of code. You'll see how testers can review the recorded steps and verify that each interaction was accurately captured, for both traceability and visibility into the automated workflow.

Software teams are discovering something powerful: agentic automation that connects across the SDLC

In this From the Bear Cave session, Dan Faulkner and Vineeta Puranik break down how MCP Server enables connected workflows, what autonomy looks like in practice, and why trust and transparency are critical as teams adopt agentic automation.

Powering agentic software quality with MCP servers | From the Bear Cave

In this From the Bear Cave session, Dan Faulkner, CEO of SmartBear, and Vineeta Puranik, CTO/CPO of SmartBear, discuss why agentic automation is becoming essential in software development and delivery, how MCP Server enables connected autonomy across the SDLC, and what this transformation means for business outcomes and the future of human + AI collaboration.