Motus.Cli 1.0.1

Motus.Cli

Command-line tool for the Motus browser automation framework. Run tests, record interactions, manage browser installations, and inspect traces from your terminal.

Installation

# Global install
dotnet tool install -g Motus.Cli

# Local install (per-project)
dotnet tool install Motus.Cli

# Update
dotnet tool update -g Motus.Cli

Requires .NET 8.0 SDK or later.

Commands

motus run

Discovers and runs tests from compiled assemblies.

# Run all tests
motus run MyTests.dll

# Filter and parallelize
motus run MyTests.dll --filter "Category=Smoke" --workers 4

# Output JUnit XML for CI
motus run MyTests.dll --reporter junit --output results.xml

motus record

Launches a headed browser, records interactions, and emits C# test code.

# Record a session
motus record --url https://example.com --output LoginTest.cs

# Connect to an existing browser
motus record --connect ws://localhost:9222 --framework xunit

motus install

Downloads and installs a browser binary.

# Install Chromium
motus install chromium

# Install a specific revision
motus install chrome --revision 1234567

# Install to a custom path
motus install firefox --path ./browsers

motus trace show

Opens a recorded trace in the visual runner.

motus trace show trace.zip --port 5200

motus screenshot

Captures a screenshot from a URL.

motus screenshot https://example.com --output page.png

motus pdf

Generates a PDF from a URL.

motus pdf https://example.com --output page.pdf

motus codegen

Source code generation utilities.

motus update-protocol

Updates the bundled CDP protocol JSON files to the latest version.