Function initCodecept

bin/mcp-server.js:507–552

(configPath, pluginOverrides)

}

async function initCodecept(configPath, pluginOverrides) {
  const plugins = normalizePluginOverrides(pluginOverrides)
  const sig = pluginsSignature(plugins)

  if (containerInitialized) {
    if (!Object.keys(plugins).length || sig === currentPluginsSig) return
    await teardownContainer()
  }

  const testRoot = process.env.CODECEPTJS_PROJECT_DIR || process.cwd()

  if (!configPath) {
    configPath = process.env.CODECEPTJS_CONFIG || resolvePath(testRoot, 'codecept.conf.js')
    if (!existsSync(configPath)) configPath = resolvePath(testRoot, 'codecept.conf.cjs')
  }

  if (!existsSync(configPath)) {
    throw new Error(
      `CodeceptJS config not found: ${configPath}\n` +
      `CODECEPTJS_CONFIG=${process.env.CODECEPTJS_CONFIG || 'not set'}\n` +
      `CODECEPTJS_PROJECT_DIR=${process.env.CODECEPTJS_PROJECT_DIR || 'not set'}\n` +
      `cwd=${process.cwd()}`
    )
  }

  console.log = () => {}
  console.error = () => {}
  console.warn = () => {}

  const { getConfig } = await import('../lib/command/utils.js')
  const config = await getConfig(configPath)

  // aiTrace is the canonical per-step ARIA/HTML/screenshot capture for MCP.
  // Always on so run_code / continue can read the latest snapshot from disk
  // instead of double-capturing through grabAriaSnapshot etc.
  applyPluginOverrides(config, { aiTrace: { on: 'step' }, browser: { show: false }, ...plugins })

  codecept = new Codecept(config, {})
  await codecept.init(testRoot)
  await container.started()

  containerInitialized = true
  browserStarted = true
  aiTraceEnabled = config.plugins?.aiTrace?.enabled === true
  currentPluginsSig = sig
}

async function formatReturnValue(value) {
  if (value instanceof WebElement) return await value.describe()