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Build your first Workbook

Auto-generate with Discovery, or build by hand; a worked example.

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Build your first Workbook

Option A — auto-generate (fastest)

  1. Workbooks → Discover, paste your app URL.
  2. The Discovery Agent crawls and generates a runnable Workbook (web + API + APM + assertions).
  3. Run it, watch the narration, then save and schedule.

Option B — build by hand

  1. New Workbook → drag a Web Test node; configure the journey.
  2. Add an API Test node and connect it after the web node.
  3. Add an APM Observe node for the service you exercised.
  4. Add an Assertion node: hasErrors IS_FALSE.
  5. Optionally add a Branch → HTTP Action to remediate on failure.
  6. Click Run and watch the live timeline.

Worked example — "checkout is truly healthy"

Web Test (login -> add to cart -> checkout)
   -> API Test (GET /api/order/{{orderId}})  assert status == 200
   -> DB Collector (SELECT status FROM orders WHERE id = {{orderId}})  assert == 'confirmed'
   -> APM Observe (service: checkout-api)  assert hasErrors == false, p95 < 800ms
   -> Assertion (all good?) -> Branch
        true  -> end (green)
        false -> HTTP Action (open war room) + Approval (page on-call?)
This single run proves the journey worked, the order persisted, the replica was consistent, and the backend was clean — something no single tool checks.