Local-mode platforms

When the verification runs on your GitHub runner (local mode), the agent verifies through IronBee DevTools, the same platforms the CLI uses. You choose which platforms it gets.

These inputs apply to local mode only. On IronBee, the run verifies your web app in a browser, and the action logs a warning if you set them. See Platform and local verification.

The platforms

Platform	Input	Default	Verifies through
Browser	`ironbee_browser_devtools`	`true`	A real Chromium browser: navigation, DOM, console, accessibility, screenshots, recording
Backend	`ironbee_backend_devtools`	`false`	Real protocol calls: HTTP, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSocket, databases, logs
Node.js	`ironbee_node_devtools`	`false`	The Node.js runtime: tracepoints, exceptions, variables, HTTP capture
Python	`ironbee_python_devtools`	`false`	The Python runtime through debugpy: tracepoints, exceptions, logs, thread dumps
Terminal	`ironbee_terminal_devtools`	`false`	CLI, REPL and TUI programs, driven through a pseudo-terminal

Only the browser runs by default. Turn on the others when those layers are part of the change:

- uses: ironbee-ai/ironbee-action@v1.1.0
  with:
    ironbee_api_key: ${{ secrets.IRONBEE_API_KEY }}
    anthropic_api_key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
    verification_mode: local
    ironbee_browser_devtools: 'true'
    ironbee_backend_devtools: 'true'

The terminal platform gives the agent a shell on the runner. Turn it on only when a command-line program is what you are verifying.

All enabled platforms are served by one ironbee-devtools MCP server. Its log is written to .ironbee/artifacts/ironbee-devtools-mcp.log and ships with the evidence artifact.

Browser on CI runners

GitHub-hosted Linux runners reject user-namespace sandboxing, which would otherwise stop Chromium on its first navigation. The action launches Chromium with --no-sandbox for you. No configuration is needed.

Tuning a platform

To pass extra environment variables to the DevTools server, or to change other CLI settings, use ironbee_extra_config. See Custom configuration.

Integrations

GitHub Action

Local-mode platforms

The platforms

Browser on CI runners

Tuning a platform

What’s next?

Verifying your application

Custom configuration

​The platforms

​Browser on CI runners

​Tuning a platform

​What’s next?

Verifying your application

Custom configuration

The platforms

Browser on CI runners

Tuning a platform

What’s next?