Import
Help URL: /reference/forms/import
Purpose
Turn a document (PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, text, or Markdown) spec/test script, or a GitHub issue, into a Gherkin feature draft via a staged import pipeline.
Common Tasks
From the New feature dialog choose Import from document (PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, text, or Markdown — or drop the file onto the feature list or a feature row).
Choose Import from GitHub issue (requires a linked repo).
Watch the staged pipeline run: Extract & segment → Draft feature file(s) → Enrich from screenshots → Verify against your site (only when the project has a test site URL) → Finalize the draft(s).
Answer any questions inline, or cancel and keep the draft as-is.
Key UI Elements
Timeline rail: Shows each stage of the import, including the live "Verify against your site" stage when it runs.
Gherkin draft tab: A live view of the feature being drafted.
Inline questions: Prompts you answer in place to refine the draft.
"Cancel — use draft as-is": Stops the pipeline and keeps the current draft.
Notes
One import can split into multiple feature files.
Excel and CSV rows are treated as candidate test cases, one per row; other document formats are treated as prose and segmented by described behavior.
The "Enrich from screenshots" stage only does work for PDFs with embedded page images; it's skipped for other formats or text-only PDFs.
The "Verify against your site" stage only runs when the project has a configured test site URL — it drives a live browser to correct screen names, labels, and any invented data, but never rewrites a bug/regression import's expected (currently-failing) outcome.
The panel is inline in the Features detail pane and reattaches across reloads and sessions.
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