# SmartBear’s BearQ Adds Sources and Workflows

> SmartBear’s BearQ now finds coverage gaps and automates test runs with new AI features.
- Title: SmartBear’s BearQ Adds Sources and Workflows · SiliconANGLE
- Summary: SmartBear’s BearQ now finds coverage gaps and automates test runs with new AI features. SmartBear’s BearQ adds Sources to find coverage gaps and Workflows to…
- Keywords: smartbear, bearq, sources, workflows, quality assurance, ai testing, test automation, jira, technology, enterprise, Adds, SiliconANGLE
- Source: SiliconANGLE — https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/20/smartbears-bearq-adds-sources-to-find-coverage-gaps-and-workflows-to-automate-test-runs
- Author: Duncan Riley
- Published: 2026-10-20T12:01:59+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: smartbear, bearq, sources, workflows, quality assurance, ai testing, test automation, jira, technology, enterprise
## BearQ Adds Sources
SmartBear’s BearQ now finds coverage gaps by pulling requirements and bug reports from Jira.

> requirements and bug reports now flow in from atlassian corp.’s jira so the agent knows what ought to be tested
## BearQ Adds Workflows
Teams can chain jobs together behind a single trigger to automate test runs after builds land in pipelines.

> once a build lands in the continuous integration and delivery pipeline for example bearq can spin up a test environment and run regression tests against it
## Progressive Autonomy
Teams start with manual approvals and gradually hand over more process as confidence grows.

> trust was the top barrier to adopting or scaling autonomous testing named by 23 percent of the 1436 u.s. and u.k. respondents in a survey smartbear released sept. 30
## SmartBear’s AI Strategy
SmartBear aims to connect application behavior with team intentions and test suites through autonomous quality.

> people would still set the guardrails smith said describing the shift as a move beyond autonomous testing toward autonomous quality
## SmartBear’s History
SmartBear has been building bearq since march with early access for midmarket software-as-a-service providers.

> smartbear’s older lineup includes the swagger tools for designing application programming interfaces and about 32000 organizations use its software by the company’s count
## Upcoming Demo
SmartBear will demo both features with project hail mary author andy weir on thursday.

> both features get a public demonstration thursday in a livestream with project hail mary author andy weir
## Key takeaway

SmartBear’s BearQ adds Sources to find coverage gaps and Workflows to automate test runs for quality assurance.