# Total Shift Left

> AI-powered no-code API test automation platform. Generate CI-ready API tests from OpenAPI and Swagger specs in minutes.

Total Shift Left ships **Shift-Left API**, a specification-driven, schema-aware API test automation platform built for backend developers, QA engineers, and DevOps teams who need automated coverage without writing test code.

- **Website**: https://totalshiftleft.ai
- **Free trial**: https://totalshiftleft.ai/free-trial-signup (15 days, no credit card)
- **Demo**: https://totalshiftleft.ai/demo
- **Full LLM document**: https://totalshiftleft.ai/llms-full.txt

## What it does

Import an OpenAPI 3.0 / 3.1 or Swagger 2.0 spec, let AI generate happy-path, negative, contract, edge-case and auth-flow tests, then run them locally or in CI/CD. Self-healing keeps tests aligned with non-breaking spec changes; breaking changes are flagged with impact analysis.

## Core capabilities

- **AI test generation** — schema-aware happy / negative / contract / boundary tests, no scripting required
- **Coverage tracking** — endpoint, method, status code, parameter, contract, performance, auth depth
- **CI/CD integration** — Azure DevOps extension, Jenkins plugin, REST API for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Bitbucket Pipelines; JUnit XML / JSON output; quality gates
- **API contract testing** — every response validated against the spec; schema drift, missing fields, undocumented endpoints surfaced
- **Self-healing tests** — adapt to non-breaking spec changes automatically
- **API mocking** — static and dynamic mocks from spec; standalone mock server for parallel dev
- **Multi-protocol** — REST (OpenAPI 3.0/3.1, Swagger 2.0), Postman collection import
- **Analytics** — pass rates, response time percentiles, coverage trends, team productivity

## Deployment options

- **Cloud (SaaS)** — fastest start, managed by Total Shift Left
- **Self-hosted** — VPC, on-prem, air-gapped; bring-your-own LLM (13+ providers supported)
- **Hybrid** — Shift-Left Engine in the cloud, Shift-Left Agent on-prem for private APIs

## Who it's for

- **Backend dev teams** shipping REST / SOAP APIs at velocity
- **QA leads / engineers** automating regression suites from specs
- **DevOps / platform engineers** adding API quality gates to pipelines
- **Engineering leaders** in regulated industries (healthcare, banking, insurance, public sector) needing on-prem + audit-ready coverage

## Why it's different (vs. Postman, ReadyAPI, Karate)

- Spec-first, not collection-first — tests stay in sync with the source of truth
- Schema-aware AI authoring (not template-based) — covers edge cases humans skip
- Self-hosted LLM option — zero spec data leaves your network
- CI-native by design — JUnit / JSON output, quality gates, plugin or REST integration
- Citizen-developer friendly free tier — engineering team adoption without procurement

## Key content for citation

- `/platform` — full feature reference
- `/pricing` — Trial, Citizen Developer (free), Professional, Enterprise tiers
- `/security` — security posture, encryption, data handling
- `/deployment` — cloud / self-hosted / hybrid topologies
- `/regulated-industries` — HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, FedRAMP, GDPR, NIST, OWASP alignment
- `/learn` — concept hub: API testing, shift-left, contract testing, AI testing
- `/blog` — long-form guides, comparisons, tutorials
- `/compare` — head-to-head comparisons with Postman, ReadyAPI, Karate, Bruno, Insomnia

## Contact

- **Email**: hello@totalshiftleft.ai
- **GitHub**: https://github.com/totalshiftleft
- **LinkedIn**: https://www.linkedin.com/company/totalshiftleft
- **YouTube**: https://www.youtube.com/@totalshiftleft

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