In Part 3: The Autonomous Era, we explored how Starlight v3.0 runs hands-free in CI/CD pipelines. But there was still one barrier: creating custom Sentinels required Python programming skills. Not anymore.
Starlight v3.0.3 introduces the Visual Sentinel Editor—a no-code UI that lets anyone build a custom Sentinel in under a minute.
The Visual Sentinel Editor
Imagine you're testing an e-commerce site. Every few months, they change their cookie consent banner. Your tests fail. Your developers grumble. The cycle repeats. With the Visual Sentinel Editor, a QA analyst—with zero Python experience—can solve this in 3 clicks.
The Starlight Visual Sentinel Editor — Building autonomous agents without code.
- Open the Editor: Click "🛠️ Create Sentinel" from Mission Control
- Choose Template: Pre-fills with common selectors and proven logic
- 🚀 Export: The editor generates the Python code and saves it to your fleet automatically.
Template-First Design
We studied hundreds of real-world automation failures and distilled them into four core templates:
The Fleet Manager: Control Your Constellation
Mission Control now automatically discovers every Sentinel in your directory. Each card shows the Sentinel's status and allows for granular lifecycle management. Click "▶️ Start All" and the entire constellation launches in a staggered, optimized sequence.
Our philosophy is simple: any Sentinel you create becomes a first-class citizen.
Real-Time Webhook Alerts
v3.0.2 introduced Webhook Alerting, allowing for instant notifications on Slack, Teams, or Discord when a mission succeeds or fails.
{
"webhooks": {
"enabled": true,
"urls": ["https://hooks.slack.com/services/XXX"],
"notifyOn": ["failure", "success"]
}
}The Vision: A Community of Sentinels
We're building toward a Sentinel Marketplace where community-maintained agents handle everything from Shopify checkouts to dark pattern detection. The constellation grows stronger with each contribution.
What's Next?
Built with ❤️ by Dhiraj Das
The stars are aligned. The constellation is ready.
