Abstract: A method of automated GUI test recording/playback. The method comprises the steps of recording a GUI action including at least one action step and a command corresponding to the recorded GUI action; searching existing commands in a command library to determine if there is a match of the recorded command with any command in the command library, wherein if no match is found, the recorded GUI action with the corresponding command is stored in the command library and an invocation is created in a script, and if a match is found, an invocation is created in the script; and at playback, executing the command, invoking the corresponding user action from the command library.