The value provided by each testing approach ("manual", exploratory, automated) and for each different type of tests test is different and complements each other.
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In order to perform testing from the fourth quadrant, you may use whatever tools you want. Likewise, for implementing automated tests you may use whatever automation framework best coversyour covers your needs, including Gherkin based ones (e.g. Cucumber, Behave, SpecFlow) among others. Xray does not enforce or add restrictions in using a specific tool whatsoever, thus your team can choose what they think is best and still track your testing progress in Xray.
