How can I get Cypress to run a specific folder of tests by specifying it as a project?

I think you’re looking for --spec path/to/folder/*.js

You can run all the tests in a folder, or even in all subfolders of a folder,

ex/ npx cypress run --spec cypress/integration/subsetA/**/*-spec.js

would run all .js specs in all folders under the “subsetA” folder in cypress/integration.

So in your case: npx cypress run --spec cypress/integration/apps/smhw-qa/**/*-spec.js should do the trick.

https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/command-line.html#How-to-run-commands