Standalone capybara+rspec

load_spec.rb

require 'active_record'
require 'mysql2'

require 'capybara'
require 'rspec'
require 'capybara/rspec'

include Capybara::DSL

Capybara.default_driver = Capybara.javascript_driver

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection :adapter => 'mysql2' #, ....credentials

def query(sql)
  ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(sql).to_a(:as => :hash)
end

APP_BASE_URL = "http://yourapp"