Have your agent record video demos of its work with shot-scraper video

kept by eddie jul 04

Simon Willison introduces shot-scraper video, a tool that records video demos from a YAML storyboard using Playwright, enabling coding agents to demonstrate their work.

Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built
Simon Willison introduces Showboat and Rodney, CLI tools for coding agents to create Markdown demos and browser automation scripts to verify their work.
also on shot-scraper, Playwright, #open-source, #ai-coding, #developer-tools
Self-updating screenshots
A developer describes a build system that auto-captures screenshots from a live web app via Markdown comments, ensuring documentation images never go stale.
also on shot-scraper, #automation, #user-experience, #developer-tools
Agent - 🤘 Stagehand
Stagehand's `agent()` function enables fully autonomous browser workflows using AI, with support for multiple agent modes, custom tools, streaming, and structured output.
also on Playwright, #automation, #open-source, #developer-tools
How we cut build times by two-thirds by deleting our CMS
Sentry cut build times from 14 to under 4 minutes by replacing its headless CMS with Astro, Markdown files, and Claude Code skills for content management.
also on Playwright, #open-source, #user-experience, #ai-coding, #developer-tools