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Capture a spatial hierarchy of rendered DOM elements from any webpage. Injects a pre-built script via playwright-cli that walks the DOM, detects layout grids, extracts backgrounds, prunes invisible nodes, promotes elements rendered outside their DOM parent (overlays, fixed navs, modals), and tags overlay nodes with occlusion metadata. Returns three outputs: LLM-friendly indented text, structured JSON tree, and a nodeMap mapping positional IDs to CSS selectors with background and overlay data. Use before page decomposition, overlay detection, brand extraction, or any workflow that needs structured page analysis. Triggers on: visual tree, capture tree, page structure, page hierarchy, DOM tree, capture visual, page analysis, extract tree.

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page-tree

Capture a spatial hierarchy of rendered DOM elements from any webpage via playwright-cli. Returns three outputs for downstream consumption.

Prerequisites

playwright-cli available (run playwright-cli --help to verify)
A page already open in the browser session

Script Location

if [[ -n "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR:-}" ]]; then
  VT_BUNDLE="${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/page-tree-bundle.js"
else
  VT_BUNDLE="$(find ~/.claude \
    -path "*/page-tree/scripts/page-tree-bundle.js" \
    -type f 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
fi

Verify the path is non-empty before continuing.

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
`minWidth`	900	Minimum element width in px. Elements narrower than this are excluded. `position: fixed` elements always pass regardless. Lower for more detail (e.g., 300 for mobile).

Workflow

Step 1 — Resolve the bundle

Run the script location block above and store the path in VT_BUNDLE. If the path is empty, report an error and stop.

Step 2 — Inject and capture

Inject the bundle via initScript in the playwright-cli config, then capture with a pure expression eval. Do NOT use inline $(cat) or IIFE wrappers — playwright-cli eval only accepts pure expressions (it wraps them as () => (EXPR) internally, so function bodies with statements fail).

URL="<target URL>"
MINWIDTH=900  # or caller-specified value

# Build config with initScript — injects bundle before navigation
VT_CONFIG="/tmp/vt-config-$.json"
echo "{\"browser\":{\"initScript\":[\"$VT_BUNDLE\"]}}" > "$VT_CONFIG"

# Open page (or use existing session) — bundle creates window.__visualTree
playwright-cli --config="$VT_CONFIG" open "$URL"
sleep 2

# Capture — pure expression, no IIFE
VT_RESULT=$(playwright-cli eval \
  "JSON.stringify(window.__visualTree.captureVisualTree($MINWIDTH))")

rm -f "$VT_CONFIG"

Parse the returned JSON string.

Step 3 — Present outputs

Present three sections to the caller:

1. Visual Tree (text format)

The primary output for LLM consumers. Show in a code block:

r @0,0 1440x5667
  rc1 [3x1] @0,0 1440x83 "Header text..."
  rc2 @0,83 1440x5216
    rc2c1 [bg:image] @0,83 1440x410 "Hero text..."
    ...

Format: ID [role] [CxR] [bg:type] @x,y wxh "text..."

ID: positional address in the tree (r = root, rc1 = first child, etc.)
[role]: ARIA role if present
[CxR]: grid layout (e.g., 4x2 = 4 columns, 2 rows) — only when multi-column
[bg:type]: background (color, gradient, or image) — only when visually distinct
@x,y: position from page top-left in pixels
wxh: width x height in pixels
"text...": first 30 characters of text content

2. Node Map

Positional ID to metadata lookup. Show as JSON. Each entry contains:

selector: CSS selector for the DOM element
background (optional): { type, value, raw, source }
overlay (optional): { occluding: [sibling IDs this node covers] }

Overlay entries indicate the node was promoted from a deeper DOM position to root level because it rendered outside its parent's bounds (e.g., cookie banners, fixed navs, modals).

3. JSON Tree

Full structured tree. Show as JSON only if the caller requests it, otherwise mention it is available. Each node contains: tag, selector, bounds, text, role, layout, background, children.

Tips

Run on pages after they finish loading (playwright-cli goto <url> then wait for network idle) for best results.
For pages with lazy-loaded content, scroll to bottom and back before capturing.
Overlay nodes in the nodeMap have CSS selectors usable for dismissal (e.g., click accept buttons, remove elements).
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