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Capture a screenshot plus element snapshot of the current browser page when an error appears during e2e testing, saved to gitignored .ai/scratch/e2e/. Use whenever an agent-browser snapshot shows "Something went wrong", an auth error, a blank page, or an unexpected redirect. Building block — it captures and returns; the caller decides whether to continue.

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error — capture browser failure diagnostics

Capture artifacts when the browser shows a failure, then hand control back to the calling skill. Never stops the calling run by itself.

When to invoke

Any agent-browser snapshot that reveals:

  • a "Something went wrong" heading
  • "Authentication Error" or similar
  • a blank page or unexpected redirect
  • any content indicating the page failed to render

Steps

1. Resolve the slug

Use CARBON_WORKTREE from .env.local if present; otherwise the current branch name:

SLUG=$(grep '^CARBON_WORKTREE' .env.local | cut -d= -f2)
[ -z "$SLUG" ] && SLUG=$(git branch --show-current | tr '/' '-')

2. Capture both artifacts

Save to .ai/scratch/e2e/ — it is gitignored (.ai/scratch/ in .gitignore). Never save captures under docs/ (that's the documentation app, and it is tracked).

mkdir -p .ai/scratch/e2e/${SLUG}
STAMP=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
agent-browser screenshot .ai/scratch/e2e/${SLUG}/${module}-${STAMP}.png
agent-browser snapshot -i > .ai/scratch/e2e/${SLUG}/${module}-${STAMP}.txt

${module} = a short name for the route/feature under test (e.g. accounting). The .txt snapshot lets you debug element structure without reopening a browser.

3. Report and return

Log both file paths and continue — the caller decides whether to abort. Include the paths in the caller's final report so a human can open them.

Output

  • .ai/scratch/e2e/{slug}/{module}-{timestamp}.png — screenshot
  • .ai/scratch/e2e/{slug}/{module}-{timestamp}.txt — element snapshot