proofshot
Testing & QualityVisual verification of UI features. Use after building or modifying any UI component, page, or visual feature. Starts a verification session with video recording and error capture, then you drive the browser to test, then stop to bundle proof artifacts for the human.
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ProofShot — Visual Verification Workflow
ProofShot is an open-source, agent-agnostic CLI that lets you verify your own work in a real browser — video proof, screenshots, and error reports, no vendor lock-in.
When to use
Use ProofShot after:
- Building a new UI feature or page
- Modifying existing UI components
- Fixing a visual bug
- Any change that affects what the user sees
The workflow (always follow these 3 steps)
Step 1: Start the session
proofshot start --run "your-dev-command" --port PORT --description "what you are about to verify"
This opens a browser and begins recording. If the port is already in use, proofshot will kill the existing process automatically.
Always use --run to let proofshot start and capture your dev server output (server logs appear in the proof report).
Only omit --run if the server was explicitly started by the user or another process — without it, no server logs are captured.
If a previous session was not stopped cleanly, add --force to override it.
Step 2: Drive the browser and test
Use proofshot exec to navigate, interact, and verify:
proofshot exec snapshot -i # See interactive elements
proofshot exec open http://localhost:PORT/page # Navigate to a page
proofshot exec click @e3 # Click a button
proofshot exec fill @e2 "test@example.com" # Fill a form field
proofshot exec screenshot step-NAME.png # Capture key moments
Take screenshots at important moments — these become the visual proof. Verify what you expect to see by reading the snapshot output.
Step 3: Stop and bundle the proof
proofshot stop
This stops recording, collects console + server errors, and generates a SUMMARY.md with video, screenshots, and error report.
Step 4 (optional): Post proof to the PR
proofshot pr # Auto-detect PR from current branch
proofshot pr 42 # Target a specific PR number
This uploads screenshots and video to GitHub and posts a formatted comment on the PR. By default it uses the official GitHub contents API on a proofshot-artifacts branch. Use --upload-provider github-web-attachments if you specifically want GitHub attachment URLs.
Tips
- Always include a meaningful --description so the human knows what was tested
- Take screenshots before AND after key actions (e.g., before form submit, after redirect)
- If you find errors during verification, fix them and re-run the workflow
- Use
proofshot prafter stopping to attach proof directly to the pull request