shot-scraper 1.10 adds a video command so AI agents can record browser demos
用 shot-scraper video 让 AI 智能体录制工作演示视频
Simon Willison shipped shot-scraper 1.10 with a video command that records browser sessions driven by a YAML storyboard. He had GPT-5.5 xhigh in Codex Desktop write the code, docs, and a demo video for a Datasette feature. The feature was blocked until Playwright 1.61.0 landed a fix for screencast width control; earlier versions had white frames at the start and a fixed 800px width. The storyboard can spin up a dev server, fill forms, click buttons, and wait for elements, then output an mp4. Caveat: only Simon's own demo exists so far—real-world ergonomics are unproven.
Why it matters: Simon Willison added a video command to shot-scraper that lets agents auto-record demos via YAML storyboards. It's a practical tool update solving agent work visualization with a concrete technical approach and example. But the audience is narrow — mainly agent developers — so...