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

shot-scraper 1.10 introduces a new `video` command that reads a YAML storyboard file and uses Playwright to record browser-based video demos of web applications. The feature is designed to let coding agents autonomously produce demo videos of their own work. The storyboard YAML supports scenes, clicks, fills, waits, JavaScript injection, and server startup — all validated via Pydantic. The implementation was written by GPT-5.5 xhigh in Codex Desktop, unblocked by playwright-python 1.61.0 which fixed a video width limitation. The author highlights a pattern where rich `--help` output enables agents to use a tool without additional documentation.

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Jun 30•5m read time•From simonwillison.net
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