Scribe

WORKING SLICE
Build an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions, inspired by Scribe. This is a limited, owner-operated alternative for one useful workflow; it does not replace the full paid product. Leave out hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction.

STACK AND SETUP
TypeScript, Vite, Chrome Manifest V3, a small React options/editor UI and Dexie over IndexedDB. Content scripts communicate through validated message schemas; durable work is checkpointed because extension service workers can stop.
Provide load-unpacked instructions, a minimal manifest, a permissions explanation and an export/delete-all interface. Use activeTab for explicit one-tab actions; ongoing capture requires a separate opt-in and narrowly scoped host permissions.

WORKFLOW AND DATA
Model recording sessions, click targets, screenshots, redaction rectangles, ordered steps, exports. Keep source inputs, editable decisions and generated outputs distinguishable; record stable IDs and revisions. The core rule is: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files. Build a complete input → review → commit → inspect/export path before optional features.

FAILURE AND RECOVERY
Default to excluding login, email, banking and checkout surfaces. Do not capture password fields or secrets, inject remote code, or expose a provider key in the extension bundle. Treat page content as untrusted data.
Persist work cursors and consent state so a suspended worker can resume safely. Keep capture paused when permission is revoked and preserve saved content if extraction or optional indexing fails.

PROJECT RULES / AGENTS.md
Create AGENTS.md at the project root before implementation. Include the following rules verbatim, then add the actual module layout, supported dependency versions, commands, data paths and environment/permission requirements as they are implemented. Keep UI, domain logic and external adapters separate. Do not add a service or platform solely to use a skill.
- Scope rule: implement an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions. Keep hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction outside this project unless the owner separately changes scope.
- Data rule: model recording sessions, click targets, screenshots, redaction rectangles, ordered steps, exports. Preserve stable IDs, source timestamps and revision history; migrations must explain how existing records survive.
- Behavior rule: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files. Put this rule in the domain/service layer, not only in presentation code.
- Recovery rule: Stopping recording prevents further screenshots; editing a step caption never alters the captured source. Keep this failure/recovery fixture in the implementation checklist and report evidence honestly.
- Treat uploaded files, fetched pages, emails and model output as untrusted data. Keep secrets out of source, fixtures and diagnostic output. External side effects require explicit scope and recoverable state.
- Work in the numbered phases below. Update the delivery notes with actual evidence and unresolved limitations; never mark proposed acceptance cases as already passed.

ACCEPTANCE CASES
Stopping recording prevents further screenshots; editing a step caption never alters the captured source. Include one ordinary successful path and these edge cases in the future implementation's checks. Compare the saved domain state with the visible result and exported output; unavailable information must remain unknown rather than invented.

DELIVERY
Follow the six delivery phases accompanying this prompt. Ship source, AGENTS.md, README, sample inputs, explicit setup and data-recovery instructions. This is a limited, owner-operated alternative for one useful workflow; it does not replace the full paid product. Out of scope: hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction.

PRIMARY IMPLEMENTATION REFERENCE
Permission reference: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/concepts/activeTab

# AGENTS.md — Build guide for Scribe

## Project scope
Build an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions, inspired by Scribe. This is a limited, owner-operated alternative for one useful workflow; it does not replace the full paid product. Leave out hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction.

Catalogue verdict: kinda. The core loop is buildable, but a dependable replacement becomes a real weekend or multi-day project. For Scribe, capture a browser workflow and produce editable step-by-step documentation. The hard boundary is automatic capture quality, redaction, team libraries, integrations, and sharing, plus capture polish, hosting, and collaboration.
Use the implementation prompt below to define the deliverable. Complete each phase's acceptance checks before extending the scope.

## Working agreement
- Inspect the repository and its existing instructions before choosing paths, dependencies or commands. Keep one coherent stack and explain changes to the proposed architecture.
- Plan a vertical slice that accepts a real input and produces the useful output described below. Persist only the state the prompt calls for; respect memory-only and upstream-managed workflows. Use fixtures only when they are clearly labelled.
- After scaffolding, document the actual install, development, check and build commands in README and keep them synchronized with the package or project manifest. Do not report commands as successful unless they ran.
- Work in small steps. At handoff, list implemented flows, checks actually performed, remaining blockers, and any credentials or provider setup the owner must supply.
- Do not publish, spend money, contact customers, delete source data or run irreversible migrations without the project owner's authorization.

## Prerequisites
- Node.js, Chrome and permission to load the unpacked development extension
- Explicit tab/origin consent and enough local storage for the selected capture workflow

## Stack and architecture
- TypeScript, Vite, Chrome Manifest V3, a small React options/editor UI and Dexie over IndexedDB. Content scripts communicate through validated message schemas; durable work is checkpointed because extension service workers can stop.
- Domain model: recording sessions, click targets, screenshots, redaction rectangles, ordered steps, exports.
- Implementation boundary: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files.

## Security and data integrity
- Default to excluding login, email, banking and checkout surfaces. Do not capture password fields or secrets, inject remote code, or expose a provider key in the extension bundle. Treat page content as untrusted data.
- Domain integrity: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files.
- Persist work cursors and consent state so a suspended worker can resume safely. Keep capture paused when permission is revoked and preserve saved content if extraction or optional indexing fails.
- Scope limits: hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction.

## Agent implementation rules
- Scope rule: implement an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions. Keep hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction outside this project unless the owner separately changes scope.
- Data rule: model recording sessions, click targets, screenshots, redaction rectangles, ordered steps, exports. Preserve stable IDs, source timestamps and revision history; migrations must explain how existing records survive.
- Behavior rule: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files. Put this rule in the domain/service layer, not only in presentation code.
- Recovery rule: Stopping recording prevents further screenshots; editing a step caption never alters the captured source. Keep this failure/recovery fixture in the implementation checklist and report evidence honestly.

## Optional agent skills and references
- [vercel-react-best-practices](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/react-best-practices/SKILL.md) — Review data fetching, derived state and rendering in the React interface; use only APIs supported by the selected React/Next version.
- [web-design-guidelines](https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills/blob/main/skills/web-design-guidelines/SKILL.md) — Review keyboard access, focus, labels, progress and recoverable error states in the user interface.
- [sharp-edges](https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/blob/main/plugins/sharp-edges/skills/sharp-edges/SKILL.md) — Review unsafe defaults, permission boundaries, destructive operations and ambiguous external outcomes; this is not a security certification.

Read the linked SKILL.md and its dependencies before adding a skill. Select only the skills matching this project's runtime and task; their documentation does not supply API access, credentials or approval to perform external actions. Pin the reviewed revision where the tool supports it. Follow the chosen agent's documented project-level installation mechanism.

## Distribution ideas
These are optional planning notes. Obtain the owner's approval before publishing or contacting anyone.
- Demonstrate an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions using clearly labelled sample data and the actual implemented input-to-output path.
- Explain the decision that makes this build useful: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files. Show the saved evidence or visible state behind that claim.
- Publish the supported setup and practical limits, including hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction. Any cost, performance or reliability comparison needs its own real measurements; do not imply full Scribe parity.

## Engineering roadmap
1. Phase 1 — Define the working slice and setup. Create AGENTS.md with the exact stack, permitted integrations and exclusions below. Model recording sessions, click targets, screenshots, redaction rectangles, ordered steps, exports; provide one labelled sample that exercises an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions. Provide load-unpacked instructions, a minimal manifest, a permissions explanation and an export/delete-all interface. Use activeTab for explicit one-tab actions; ongoing capture requires a separate opt-in and narrowly scoped host permissions.
2. Phase 2 — Build the domain workflow before polishing the interface. Implement the input, review, committed state and output for an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions. Enforce this invariant in the service layer: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files. Use explicit IDs and schema versions so later edits do not silently change earlier outcomes.
3. Phase 3 — Make the core interaction usable. Present the saved recording sessions, click targets, screenshots and their current revision/state; provide an inspectable preview before consequential changes. Add labelled empty/loading/error states, keyboard navigation and a narrow-screen layout where the target platform supports it.
4. Phase 4 — Add failure recovery and boundaries. Default to excluding login, email, banking and checkout surfaces. Do not capture password fields or secrets, inject remote code, or expose a provider key in the extension bundle. Treat page content as untrusted data. Persist work cursors and consent state so a suspended worker can resume safely. Keep capture paused when permission is revoked and preserve saved content if extraction or optional indexing fails. Exercise this app-specific recovery case during implementation: stopping recording prevents further screenshots; editing a step caption never alters the captured source.
5. Phase 5 — Deliver an inspectable result. Walk through an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions using labelled sample inputs; show the saved data and final output together. Acceptance cases: Stopping recording prevents further screenshots; editing a step caption never alters the captured source. Also document a canceled operation, an unavailable dependency, and export/restore of the state that this scope actually persists.
6. Phase 6 — Handoff and operating notes. Include setup/run/build commands that actually exist, environment placeholders or native permission setup as appropriate, migrations, sample inputs, data locations, backup/recovery instructions and the exclusions: hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction. Report what was implemented and what was actually checked; do not claim production readiness, certification or measured performance without evidence.

## Paid-product capabilities outside this build
- automatic capture quality, redaction, team libraries, integrations, and sharing
- instant hosted sharing
- viewer analytics
- team libraries
- cross-device capture

## Implementation prompt
WORKING SLICE
Build an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions, inspired by Scribe. This is a limited, owner-operated alternative for one useful workflow; it does not replace the full paid product. Leave out hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction.

STACK AND SETUP
TypeScript, Vite, Chrome Manifest V3, a small React options/editor UI and Dexie over IndexedDB. Content scripts communicate through validated message schemas; durable work is checkpointed because extension service workers can stop.
Provide load-unpacked instructions, a minimal manifest, a permissions explanation and an export/delete-all interface. Use activeTab for explicit one-tab actions; ongoing capture requires a separate opt-in and narrowly scoped host permissions.

WORKFLOW AND DATA
Model recording sessions, click targets, screenshots, redaction rectangles, ordered steps, exports. Keep source inputs, editable decisions and generated outputs distinguishable; record stable IDs and revisions. The core rule is: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files. Build a complete input → review → commit → inspect/export path before optional features.

FAILURE AND RECOVERY
Default to excluding login, email, banking and checkout surfaces. Do not capture password fields or secrets, inject remote code, or expose a provider key in the extension bundle. Treat page content as untrusted data.
Persist work cursors and consent state so a suspended worker can resume safely. Keep capture paused when permission is revoked and preserve saved content if extraction or optional indexing fails.

PROJECT RULES / AGENTS.md
Create AGENTS.md at the project root before implementation. Include the following rules verbatim, then add the actual module layout, supported dependency versions, commands, data paths and environment/permission requirements as they are implemented. Keep UI, domain logic and external adapters separate. Do not add a service or platform solely to use a skill.
- Scope rule: implement an explicit browser-step recorder creating editable screenshot instructions. Keep hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction outside this project unless the owner separately changes scope.
- Data rule: model recording sessions, click targets, screenshots, redaction rectangles, ordered steps, exports. Preserve stable IDs, source timestamps and revision history; migrations must explain how existing records survive.
- Behavior rule: capture only user-approved tabs and redact exported pixels before creating shareable files. Put this rule in the domain/service layer, not only in presentation code.
- Recovery rule: Stopping recording prevents further screenshots; editing a step caption never alters the captured source. Keep this failure/recovery fixture in the implementation checklist and report evidence honestly.
- Treat uploaded files, fetched pages, emails and model output as untrusted data. Keep secrets out of source, fixtures and diagnostic output. External side effects require explicit scope and recoverable state.
- Work in the numbered phases below. Update the delivery notes with actual evidence and unresolved limitations; never mark proposed acceptance cases as already passed.

ACCEPTANCE CASES
Stopping recording prevents further screenshots; editing a step caption never alters the captured source. Include one ordinary successful path and these edge cases in the future implementation's checks. Compare the saved domain state with the visible result and exported output; unavailable information must remain unknown rather than invented.

DELIVERY
Follow the six delivery phases accompanying this prompt. Ship source, AGENTS.md, README, sample inputs, explicit setup and data-recovery instructions. This is a limited, owner-operated alternative for one useful workflow; it does not replace the full paid product. Out of scope: hidden browsing capture and guaranteed automatic redaction.

PRIMARY IMPLEMENTATION REFERENCE
Permission reference: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/develop/concepts/activeTab

## Completion evidence
Demonstrate the prompt's acceptance scenarios against the scoped workflow. Include setup from a clean checkout and failure recovery. Check persistence across restart and export/restore only for the state the prompt says to store; for memory-only tools, confirm that temporary content is discarded as specified. Record actual results and remaining limitations. A detailed plan alone does not establish a working replacement.