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shot-scraper 1.10

shot-scraper 1.10 has been released. The main new feature is the "shot-scraper video storyboard.yml" command, which enables agents to record video demos of their work.

Background

- **shot-scraper** is an open-source command-line tool (created by Simon Willison) that takes automated screenshots of web pages. It is commonly used with AI agents and web automation pipelines to capture visual proof of work. - The new `shot-scraper video` feature lets users define a storyboard (a YAML file listing a sequence of URLs, clicks, scrolls, and timings) and automatically record a video demo of an AI agent or script navigating through those pages — useful for QA, demos, and agent auditing. - Simon Willison is a well-known Python/JavaScript developer, co-creator of the Django web framework, and a prominent voice in the AI engineering community, especially around LLM tooling and data journalism. - This release is part of a broader trend: as AI coding agents become more common, developers need ways to capture and review what those agents actually did in a browser — shot-scraper video fills that niche.

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