Show HN: ProofShot – Give AI coding agents eyes to verify the UI they build

Hacker News / 3/24/2026

💬 OpinionDeveloper Stack & InfrastructureTools & Practical Usage

Key Points

  • ProofShot is an open-source CLI that lets AI coding agents open a real browser, interact with a UI, and collect evidence such as screenshots, video, and console errors.
  • The tool packages the recorded browser session into a single self-contained HTML report so developers can review what the agent built in seconds.
  • ProofShot is designed to be agent-agnostic, working with various AI coding agents via shell commands rather than requiring a specific model workflow.
  • It’s positioned as an evidence-gathering layer for UI verification rather than a full testing framework that automatically determines pass/fail.
  • The project is built on agent-browser from Vercel Labs and is described as faster than Playwright MCP, making it practical for frequent UI iteration loops.

I use AI agents to build UI features daily. The thing that kept annoying me: the agent writes code but never sees what it actually looks like in the browser. It can’t tell if the layout is broken or if the console is throwing errors.

So I built a CLI that lets the agent open a browser, interact with the page, record what happens, and collect any errors. Then it bundles everything — video, screenshots, logs — into a self-contained HTML file I can review in seconds.

  proofshot start --run "npm run dev" --port 3000
  # agent navigates, clicks, takes screenshots
  proofshot stop
It works with whatever agent you use (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, etc.) — it’s just shell commands. It's packaged as a skill so your AI coding agent knows exactly how it works. It's built on agent-browser from Vercel Labs which is far better and faster than Playwright MCP.

It’s not a testing framework. The agent doesn’t decide pass/fail. It just gives me the evidence so I don’t have to open the browser myself every time.

Open source and completely free.

Website: https://proofshot.argil.io/


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