demobite 1.16.0 → 1.17.0

package/launcher/index.mjs

@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ if (arg === "listen") {
       await event(job.id, "started", { machine: name });
       const takeDir = path.join(process.cwd(), ".recorder", "takes", job.id);
       fs.mkdirSync(takeDir, { recursive: true });
-      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(takeDir, "job.json"), JSON.stringify({ id: job.id, brief: job.brief, url: job.url ?? null, model, review_storyboard: job.review_storyboard !== false }, null, 2) + "\n");
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(takeDir, "job.json"), JSON.stringify({ id: job.id, brief: job.brief, url: job.url ?? null, model, review_storyboard: job.review_storyboard !== false, ...(job.retake_of ? { retake_of: job.retake_of, retake_note: job.retake_note ?? null, storyboard: job.storyboard ?? null } : {}) }, null, 2) + "\n");
       // Spawned async (1.14.1): a spawnSync here blocked the event loop, so the 5 s heartbeat never fired
       // during a take and the rail called the machine offline mid-recording (founder 2026-10-15 17:39).
       const child = (await import("node:child_process")).spawn("node", [path.join(dest, "scripts", "plan.mjs"), takeDir], { cwd: process.cwd(), stdio: "inherit", env: { ...process.env, RECORDER_JOB: job.id, RECORDER_BASE: base, RECORDER_LISTEN: "1" } });

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "demobite",
-  "version": "1.16.0",
+  "version": "1.17.0",
   "description": "The DemoBites agentic recorder — you prompt, it films a real browser, and DemoBites turns the take into an editable demo bite.",
   "bin": {
     "demobite": "launcher/index.mjs"

package/skill/scripts/plan.mjs

@@ -197,7 +197,11 @@ const firstMessage = () => {
     `## The app's words on the starting screen\n${vocab}`,
     `## Workspace rules (version ${rules.version || 0})\n${rules.lines?.length ? rules.lines.map((l, i) => `${i + 1}. ${l}`).join("\n") : "(none)"}`,
     `## The project's files${codeOn ? " (this machine sits in the app's repository; read_file is on)" : " (no code here)"}\n${listFiles()}`,
-    codeOn ? `Write the storyboard, probe it, fix it, probe again, then submit_storyboard.` : `There is no code: explore first (explore from the starting address, looking_for = the brief's nouns), then write the storyboard, probe it, fix it, probe again, then submit_storyboard.`,
+    // A RETAKE (founder 2026-10-15): the same demo again, because the app changed under it. The previous
+    // storyboard is the base; the note says what to keep an eye on; the probe finds what moved.
+    job.retake_of && job.storyboard
+      ? `## This is a retake\nThe person wants the same demo filmed again, the same length and the same shots, because the app changed since. Their note: "${(job.retake_note || "no note").replace(/"/g, "'")}". ${job.storyboard.storyboard ? "Start from the previous storyboard below: keep its steps and its lines; probe it; fix only what no longer resolves or what the note names; then submit_storyboard. Never explore when the probe passes." : "Only the previous storyboard's lines survive (below): rebuild the same steps with the same lines, find the controls again, probe, then submit_storyboard."}\n\n## The previous storyboard\n${JSON.stringify(job.storyboard.storyboard ?? job.storyboard.steps ?? job.storyboard)}`
+      : codeOn ? `Write the storyboard, probe it, fix it, probe again, then submit_storyboard.` : `There is no code: explore first (explore from the starting address, looking_for = the brief's nouns), then write the storyboard, probe it, fix it, probe again, then submit_storyboard.`,
   ];
   return parts.join("\n\n");
 };

package/skill/scripts/storyboard.mjs

@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ if (mode === "await") {
   rows.forEach((r, i) => boxOut.push(`│ ${`${String(i + 1).padStart(2)}  ${mmss(r.at)}  ${cap2(r.text + (r.pointed ? " — pointed at, not pressed" : ""), W2 - 14)}`.padEnd(W2 - 2)} │`));
   boxOut.push(`│ ${"".padEnd(W2 - 2)} │`); boxOut.push(`└${"─".repeat(W2)}┘`);
   if (!listening) { console.log(boxOut.join("\n")); console.log("film"); process.exit(0); }
-  await postEvent("storyboard", { box: boxOut.join("\n"), total: mmss(total), steps: rows.map((r, i) => ({ n: i + 1, at: mmss(r.at), text: r.text, pointed: r.pointed })) });
+  // The whole storyboard rides along (1.17.0): a retake starts from it, selectors and all.
+  await postEvent("storyboard", { box: boxOut.join("\n"), total: mmss(total), steps: rows.map((r, i) => ({ n: i + 1, at: mmss(r.at), text: r.text, pointed: r.pointed })), storyboard: sb });
   const started = Date.now();
   while (Date.now() - started < 30 * 60 * 1000) {
     const st = await poll();