devharness 0.9.2 → 0.9.4

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  1. package/build/block-events.d.ts +42 -0
  2. package/build/block-events.d.ts.map +1 -0
  3. package/build/block-events.js +67 -0
  4. package/build/block-events.js.map +1 -0
  5. package/build/block-events.test.d.ts +2 -0
  6. package/build/block-events.test.d.ts.map +1 -0
  7. package/build/block-events.test.js +131 -0
  8. package/build/block-events.test.js.map +1 -0
  9. package/build/index.js +33 -2
  10. package/build/index.js.map +1 -1
  11. package/build/server-block-cleanup.test.d.ts +2 -0
  12. package/build/server-block-cleanup.test.d.ts.map +1 -0
  13. package/build/server-block-cleanup.test.js +143 -0
  14. package/build/server-block-cleanup.test.js.map +1 -0
  15. package/build/server-manager.d.ts +8 -0
  16. package/build/server-manager.d.ts.map +1 -1
  17. package/build/server-manager.js +49 -0
  18. package/build/server-manager.js.map +1 -1
  19. package/build/startup-gate.d.ts +29 -0
  20. package/build/startup-gate.d.ts.map +1 -0
  21. package/build/startup-gate.js +49 -0
  22. package/build/startup-gate.js.map +1 -0
  23. package/build/startup-gate.test.d.ts +2 -0
  24. package/build/startup-gate.test.d.ts.map +1 -0
  25. package/build/startup-gate.test.js +73 -0
  26. package/build/startup-gate.test.js.map +1 -0
  27. package/build/tool-response.d.ts +3 -0
  28. package/build/tool-response.d.ts.map +1 -1
  29. package/build/tool-response.js +46 -1
  30. package/build/tool-response.js.map +1 -1
  31. package/build/tools/assert-tools.d.ts +3 -3
  32. package/build/tools/breakpoint-tools.d.ts +3 -3
  33. package/build/tools/config-tools.d.ts +3 -3
  34. package/build/tools/console-tools.d.ts +9 -9
  35. package/build/tools/content-tools.d.ts +3 -3
  36. package/build/tools/input-tools.d.ts +9 -9
  37. package/build/tools/issues-tools.d.ts +6 -6
  38. package/build/tools/page-tools.d.ts +3 -3
  39. package/build/tools/replay-tools.d.ts +9 -9
  40. package/build/tools/request-tools.d.ts +3 -3
  41. package/build/tools/server-tools.d.ts +9 -9
  42. package/build/tools/storage-tools.d.ts +3 -3
  43. package/build/tools/wait-tools.d.ts +6 -6
  44. package/docs/instructions.md +23 -0
  45. package/package.json +1 -1
  46. package/plugin/skills/devharness/SKILL.md +90 -158
@@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ export declare function createWaitTools(resolveConnectionFromReason: (connection
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  pollIntervalMs: z.ZodOptional<z.ZodNumber>;
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  connectionReason: z.ZodOptional<z.ZodString>;
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  }, "strict", z.ZodTypeAny, {
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- timeoutMs?: number | undefined;
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- expression?: string | undefined;
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  selector?: string | undefined;
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  selectorGone?: string | undefined;
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+ expression?: string | undefined;
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  ms?: number | undefined;
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  connectionReason?: string | undefined;
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  pollIntervalMs?: number | undefined;
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  }, {
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- expression?: string | undefined;
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  selector?: string | undefined;
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+ expression?: string | undefined;
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  connectionReason?: string | undefined;
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  pollIntervalMs?: number | undefined;
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  }>;
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  } | undefined;
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  };
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  handler: (args: {
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  pollIntervalMs?: number | undefined;
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  }, abortSignal?: AbortSignal) => Promise<any>;
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  - **Missing/invalid parameters**: the error includes a `continuationToken` and `missingParameters` (name/type/description/enum). Retry with just `{ continuationToken, <missing/bad field(s)> }` - don't resend everything. Expires after 5 min.
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  - **A validated call gets blocked by a guard** (port failure, dead server, breakpoint pause): the response footer shows `**Repeat:** replay({ action: 'repeat', indices: [N] })`. Acknowledge the guard (e.g. `server({ action: 'acknowledgePort' })`), then use that hint to resume the exact call. Don't reuse a `continuationToken` here - that's for fixing bad input, not for retrying an already-valid call.
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+ ## Getting notified when a guard blocks
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+ Guards only surface on the *next* tool call, so a server that dies while you're editing files stays invisible until you call back into devharness. Every new block also appends one JSON line to `.devharness/logs/blocks.jsonl`:
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+ ```json
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+ {"ts":"2026-08-08T03:21:45.588Z","guard":"pendingStartup","tool":"navigate","detail":"died before port detected: \"web\"","resolve":"server({ action: 'acknowledgeStartup', serverId: 'web' })"}
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+ ```
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+ `guard` is one of `port`, `breakpoint`, `pendingStartup`, `bug`, `duplicateSession`. Lines are deduplicated: one per *new* block, not one per blocked call. The same block re-firing on later calls stays quiet until a call clears every guard and the block recurs.
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+ In Claude Code, tail it with a persistent Monitor so blocks arrive as notifications while you work on something else:
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+ ```
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+ Monitor({
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+ command: "mkdir -p .devharness/logs && touch .devharness/logs/blocks.jsonl && tail -f -n0 .devharness/logs/blocks.jsonl",
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+ description: "devharness guard blocks",
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+ persistent: true,
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+ timeout_ms: 3600000
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+ })
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+ ```
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+ Any other client can watch the same file. `-n0` skips existing history so you only see blocks from that point on.
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  ## Restarting devharness
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  If devharness itself seems stuck or broken (not the target app), restart it yourself rather than asking the user to reconnect: `config({ action: 'restart' })`. Falls back to `kill -USR2 $(cat .devharness/mcp-supervisor.pid)` via Bash if that action reports `CONFIG_RESTART_NOT_SUPERVISED` (e.g. a bare `node build/index.js`, not through the supervisor). Editing devharness's own source and running `npm run build` triggers the same restart automatically via its postbuild hook - `config({ action: 'status' })` reports which build is actually answering (entry file, its timestamp, server and supervisor pids), so a rebuild that signalled the wrong supervisor is visible rather than silent. Either way, this kills any Chrome instances it launched (relaunch with `launchChrome`) but managed dev servers (`server` tool) survive and reattach automatically.
package/package.json CHANGED
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  {
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  "name": "devharness",
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- "version": "0.9.2",
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+ "version": "0.9.4",
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  "description": "MCP server that connects AI assistants to Chrome DevTools Protocol for runtime debugging - set breakpoints, inspect variables, monitor network traffic, and automate browser interactions",
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  "type": "module",
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  "main": "build/index.js",
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  name: devharness
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  description: Drive and debug a running app via the devharness MCP server - launch or attach to Chrome and Node.js, set breakpoints and logpoints, inspect call stacks and variables, watch console and network, manage dev servers, replay any earlier tool call by its history index, and record reproduction sequences that verify a fix. Use whenever a task involves running or debugging a live app, reproducing or verifying a bug, re-driving setup you already did (relaunching, re-logging in, refilling a form), or the user mentions breakpoints, Chrome DevTools, CDP, replay sequences, or devharness tools (launchChrome, navigate, breakpoint, inspect, replay, server, issues, etc.).
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  compatibility: Requires the devharness MCP server to be connected (tools such as launchChrome, breakpoint, inspect, replay, server, issues). Previously published as cdp-tools-mcp.
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- version: 0.9.2
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  ---
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  # devharness
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- Chrome DevTools Protocol debugging for JavaScript/TypeScript in Chrome, Node.js, or CDP-compatible environments.
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+ CDP debugging for JS/TS in Chrome, Node.js, or any CDP target.
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- ## Quick Start
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+ ## Quick start
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- **Web apps (most common):**
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- ```
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- 1. launchChrome({ reference: "your-descriptive-name" }) # Auto-connects, ready immediately
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- # Navigation automatically caches interactive elements (links, buttons, inputs) for the page
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- 3. content({ action: 'findInteractive', connectionReason: "your-descriptive-name" })
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- # Shows summary of all interactive elements. Use search/types to filter
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- 4. content({ action: 'extractText', mode: 'outline' }) # Read page content (preferred over screenshot)
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- ```
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+ Every tool takes `connectionReason` — the name you gave the connection.
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- **Alternative (rename later):**
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  ```
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+ launchChrome({ reference: "app" }) # launches AND connects; do NOT then call connectDebugger
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+ navigate({ action: 'goto', connectionReason: "app", url }) # caches interactive elements
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+ content({ action: 'findInteractive' }) # summary; filter with search/types
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+ content({ action: 'extractText', mode: 'outline' }) # prefer over screenshot
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  ```
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- **Node.js debugging:**
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+ Node: `node --inspect=9229 app.js` → `connectDebugger({ reference: "api", port: 9229 })`.
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+ Launched without a reference? `tab({ action: 'rename', reference: "unnamed-connection-default", newReference: "app" })`.
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+ Paused: `inspect({ action: 'getCallStack' })` → `getVariables` → `evaluateExpression`.
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+ Watch: `console({ action: 'list' })`, `network({ action: 'list' })` (needs `network({ action: 'enable' })` first).
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+ ## `.devharness/` must be git-ignored
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+ State lands in `.devharness/` — config, server claims, logs, sequences, issues. Machine-local; carries pids, ports, and local paths into what may be a public repo.
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  ```
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- ## Basic Workflow
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- - `launchChrome({ reference: "name" })` - Launches AND auto-connects (ready immediately, don't call connectDebugger)
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- 4. **Inspect when paused**: `inspect({ action: 'getCallStack', ... })` `inspect({ action: 'getVariables', ... })`
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- ## Key Practices
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- - `breakpoint({ action: 'setEventBreakpoint' })`: Pause when events fire (click, submit, input, keydown, etc.)
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+ **Breakpoints** — conditional: `condition: "userId === '123'"`. Loops/hot paths: `setLogpoint` (20 executions default; `resetCounter` or `maxExecutions`). Clean up with `remove`, audit with `list`. CDP may snap to the nearest line — `validate` first. Source maps auto-load; `loadSourceMaps` to force. Paths are full URLs (`http://localhost:3000/app.js`) or `file://`.
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+ **Expressions** wrapped in try-catch, surface as `[Error: message]`. Find them: `console({ action: 'search', pattern: "Logpoint Error" })`.
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+ **Modals** `handleModals: true` on `input` click/type/hover, `dismissStrategy`: `auto` | `accept` | `reject` | `close` | `remove`. English-only, no Shadow DOM or iframes.
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+ **Issues** `comment` when you start (what you're changing, why) and when you finish (what changed, files, tests, anything contradicting the issue). The timeline is the durable record, not your diff. `resolve` waits on a browser overlay only a human can click never call it unattended; `comment` instead.
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+ | Bug | `launchChrome` → `goto` → `searchCode`/`searchFunctions` → `set`/`setLogpoint` → trigger → `getCallStack` + `getVariables` → `evaluateExpression` |
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+ | Performance | `network enable` → `goto` → `network search` → `network get` (timing) → `setLogpoint` in slow paths |
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+ | Frontend state | `dom querySelector` + `getProperties` → `storage getLocalStorage`/`getCookies` → `evaluateExpression` → `dom snapshot` |
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