A better way to handoff web bugs to AI agents

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A better way to handoff web bugs to AI agents

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Nov. 25, 2025

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Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.

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Hi HN, Zidan here.I’ve been experimenting with AI-assisted debugging and noticed a recurring gap: most tools optimize for agent-led exploration (ex: giving claude code a browser to click around and try to reproduce an issue). But in many cases, I've already found the bug myself. What I actually want is a way to hand the agent the exact context I just saw - without retyping steps, copying logs, or hoping it can reproduce the behavior.So we built FlowLens, an open-source MCP server + Chrome extension that captures browser context and lets coding agents inspect it as structured, queryable data.The extension can:- record specific workflows, or- run in a rolling “session replay” mode that keeps the last ~1 minute of DOM / network / console events in RAM.If something breaks, you can grab the “instant replay” without reproducing anything.The extension exports a local .zip file containing the recorded session.The MCP server loads that file and exposes a set of tools the agent can use to explore it.One thing we focused on is token efficiency. Instead of dumping raw logs into the context window, the agent starts with a summary (errors, failed requests, timestamps, etc.) and can drill down via tools like:- search_flow_events_with_regex- take_flow_screenshot_at_secondIt can explore the session the way a developer would: searching, filtering, inspecting specific points in time.Everything runs locally; the captured data stays on your machine.Repo: https://github.com/magentic/flowlens-mcp-server

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