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      "Title": "Add video recording of browser sessions",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nThere is no way to record browser interactions as video. Video capture would enable debugging, documentation, and review of agent-driven automation sessions.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nAdd video recording capability, either as CLI flags or as start/stop tools.\n\n**Option A — CLI flag:**\n```bash\ncharlotte --save-video --output-dir ./recordings\n```\nRecords the entire session and saves on exit.\n\n**Option B — Tools:**\n- `charlotte:record_start` — begin recording\n- `charlotte:record_stop` — st",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/21",
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      "Title": "Support connecting to existing browser via CDP endpoint",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nCharlotte always launches a new headless Chromium instance. There is no way to attach to an already-running browser, which prevents working with logged-in sessions, installed extensions, or shared browser state.\n\n## Gap Reference\n\n**GAP-33** from [Playwright MCP gap analysis](docs/playwright-mcp-gap-analysis.md). Playwright equivalent: `--cdp-endpoint` and `--extension` flags.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nAdd a `--cdp-endpoint` CLI argument to BrowserManager.\n\n**Usage:**\n```bash\ncharlotte ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/17",
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      "Title": "Epic: Test the product, not reimplementations",
      "Excerpt": "Umbrella for the test-suite findings from the 2026-06-09 audit: only 4 of 43 tools are exercised through their real MCP handlers; most integration tests reimplement production logic and assert the reimplementation. The silent-failure bugs (#186, #192) survived precisely because of this.\n\n- [ ] #195 — propagate the in-memory MCP client pattern; add an end-to-end agent-flow test (highest value)\n- [ ] #206 — flakiness sweep: fixed sleeps → polling, order-dependence, misplaced unit test\n- [ ] #166 —",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/214",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-06-09T20:43:16.000Z",
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      "Title": "server.json declares version 0.1.3 while npm is at 0.6.3",
      "Excerpt": "**Found in the 2026-06-09 deep audit.**\n\n`server.json` (MCP registry manifest) declares `\"version\": \"0.1.3\"` in both the top level and the npm package block, while the published npm version is 0.6.3. If this file feeds `registry.modelcontextprotocol.io`, the registry advertises a four-month-old version.\n\n**Fix:** bump both version fields to the current version and add server.json to the release checklist so it can't drift again (ideally derive it from package.json in a release script).",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/200",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-06-09T20:35:21.000Z",
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      "Title": "Integration suite mostly tests reimplementations, not tool handlers — only 4/43 tools exercised via MCP",
      "Excerpt": "**Found in the 2026-06-09 deep audit.**\n\nOf 43 registered tools, only **4** are ever invoked through their real handlers (via in-memory MCP transport): `charlotte_fill_form`, `charlotte_dialog`, `charlotte_navigate` (once), `charlotte_observe` (once). Everything else is \"tested\" by reimplementing the handler's logic inside the test with raw CDP/Puppeteer calls, then asserting the reimplementation works. One test admits it outright: *\"Mirrors the production clickElementByBackendNodeId function\"* ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/195",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-06-09T20:35:08.000Z",
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      "Title": "No upper bound on rendered output — huge pages produce multi-MB tool responses",
      "Excerpt": "**Found in the 2026-06-09 deep audit.**\n\nThere is no cap anywhere between the AX tree and the MCP response: `extractFullContent` (`src/renderer/content-extractor.ts:139-172`) concatenates every text node on the page; the `interactive`, `landmarks`, and `headings` arrays (`renderer-pipeline.ts:60-187`) are unbounded; `formatPageResponse` (`tool-helpers.ts:331-343`) serializes whatever it gets. A page with 100k links (long Wikipedia article, infinite-scroll feed, adversarial page) produces a multi",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/188",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-06-09T20:34:49.000Z",
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      "Title": "Missing Zod bounds validation on numeric tool parameters",
      "Excerpt": "## Description\n\nSeveral tool schemas describe numeric ranges in text but don't enforce them with Zod validators:\n\n- `src/tools/observation.ts:361` — `quality` described as \"1-100\" but no `.min(1).max(100)`\n- `src/tools/session.ts:472-473` — viewport `width`/`height` have no min/max\n- `src/tools/interaction.ts:892` — `delay` should be `>= 0`\n\nExample:\n```typescript\nquality: z.number().optional().describe(\"1-100 for jpeg/webp quality\"),\n// Should be:\nquality: z.number().min(1).max(100).optional().",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/81",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-09T13:20:52.000Z",
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      "Title": "Read version from package.json instead of hardcoding in server.ts",
      "Excerpt": "## Problem\n\nThe server version is hardcoded as a string literal in `src/server.ts` (`version: \"0.4.2\"`) and must be manually updated alongside `package.json` on every release. Forgetting either produces a mismatch between the npm package version and the version reported by the MCP server.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nRead the version from `package.json` at startup:\n\n```typescript\nimport { readFileSync } from \"fs\";\nimport { join, dirname } from \"path\";\nimport { fileURLToPath } from \"url\";\n\nconst __dirn",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/61",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-06T14:24:39.000Z",
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      "Title": "Batch startup tool.disable() calls in createServer",
      "Excerpt": "## Context\n\nIdentified during review of #147 (fix for #146).\n\n## Problem\n\nIn `src/server.ts` lines 134-138, tools not in the active profile are disabled one at a time via `tool.disable()`. Each call triggers `sendToolListChanged()` through the MCP SDK's `update()` method — the same per-tool notification flooding fixed in the meta-tool by #147.\n\nCurrently harmless at startup because `McpServer.sendToolListChanged()` has an `isConnected()` guard that drops notifications before any client connects.",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/148",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-04-09T14:19:23.000Z",
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      "Title": "Session/evaluate tool groups enable but tools are not callable",
      "Excerpt": "## Bug\n\nAfter enabling the `session` and `evaluate` tool groups via `charlotte:tools`, the tools show as enabled in the response but are not actually callable by the MCP client.\n\n## Steps to Reproduce\n\n1. Connect Charlotte MCP server\n2. Call `charlotte:tools` with `action: \"enable\"`, `group: \"session\"`\n   - Response confirms: `tools_enabled: 7`, lists tools including `charlotte:set_cookies`, `charlotte:get_cookies`, etc.\n3. Call `charlotte:tools` with `action: \"enable\"`, `group: \"evaluate\"`\n   -",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/146",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-04-09T14:06:06.000Z",
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      "Title": "Add session statistics and token savings tracking",
      "Excerpt": "## Problem\n\nCharlotte has strong benchmark data showing token savings vs Playwright MCP, but the server doesn't track or report savings during actual usage. Users have no visibility into the cumulative value Charlotte provides per session.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nTrack per-session statistics and expose via a `charlotte:stats` tool (or session summary at disconnect):\n\n- Total tool calls by type\n- Total characters returned across all responses\n- Estimated equivalent at full-page detail (what a non-",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/63",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-06T14:25:02.000Z",
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      "Title": "Add end-to-end MCP protocol tests",
      "Excerpt": "## Problem\n\nCurrent integration tests call tool helper functions directly, bypassing the MCP SDK layer (stdio transport, serialization, JSON-RPC). Protocol-level regressions (malformed responses, incorrect content type encoding, tool listing errors) would not be caught.\n\nA Docker smoke test exists (`tests/docker-smoke-test.mjs`) but is manual and not part of CI.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nAdd a test suite exercising the full MCP protocol path using `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` client library (or `InM",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/60",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-06T14:24:32.000Z",
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      "Title": "Migrate tool names from : separator to MCP-compliant format",
      "Excerpt": "## Problem\n\nCharlotte's tool names use `:` as a namespace separator (e.g., `charlotte:navigate`). The MCP specification restricts tool names to `[A-Za-z0-9_.-]`. The colon character is not allowed. MCP SDK v1.26.0+ already logs validation warnings on every tool registration.\n\nThe longer the current naming convention persists, the more documentation and user muscle memory accumulates around it, making migration harder.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nMigrate to a compliant separator. Options:\n\n- `charlott",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/57",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-06T14:24:04.000Z",
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      "Title": "charlotte_console clear parameter fails type validation",
      "Excerpt": "## Bug\n\nCalling `charlotte_console` with `clear: true` returns a validation error:\n\n```\nMCP error -32602: Input validation error: Invalid arguments for tool charlotte:console: [\n  {\n    \"code\": \"invalid_type\",\n    \"expected\": \"boolean\",\n    \"received\": \"string\",\n    \"path\": [\"clear\"],\n    \"message\": \"Expected boolean, received string\"\n  }\n]\n```\n\n## Expected Behavior\n\n`clear: true` should clear the console log buffer and return an empty result (or confirmation).\n\n## Likely Cause\n\nThe `clear` para",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/50",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-03-06T13:10:22.000Z",
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      "Title": "dialog_handled metadata test doesn't exercise the actual tool",
      "Excerpt": "## Problem\n\nThe \"dialog_handled metadata is available after handling\" test (`tests/integration/dialog.test.ts` line 377) constructs the expected `dialog_handled` shape manually from `getPendingDialogInfo()` and validates it against hardcoded strings. It never calls `charlotte:dialog` through the MCP tool registration, so the actual response payload structure (`{ dialog_handled: {...}, page: {...} }`) returned by the tool is untested.\n\nThis means:\n- The JSON serialization format of `dialog_handle",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/34",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-24T14:15:51.000Z",
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      "Title": "Add full device emulation to viewport tool",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\n`charlotte:viewport` has device presets (`mobile`, `tablet`, `desktop`) that set viewport dimensions only. It does not configure user agent, touch support, or device pixel ratio — all of which are needed for accurate mobile testing.\n\n## Gap Reference\n\n**GAP-27** from [Playwright MCP gap analysis](docs/playwright-mcp-gap-analysis.md). Playwright equivalent: `--device \"iPhone 15\"` flag.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nExtend `charlotte:viewport` to accept named device strings and configure the ",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/24",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-24T13:01:54.000Z",
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      "Title": "Add JSON configuration file support",
      "Excerpt": "## Summary\n\nCharlotte has no configuration file support. All settings are either hardcoded or set at runtime via `charlotte:configure`. Repeatable setups and CI/CD integration require a declarative config mechanism.\n\n## Gap Reference\n\n**GAP-38** from [Playwright MCP gap analysis](docs/playwright-mcp-gap-analysis.md). Playwright equivalent: `--config` flag loading a JSON configuration file.\n\n## Proposed Solution\n\nAdd a `--config` CLI argument to load settings from a JSON file.\n\n**Usage:**\n```bash",
      "SourceUrl": "https://github.com/TickTockBent/charlotte/issues/19",
      "PublishedAt": "2026-02-24T13:00:38.000Z",
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