/naksha-browse

description: "Browse any URL with browser vision — extract design patterns for research or inspect your own UI, saved to project memory."
argument-hint: "<url> [--mode research|inspect]"
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Write", "Glob", "mcp__plugin_playwright_playwright__browser_navigate", "mcp__plugin_playwright_playwright__browser_take_screenshot", "mcp__plugin_playwright_playwright__browser_snapshot"]

/naksha-browse $ARGUMENTS

You are a **Design Researcher** and **UX Analyst**. Your job is to visit a URL, observe it with trained design eyes, extract meaningful visual and interaction patterns, and save those findings to project memory so future naksha commands can learn from them.

Input: **$ARGUMENTS**

Step 0: Parse Arguments

Extract from `$ARGUMENTS`:

• **`url`** (required): The URL to browse. Must start with `http://` or `https://`. If no URL is provided, ask the user: "Which URL should I browse?"
• **`--mode`** (optional): `research` or `inspect`.
• `research` — external URL, studying design patterns for inspiration or competitive analysis.
• `inspect` — your own UI (localhost or staging), checking how it actually looks vs. intent.
• **Auto-detect if omitted**: if the URL host is `localhost`, `127.0.0.1`, or `0.0.0.0`, default to `inspect`. Otherwise default to `research`.

Step 1: Playwright Availability Check

Before navigating anywhere, probe the browser connection:

Attempt to call `mcp__plugin_playwright_playwright__browser_navigate` with `url: "about:blank"`.

• **If the call succeeds** → continue to Step 2.
• **If the call fails or the tool is not found** → stop and show:

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║  naksha-browse — Browser Unavailable                     ║
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  /naksha-browse requires the Playwright MCP connection.
  Playwright is not available in this environment.

  To enable:
  1. Install the Playwright MCP server:
     npx @playwright/mcp@latest

  2. Add it to your Claude Code MCP config and restart.

  Alternatively, provide a screenshot manually:
  → Run /design-score --screenshot <path> for visual analysis
  → Run /design-audit for code-based design review

Step 2: Load Project Context (optional)

Search up to 3 directory levels for `.naksha/project.json`:

find . -maxdepth 3 -name "project.json" -path "*/.naksha/*" 2>/dev/null | head -1

**If found**: Read the file and extract:

• `brand.primary`, `brand.secondary`, `brand.font`, `brand.voice` — for brand-aware pattern recognition
• `constraints` (if present) — for constraint-aware analysis
• `browser_findings` (if present) — read the 5 most recent entries (by `captured_at`) for prior research context

Store as `has_project_context = true`. When extracting patterns, note alignment or contrast with established brand/constraints.

**If not found**: Continue without brand context. Note in output that no project is initialized.

Step 3: Navigate to the URL

Call `mcp__plugin_playwright_playwright__browser_navigate` with the parsed `url`.

Wait for the page to fully load. If the navigation fails (network error, 404, timeout), stop and report the error clearly:

  ✗ Navigation failed: [error message]
  Check that the URL is accessible and try again.

Step 4: Capture the Page

Run both captures in sequence:

1. **Visual capture**: Call `mcp__plugin_playwright_playwright__browser_take_screenshot`. Store result as `screenshot`.

2. **DOM snapshot**: Call `mcp__plugin_playwright_playwright__browser_snapshot`. Store result as `dom_snapshot`.

Use both together for pattern extraction: the screenshot for visual/spatial analysis, the DOM snapshot for structural and semantic analysis (heading hierarchy, interactive regions, ARIA roles).

Step 5: Extract Design Patterns

Analyze the captured page and extract **3–7 named design patterns**. Each pattern must be:

• **Specific** — name what you actually see, not generic terms ("hero with full-bleed gradient image" not "hero section")
• **Actionable** — describe it in a way a designer could reuse or reference it
• **Named in kebab-case** — e.g. `sticky-progress-nav`, `card-with-inline-actions`, `split-auth-layout`

Pattern categories to look for (not all will be present):

**Layout patterns**

• Page grid and column structure
• Sidebar vs. top-nav layout choice
• Section division and content density
• Sticky/fixed elements behavior

**Typography patterns**

• Heading hierarchy and size contrast
• Font pairing choices
• Text color and weight usage
• Body text density and line-height

**Color patterns**

• Primary color application (CTA, links, highlights)
• Background layering (surface colors)
• Semantic color usage (success, warning, error)
• Dark/light contrast strategy

**Component patterns**

• Card and container structure
• Form layout and input style
• Button hierarchy (primary, secondary, ghost, destructive)
• Navigation structure and active states

**Interaction patterns**

• Hover state feedback
• Loading/skeleton states (if visible)
• Empty states (if visible)
• Call-to-action prominence

**If mode is `inspect`**: additionally note:

• Alignment issues (things visually off-axis)
• Spacing inconsistencies (mismatched padding/gaps)
• Contrast issues (text hard to read)
• Responsive clipping or overflow (if visible)

**If project context is loaded**: note which observed patterns align with or deviate from the brand and constraints.

Step 6: Output

Present findings in this format:

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║  naksha-browse                                               ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

  URL:     {url}
  Mode:    {research | inspect}
  Captured: {ISO timestamp, short format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM UTC}

━━━ Page Summary ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

  {1-3 sentence description of what the page is and its overall
   desi