[Sprint 1] Blank screenshots — lazy loading not handled
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<h3 id="summary-problem-motivation">Problem/Motivation</h3>
<p>The site-analyzer captures element-bounded screenshots without first scrolling target elements into view. On any modern site using <code>IntersectionObserver</code>-based lazy loading (Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow, most modern CMSes) the below-fold content has not rendered yet, so the resulting screenshot is a blank solid-color rectangle.</p>
<p>In a recorded session, three of five component screenshots captured at 1440px were completely blank: <code>cta-section/screenshot-1440.png</code> (1,846 bytes — solid navy), <code>site-footer/screenshot-1440.png</code> (2,362 bytes — solid navy). Only <code>site-header/screenshot-1440.png</code> (14,343 bytes) rendered correctly. Two of the three blanks were also obscured by the cookie banner (1-01), making the combined corruption rate for reference material very high. The 375px <code>blog-grid</code> screenshot was "90% grey" — the top 10% had content but element height extended far below rendered content.</p>
<p>Component-builder agents received these blank/grey files as their primary visual references and had to compensate with DOM inspection alone — a known quality gap. The fix was applied ad-hoc in a later session via Storybook QA re-render, but the site-analyzer agent definition was never updated, so the next fresh migration run will repeat the same blanks.</p>
<h4 id="summary-steps-reproduce">Steps to reproduce</h4>
<ol>
<li>Run the migrate-site skill against any site with lazy-loaded below-fold content.</li>
<li>Inspect <code>docs/migration/components/<below-fold-section>/screenshot-1440.png</code> file sizes.</li>
<li>Observe: files for below-fold sections are typically < 5KB and visually blank/solid-colored.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="summary-proposed-resolution">Proposed resolution</h3>
<p>Add an ELEMENT SCREENSHOT PROTOCOL block to <code>.claude/agents/site-analyzer.md</code> after the cookie-dismiss preflight (1-01) and before any capture:</p>
<pre>ELEMENT SCREENSHOT PROTOCOL:
Before capturing any element-bounded screenshot:
1. Scroll element into viewport center: agent-browser eval "el.scrollIntoView({block:'center'})"
2. Wait for networkidle + 500ms: agent-browser wait --load networkidle
3. Capture screenshot
4. CHECK FILE SIZE: if < 5KB, retry once with 1500ms wait
5. If still blank after retry, fall back to full-page screenshot and crop to element bounds
6. Log blank-capture warnings to plan.md: "BLANK_SCREENSHOT: <section> at <viewport>"</pre><p>The 5KB threshold is the diagnostic signal — the failing captures (1,846 and 2,362 bytes) both fall under it, while the correctly-captured header (14,343 bytes) does not.</p>
<h3 id="summary-remaining-tasks">Remaining tasks</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add the ELEMENT SCREENSHOT PROTOCOL block to <code>.claude/agents/site-analyzer.md</code>.</li>
<li>If <code>.claude/skills/bundle-capture/SKILL.md</code> exists as a separate file, add the same file-size check and scroll-into-view instruction.</li>
<li>If <code>scripts/capture-component-bundle.mjs</code> calls the screenshot API directly, add <code>element.scrollIntoView({block: 'center'})</code> + 500ms wait + file-size validation in the script too.</li>
<li>Verify all generated <code>screenshot-1440.png</code> files are > 5KB after a fresh run.</li>
<li>Verify on a site with no lazy loading: scroll-into-view step does not introduce delay or error.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="summary-ui-changes">User interface changes</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<h3 id="summary-api-changes">API changes</h3>
<p>None.</p>
<h3 id="summary-data-model-changes">Data model changes</h3>
<p>New optional warning lines in <code>plan.md</code>: <code>BLANK_SCREENSHOT: <section> at <viewport></code>.</p>
<h3 id="summary-internal-references">Internal references</h3>
<ul>
<li>Source markdown: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/99-final/ISSUES/Sprint-1-Foundations/02-P0-2-blank-screenshots-lazy-loading.md</code> (id: P0-2)</li>
<li>Deep analysis: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/00-existing-issues/prior-deep-analysis-key-points.md</code> (HIGH finding on blank screenshots — exact filenames and sizes)</li>
<li>Workaround evidence: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/06-jamie-demo-old/95q5i-77cf5bb9-half2/what-was-fixed-in-second-session.md</code> (ADDRESSED VIA STORYBOOK QA — agent definition not updated)</li>
<li>Recommended verbatim text: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/99-final/migrate-site-skill-recommendations.md</code> (<code>.claude/agents/site-analyzer.md</code> — ELEMENT SCREENSHOT PROTOCOL)</li>
<li>Downstream impact: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/06-jamie-demo-old/95q5i-77cf5bb9-half1/findings.md</code> (F6)</li>
<li>Pattern: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/07-cross-cutting/patterns.md</code> § A1</li>
<li>Anti-pattern: <code>RESEARCH-2026-04-28/07-cross-cutting/session-anti-patterns.md</code> § AP1 (Retry Storm)</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="summary-open-questions">Open questions</h3>
<ul>
<li>Verify that <code>agent-browser eval</code> supports arbitrary JS like <code>el.scrollIntoView({block:'center'})</code> or whether a different syntax is needed.</li>
<li>Does <code>scripts/capture-component-bundle.mjs</code> call the screenshot API directly or delegate to <code>agent-browser</code>? If direct, the <code>scrollIntoView</code> call must be in the script too, not just agent instructions.</li>
</ul>
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