# Changelog Source: https://zshot-cli.com/changelog/ Markdown: https://zshot-cli.com/changelog/index.md ## ZShot 0.49.1 — 2026-10-16 ### Changed - Improved the titles and dialog captions generated during navigator sessions. ## ZShot 0.49.0 — 2026-10-16 ### Added - Navigator video captions can now be placed at a configurable position on the frame. - Caption display time now adjusts to how long the caption takes to read. ### Changed - Navigator video captions are now drawn on top of the captured frames, with improved font rendering and sizing. - The bundled agent navigation guide now covers navigator captions. ### Fixed - Wait steps in navigator videos are now always recorded, even when the page doesn't visibly change during the wait. ## ZShot 0.48.0 — 2026-10-15 ### Added - Navigator now supports System One's image protocol when using jev. ### Changed - Navigator video captures now skip runs of identical frames, so recordings no longer stall on unchanged screens. ## ZShot 0.47.0 — 2026-10-15 ### Added - Recorded navigator videos (WebM/MP4) can now show the mouse cursor, so you can see pointer movement and clicks. - zshot now gives AI agents that run it basic guidance on how and when to use it. ### Changed - Updated the bundled agent skill and its navigation reference. ## ZShot 0.46.2 — 2026-10-14 ### Added - New `flag-docs-json` option that outputs help for every flag as JSON. - Output file types now accept the same aliases on the command line as in JSON requests. ### Changed - Storage import now detects which browser a profile belongs to and imports data for the right sites. - Text output formats now write to stdout when no output filename is given. - Navigator-only options now cause an error when used without navigation, instead of being silently accepted. - A warning is now shown when Chromium language/international preferences such as `accept_languages` are set but will not take effect. - OpenRouter navigator connections now default to the JEV model when a decision protocol is selected. - Video selector capture is now subject to license checks, like other video features. - Simplified the Kubernetes and Docker Compose deployment examples. - Release binaries are now stripped, reducing download size. ### Fixed - The navigator now handles focus changes better while typing, returns to the intended field, and verifies that input was actually entered. - Generated element selectors now prefer meaningful class names over purely structural ones. - The navigator can now find and scroll content inside inner scrollable panels, and reports their contents correctly. - The navigator now counts text changes and scrolling as page progress, so it no longer reports a stall too early. - The navigator is now told when one of its actions is refused, so it can choose another approach. - Credential values entered by the navigator no longer appear in page content sent to the model afterward. - Exported Puppeteer and Playwright replay scripts now include the final navigation and check that the run ends on the expected page. - In CDP mode, page targets now appear in the expected order. ## ZShot 0.46.1 — 2026-10-11 ### Changed * Updated skills documentation ## ZShot 0.46.0 — 2026-10-11 ### Added * Openrouter provider * Added navigator-data for providing job specific parameters to a task ### Changed * Added ability for navigators to proceed past errors with reload and more error context information ## ZShot 0.45.0 — 2026-10-10 ### Added * CDP mode for replaying CDP scripts * Playwright and puppeteer recording of navigator actions * Cloudflare navigator compatibility * Enhanced actions support for typing, keydown and keyup * Automatic parallelization of crawlers ### Changed * Many internal subsystems reworked * How progress is recorded for navigators from screen to screen ### Fixed * Frames reporting progress when no paint had been received ## ZShot 0.44.0 — 2026-10-02 ### Added * NOTE command for navigator memory * Support for storage, from existing browsers or JSON file * Added scroll commands for navigators ### Changed * Navigator videos do not record intervals when thinking ### Fixed * Visibility issue for AX tree visibility ## ZShot 0.43.0 — 2026-09-30 ### Changed * Improved memory in several navigator usage cases * Updated CEF * Added token outputs to prometheus metrics ## ZShot 0.42.1 — 2026-09-28 ### Changed * Fix diagnostics reproductions * Adjust command handling for navigators ## ZShot 0.42.0 — 2026-09-28 ### Changed * Improved navigator composition through supporting multiple navigator-types over a "generative" type * Allow specifying a navigator to take on generative tasks through a write=true parameter * Allow specifying when secondary navigators should be used via the when= argument * Allow navigators to failover toe ach other if one becomes unavailable * Support mercury ( inception labs ) * Improve prompt efficiency, reducing number of tokens and calls * Improve mouse usage * Add --navigator-usage, to output total token usage after a run * Improve prompting on several navigator actions, to better hint on routing ## ZShot 0.41.0 — 2026-09-26 ### Changed * All emulation options now free * Updated CEF * Added --trial command to reach trial signup ## ZShot 0.40.2 — 2026-09-24 ### Changed * Improved navigator decision making capabilities ## ZShot 0.40.1 — 2026-09-23 ### Changed - Update CEF. - Disabled background model acquisition to prevent unwanted network activity during captures. ### Removed - Removed several unused command-line flags. ## ZShot 0.40.0 — 2026-09-22 ### Added - New web bot auth support, letting zshot present verifiable signed credentials to sites that require them. - Navigator now supports pointer down/up events and dragging items, in addition to clicks. ### Changed - Refreshed the default LLM/chat provider models. ## ZShot 0.39.0 — 2026-09-21 ### Added - Navigators can now emit a goal output, letting you capture the result of a navigation run. - New option to limit how many times a navigation action can repeat, preventing agents from getting stuck in loops. - Support for bearer token authentication with Anthropic, automatically selected based on your token. ### Changed - Smooth scrolling is now disabled by default during navigation. - CDP operations no longer block other render requests, so concurrent captures run more reliably. - Updated CEF. ### Fixed - Prevented crashes caused by writes to stdout/stderr that could abruptly terminate the process. ## ZShot 0.38.0 — 2026-09-20 ### Added - Support a generative navigator type, allowing you to combine routing-only and generating backends ## ZShot 0.37.0 — 2026-09-19 ### Added - Set arbitrary Chromium preferences from the command line. ### Changed - Refreshed browser flags and preferences to match the current Chrome/CEF version. - Improved automated element activation to skip text fields when using the non-generative decider. - More accurate browser emulation ## ZShot 0.36.2 — 2026-09-19 ### Added - Navigator can now handle more pages, moving faster and skipping forms it can't work with. ## ZShot 0.36.1 — 2026-09-19 ### Changed - Added more context for navigator history ## ZShot 0.36.0 — 2026-09-18 ### Added - New Typesafe.ai navigator - License refresh: refresh an existing license when needed, in addition to registering and releasing. ### Changed - BMP pixel format is now available in the free tier. ### Fixed - Corrected automatic MIME type detection for `application/octet-stream` inputs. ## ZShot 0.35.0 — 2026-09-11 ### Added - Credentials can now be pulled from environment variables instead of being passed directly on the command line. - You can now set the initial URL scope for the navigator to enforce your security requirements, with a configurable allowlist. ### Changed - Updated the default models for LLM providers. ## ZShot 0.34.0 — 2026-09-11 ### Added - The navigator can now handle file upload dialogs, filling them from context instead of requiring direct file-input interaction. - Multiline text values are now captured and set correctly in text areas during form filling. - When a link opens a new tab or window, the navigator can switch to it to complete a task. ### Changed - Status output on stderr now respects terminal column widths, with cleaner final output written to stdout. ## ZShot 0.33.1 — 2026-09-10 ### Added - URL allowlist and permission rules now support more flexible glob patterns and can be applied with finer control over how they match. ### Changed - Navigation failures now cause the render to fail instead of producing a partial or empty result, so errors surface clearly. ## ZShot 0.33.0 — 2026-09-10 ### Added - You can now reference remote files for form uploads — zshot will fetch and store the remote file on demand when a page needs it. - Navigator credentials can now be supplied from an external process or an HTTP server, in addition to existing methods. ### Changed - Update CEF. ## ZShot 0.32.0 — 2026-09-09 ### Changed - Performance traces now run one at a time, preventing conflicts when multiple trace attempts overlap. ## ZShot 0.31.0 — 2026-09-08 ### Added - Server now queues requests by default instead of immediately returning HTTP 429 when busy. You can opt back into the old 429 behavior when needed. ### Fixed - Prevented full-page captures from deadlocking when the request queue was full, improving reliability under heavy load. ### Changed - Added memory guidance to the sample Docker Compose and Kubernetes deployment files. ## ZShot 0.30.2 — 2026-09-08 ### Changed - **Docker** image now has font cache correctly baked into layer ## ZShot 0.30.1 — 2026-09-07 ### Added - Sandboxed container runs are now supported, including a seccomp profile and a sandbox self-check to verify your environment. - Published example Docker Compose and Kubernetes deployment files to help you get up and running. ### Changed - Updated the default models for LLM providers. - Update CEF and Chromium to 152 ### Fixed - Shell completion files are now placed correctly in Linux packages, resolving packaging warnings. ## ZShot 0.29.1 — 2026-09-04 ### Changed - Refreshed the default models used by the built-in LLM providers. - Updated the End User License Agreement. ## ZShot 0.29.0 — 2026-09-04 ### Added - GPT6 Astra and Gemini 3.8 Flash are the new default models for those providiers - `license-key` now updates your config if you specify it without any other arguments ### Changed - JPEG XL output is now available on all license tiers. - Full-page capture is now available on all license tiers. - Updated the bundled skill documentation with guidance on archival, uploads, downloads, and credentials. - Updated CEF. ### Fixed - Fixed an iframe load race that could affect captures on Linux. - Improved signal handling and cleanup on exit for more reliable shutdown. ## ZShot 0.28.1 — 2026-08-13 ### Changed - Refreshed the default models used by the built-in LLM providers. - Reworked LLM provider backends (OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, Gemini) for more consistent behavior across providers. ### Removed - Removed the built-in Swagger UI and its associated server endpoint and options. ## ZShot 0.28.0 — 2026-08-12 ### Added - JavaScript dialogs (alert, confirm, prompt, beforeunload) are now automatically dismissed so captures no longer hang on unexpected dialogs. ### Fixed - Device overrides now apply consistently and take effect before capture, producing more reliable results. ## ZShot 0.27.1 — 2026-08-12 ### Changed - Update CEF ## ZShot 0.27.0 — 2026-08-06 ### Changed - Updated to FFmpeg 9.0 ## ZShot 0.26.0 — 2026-08-03 ### Added - Container mode has friendlier license activation for server environments ### Changed - Improved license validation reliability, including handling of slow or unresponsive licensing servers. ## ZShot 0.25.6 — 2026-08-03 ### Added - Support for the stateless MCP protocol. ### Changed - Update CEF. ## ZShot 0.25.5 — 2026-07-30 ### Changed - Update CEF. ## ZShot 0.25.4 — 2026-07-27 ### Changed - Update CEF. ## ZShot 0.25.3 — 2026-07-10 ### Changed - Update CEF. ## ZShot 0.25.2 — 2026-07-10 ### Fixed - Form filling now correctly handles fields that already contain values. ## ZShot 0.25.1 — 2026-07-10 ### Added - Downloads triggered via `blob:` URLs are now captured and made available. ## ZShot 0.25.0 — 2026-07-09 ### Added - Navigator can now upload files to web forms during automated sessions. - New download handling: files triggered by a page (or by navigator actions) can now be captured and saved, including downloads into WARC archives. ## ZShot 0.24.0 — 2026-07-08 ### Added - Support text file output - Provide MIME type hints for input files when the type can't be inferred automatically. ### Changed - Smoother handling of file inputs on the command line, including improved extension awareness. ### Fixed - Safer handling of MIME types to guard against potentially dangerous content, with data URIs now triggering the correct capture behavior. ## ZShot 0.23.5 — 2026-07-06 ### Fixed - Full-page captures now wait for page navigation to complete before capturing, preventing incomplete or blank screenshots. ## ZShot 0.23.4 — 2026-07-06 ### Added - More detailed logging about navigation decisions when the navigator or crawler traverses a page graph. ## ZShot 0.23.3 — 2026-07-03 ### Changed - License validation failures now fall back to the free tier instead of blocking usage — the app keeps working even if licensing can't be verified. ## ZShot 0.23.2 — 2026-07-03 ### Added - Cache entries can now be invalidated on demand via HTTP `DELETE` requests to the server. ### Changed - When capturing multiple pages (e.g. from a sitemap), the most specific page limit now takes priority when applying capture budgets. ## ZShot 0.23.1 — 2026-07-02 ### Changed - Improved the readability and interpretability of capture status output. ## ZShot 0.23.0 — 2026-07-02 ### Added - WACZ output format for capturing web archives in a portable, shareable package. - CDX index generation for WARC/WACZ captures, making archives easier to index and replay. - Markdown output can now reference contextually appropriate image URLs or embed image content directly. ### Changed - Enterprise captures now default to using all available CPU cores for parallelism instead of a single worker. - Server mode is now limited to a concurrency of 1 in Pro mode. - Output format options are now validated for compatibility, giving clearer errors when incompatible options are combined. - Licensing restrictions are now enforced more consistently across capture types. - DNS resolution now always uses the system resolver. ### Fixed - File URL access is now correctly limited to within the specified subdirectory, and temporary files are scoped to their own subdirectories rather than appearing alongside sibling files. ## ZShot 0.22.0 — 2026-06-30 ### Added - Server mode can now cache requests and act as a browser CDN, serving repeat captures faster. - New Prometheus metrics with per-output-type render histograms for easier operational monitoring. ### Changed - Sitemap crawls now expand automatically with a Pro license; without Pro, only the given URL is captured. - Server endpoints are now controlled by explicit enable flags instead of disable flags. - WARC captures and crawls now wait for in-flight assets to finish loading before completing, so archives better match what you'd expect to see. - Device memory now reports values that match the target device (including `undefined` where appropriate). - Logging is initialized earlier so warnings during startup are no longer lost. - Server-only and other context-specific flags now error clearly when used in a mode where they have no effect. - Markdown output now ensures image URLs are absolute, and images can now have their ocntent embedded into the result Markdown - Update CEF. ### Fixed - WARC archives now correctly mark truncated response bodies as truncated. - Diagnostics output now reflects your actual input. - Fixed a potential crash from invalid string slicing in argument handling. - Removed a stray error message printed during certain string conversions. ## ZShot 0.21.1 — 2026-06-26 ### Added - New Galaxy and iOS device presets for device emulation. ## ZShot 0.21.0 — 2026-06-26 ### Added - Crawl mode can now download linked files (e.g. documents) and capture media resources encountered during a crawl, saving them into your WARC archive. - New option to cap the maximum number of links fetched during a crawl. - You can now stop a crawl mid-capture and keep the output already collected. ### Changed - Crawl-related flags are now grouped under a consistent `crawl` namespace instead of being tied to specific output formats. You may need to update existing command lines that used the old flag names. - WARC and HAR archives are now written as a stream, greatly improving scalability and memory use when capturing large sites. - Connection strings now infer model configuration automatically, reducing the amount you need to specify by hand. ## ZShot 0.20.0 — 2026-06-24 ### Added - The AI navigator can now interact with form controls — select boxes/dropdowns, radio buttons, and checkboxes — when filling out and navigating pages. ## ZShot 0.19.1 — 2026-06-24 ### Fixed - Improved handling of cross-domain requests during crawls so custom headers stay within the intended domain boundaries. ## ZShot 0.19.0 — 2026-06-22 ### Added - LLM output formatter can now be specified per request, in addition to globally. - Exposed more capture and navigation options to the JSON/HTTP API. ### Changed - PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and BMP are now available as free formats. - Additional emulation options are now available in the standard tier. - Updated CEF. ### Fixed - Navigator video now reliably follows the intended instructions. ## ZShot 0.18.0 — 2026-06-20 ### Added - New navigator actions to fill form fields and submit forms. ### Changed - Screenshot capture now uses CDP for more reliable results. - Updated CEF. ## ZShot 0.17.0 — 2026-06-19 ### Added - Docker server image now includes a healthcheck and additional setup conveniences for the entrypoint. ### Removed - Removed the local LLM provider, including bundled model download/management and on-device inference. LLM features now require a remote provider. ## ZShot 0.16.1 — 2026-06-16 ### Added - New Docker server container image for running zshot as a long-running service, including a built-in health check. ## ZShot 0.16.0 — 2026-06-15 ### Added - Capture entire sites to WARC by following a sitemap, with automatic link discovery for multi-page crawls. - WARC output is now more compatible with tooling, including revisit records to deduplicate repeated resources across pages. - New accessibility-tree (axtree) output alongside your captures. - More lenient handling of JSON request bodies when posting to the HTTP server. ### Changed - Update CEF. - Improved WARC page records for better parity with other crawling tools. ### Fixed - Resolved a content-encoding mismatch that could break WARC replay verification. ## ZShot 0.15.1 — 2026-06-13 ### Added - zshot can now be installed and updated via an official APT repository (Debian/Ubuntu `.deb` packages). ## ZShot 0.15.0 — 2026-06-12 ### Added - New command-line options for diagnosing and tuning captures. - URL preflighting that checks a page before capture, reducing wasted work on unreachable URLs. ### Changed - Improved PNG render performance via tuned encoding settings. - Skip favicon fetches when they aren't needed, speeding up captures. ### Fixed - More reliable scheduling of capture work, improving responsiveness and stability. - Avoid a spurious failure when the navigation step limit is reached. ## ZShot 0.14.1 — 2026-06-12 ### Changed - Adjusted process exit codes ## ZShot 0.14.0 — 2026-06-11 ### Added - New `--formats` argument to list all supported output formats from the CLI. - Runtime detection of available codecs, so the formats list reflects what your installation can actually produce. ### Changed - FFmpeg libraries are now verified with cosign signatures for added security. ## ZShot 0.13.1 — 2026-06-11 ### Changed - Cleaned up and reorganized deployment configuration files ## ZShot 0.13.0 — 2026-06-10 ### Added - Linux tarball release artifact for installing zshot on non-Debian/Ubuntu distributions, including an `INSTALL.txt` guide and a list of required runtime dependencies ### Changed - Docker runtime image switched to a slimmer base, reducing image size - Release artifacts are now accompanied by an SBOM and scanned for known CVEs before publishing ## ZShot 0.12.0 — 2026-06-10 ### Added - LLM-powered navigation now supports web search tools when the model requests them (Anthropic and OpenAI providers) - New `READ` action available to the AI navigator, allowing it to read page content during a session - AI navigator can now specify custom wait conditions between steps rather than using a fixed delay - Screenshots sent to vision models can now be annotated with element overlays to improve navigation accuracy ### Changed - Model connection strings are easier to specify — shorter, more ergonomic syntax for pointing at local or remote LLM providers ### Fixed - Corrected protocol scheme strings used in LLM output parsing ## ZShot 0.11.0 — 2026-06-07 ### Added - **stdio navigator**: a new `--navigator` mode that lets an external agent drive browser navigation by reading/writing over standard I/O, enabling fully scriptable or AI-controlled capture workflows - Navigator session state can now be passed through to the formatter, allowing context gathered during navigation to influence output formatting - New `AGENT_HELP.md` and skill reference documentation for agent-based navigation ### Changed - Update CEF ## ZShot 0.10.1 — 2026-06-06 ### Changed - Increased timeouts for LLM output types to better accommodate slower model response times ## ZShot 0.10.0 — 2026-06-05 ### Added - Built-in ad/tracker blocking: pass one or more filter-list files (in standard Adblock Plus / uBlock Origin syntax) to block network requests while capturing ### Changed - Clarified help text for the ad-blocking filter-list option ## ZShot 0.9.0 — 2026-06-05 ### Added - **IP blocklist support**: pass a blocklist file to prevent the browser from making requests to specific IP addresses or CIDR ranges during capture. Useful for restricting outbound connections in sensitive or sandboxed environments. ### Fixed - Docker images now always include up-to-date CA root certificates. ## ZShot 0.8.1 — 2026-06-05 ### Fixed - Docker images now include essential administrative utilities - Artifact signing now correctly handles nested directory structures ## ZShot 0.8.0 — 2026-06-04 ### Added - New `--chromium-arg` flag to pass arbitrary Chromium arguments directly to the browser - New container mode for running in containerized environments - arm64 (Linux aarch64) builds are now available ### Fixed - Resolved a conflict with Homebrew-installed FFmpeg that could cause incorrect library detection ## ZShot 0.7.0 — 2026-06-03 ### Added - Improved accessibility tree (axtree) representation used by the AI navigator, aligned with modern agent browser conventions for more accurate element identification and interaction - Support for iframes in axtree snapshots ### Changed - Navigator action parsing and element selection logic updated to work with the revised axtree format, improving reliability when the AI agent interacts with page elements ## ZShot 0.6.0 — 2026-05-31 ### Added - Invalid flag combinations are now caught early and reported as clear errors, rather than producing unexpected output or crashing ### Changed - Update CEF ## ZShot 0.5.0 — 2026-05-29 ### Added - Full-page capture now explicitly rejects animated formats (GIF, WebM, MP4) and video output, preventing silent failures or unexpected results ### Changed - Full-page capture errors are now reported as clear messages rather than unexpected crashes ### Fixed - Various edge-case panics replaced with proper error handling across capture and rendering ## ZShot 0.4.0 — 2026-05-29 ### Added - Direct integration with OpenAI and Anthropic APIs, replacing the previous library-based approach — improves reliability and avoids deprecated behaviour ### Changed - Updated AI/LLM provider internals to communicate directly with OpenAI and Anthropic; connection strings and provider configuration remain compatible - Expanded skill documentation covering accessibility and performance capabilities ## ZShot 0.3.0 — 2026-05-29 ### Changed - Improved reliability of LLM output parsing, with better handling of edge-case JSON responses and more appropriate default token limits for Anthropic models ## ZShot 0.2.4 — 2026-05-29 ### Changed - Support contact updated to link to zshot support page ## ZShot 0.2.3 — 2026-05-29 ### Added - `--eula` flag to view the end-user license agreement ## ZShot 0.2.2 — 2026-05-29 ### Changed - Update CEF to latest version ### Fixed - Improved full-page capture to correctly handle pages with inner scrollable elements and fixed sidebars ## ZShot 0.2.1 — 2026-05-28 ### Fixed - Fixed typos in startup/initialization messages and added pointers to the canary build for pre-release testing ## ZShot 0.2.0 — 2026-05-27 ### Added - **Performance tracing output** — capture a Chrome-style JSON trace file alongside your screenshots/videos using the new `--output-type trace` option, useful for diagnosing page load performance - **pprof profiling output** — capture CPU profiling data in pprof format (`--output-type pprof`) for deeper performance analysis - **Dark mode emulation** — force pages into dark color scheme via `prefers-color-scheme: dark` using the new `--dark-mode` flag - **Accept-Language header emulation** — send a custom `Accept-Language` header with requests to control locale-aware content - **Timezone emulation** — pair timezone settings with geolocation for accurate locale emulation - **GPU rendering control** — GPU hardware acceleration is now the default; a `--software-rendering` flag is available to fall back to software rendering - **Autoplay support** — media on captured pages will autoplay where possible; audio is always muted to the host OS - **WARC payload digest** — WARC output now includes a correct payload digest field - **GFM strikethrough portability** — Markdown output now renders strikethrough in a more portable way across GFM renderers - **HTML output base URL** — HTML output now includes a `` tag for improved portability of captured pages - **`--wait-for` timer mode** — timer-based waits now reflect true elapsed time rather than waiting for the page load event ### Changed - **Default background is now white** — pages with a transparent or unset background now render with a white background instead of black - **GPU rendering enabled by default on Linux** — broader GPU feature set is now unlocked for improved rendering fidelity - **`--full-page` validated against output type** — passing `--full-page` for output types where it is not applicable (e.g. video, PDF) now produces a clear error instead of being silently ignored - **Unknown request fields rejected** — the HTTP server now returns an error for unrecognised JSON fields in capture requests, preventing silent misconfiguration - **LLM JSON prompting improved** — prompt templates now include additional guidance to help smaller models produce well-formed JSON output reliably - **JPEG EXIF metadata** — the software metadata field is now written to the correct EXIF tag for JPEG output - **Touch point limit enforced** — device emulation now caps touch points to the maximum supported by the browser engine, with a clear error if the requested device exceeds it - **`robots.txt` fetches now subject to IP filtering** — the same SSRF/IP-filter rules applied to page requests are now also enforced when fetching `robots.txt` - **Improved `--help` output** — help text reorganised and expanded, including guidance for agent/automation use ### Removed - **Animated WebP output temporarily removed** — animated WebP captures are not available in this release pending a fix; static WebP output is unaffected ## ZShot 0.1.26 — 2026-05-22 ### Changed - Update stale licenses ## ZShot 0.1.25 — 2026-05-22 ### Added - Updated FFmpeg instructions for binary relinking ### Changed - Updated JSON schema with additional fields ## ZShot 0.1.24 — 2026-05-22 ### Changed - Binary downloads now use public URLs instead of direct storage URLs ## ZShot 0.1.23 — 2026-05-21 ### Added - Skills can now be installed directly into a zip file ## ZShot 0.1.22 — 2026-05-20 ### Added - Output can now be written to stdout by passing `-` as the output path, enabling piping to other tools - New `skill install` subcommand to wire zshot into an AI agent as a tool ### Changed - PNG and PDF output formats now require a Standard license or higher; HTML and MHTML are available on the free tier ## ZShot 0.1.21 — 2026-05-19 ### Fixed - Restored missing signing key for v0.1.1 release verification ## ZShot 0.1.20 — 2026-05-18 ### Added - New `--request-schema` flag for consuming the request schema in other apps ## ZShot 0.1.19 — 2026-05-17 ### Added - `--image-selector` and `--video-selector`: capture only the contents of a specific element on the page (for image and video output respectively) - `--wait-for-css`: wait for a specific CSS selector to appear in the DOM before capturing ## ZShot 0.1.18 — 2026-05-15 ### Fixed - Fix Google model names being prefixed w/ models/ ## ZShot 0.1.17 — 2026-05-15 ### Added - Support for [Groq](https://groq.com) as an LLM provider - Support for listing available models when using the Google LLM provider - Ollama connections can now use HTTPS (e.g. for remote/proxied Ollama instances) ## ZShot 0.1.16 — 2026-05-15 ### Added - `llm-info` command now validates your LLM configuration and reports any issues with your setup ## ZShot 0.1.15 — 2026-05-14 ### Added - New `--llm-info` flag to print details about available LLM models and their capabilities - New `--llm-info-schema` flag to print the JSON schema for LLM info output - When using AI-powered navigation or formatting from the CLI, the local model is now automatically selected as the default — no need to specify it explicitly - Improved config file lookup: zshot now searches a broader hierarchy of locations to find your configuration file ### Changed - Video capture now more reliably meets the requested frame rate, reducing dropped frames during recording - Update CEF ## ZShot 0.1.14 — 2026-05-11 ### Changed - Removed stale references to Apple/macOS-specific options in CLI help text — argument descriptions are now platform-neutral ## ZShot 0.1.13 — 2026-05-11 ### Added - Device listings now include the device ID, making it easier to reference specific devices in other commands ### Fixed - Improved handling of symlinked installations so the CLI resolves paths correctly when run via a symlink ## ZShot 0.1.12 — 2026-05-11 ### Fixed - Fixed a path handling bug on Windows where forward slashes in CEF download paths were not converted correctly. - Improved error messages when file operations fail during CEF setup (errors now include the affected file path). ## ZShot 0.1.11 — 2026-05-09 ### Added - MCP server now fetches and exposes only the LLM resources available to the connected client's tooling, rather than a static full list ## ZShot 0.1.10 — 2026-05-08 ### Added - The MCP server now advertises screenshot resources, making them discoverable by MCP clients ## ZShot 0.1.9 — 2026-05-08 ### Changed - The MCP server now always uses the `zshot://` URI scheme for resources, replacing the previous context-dependent scheme selection ## ZShot 0.1.8 — 2026-05-08 ### Changed - MCP tool responses now always return structured content wrapped in a consistent envelope, regardless of output type ## ZShot 0.1.7 — 2026-05-08 ### Added - MCP clients now receive proper error responses when a page fails to load or a timeout occurs, instead of hanging or receiving a generic failure ### Fixed - Load errors and timeout errors are now correctly propagated to MCP tool calls ## ZShot 0.1.6 — 2026-05-08 ### Added - **MCP: resource link handoff** — when a captured file is too large to embed directly in the MCP response, the server now returns a resource link instead, so callers can retrieve the file separately rather than hitting framing limits. ### Changed - **MCP: HAR capture** no longer records request/response bodies by default, reducing output size for typical capture workflows. Body capture can still be enabled explicitly. - **MCP: tool and resource descriptions** updated for clarity. ## ZShot 0.1.5 — 2026-05-08 ### Changed - Improved MCP server tool descriptions for clearer configuration guidance ## ZShot 0.1.4 — 2026-05-08 ### Added - License keys are now forward-compatible: older license key blobs can be used on newer versions of zshot without needing to regenerate keys on every update. ## ZShot 0.1.3 — 2026-05-08 _No unreleased changes yet._ ## ZShot 0.1.2 — 2026-05-08 _No unreleased changes yet._ ## ZShot 0.1.1 — 2026-05-08 ### Added - Initial version