# before-and-after

Turns existing screenshots and screen recordings into a before/after or preview block inside a GitHub pull request description.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2900 installs · ★ 415
- Author: vercel-labs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/vercel-labs/before-and-after/tree/HEAD/skill/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/before-and-after

## What it does

The skill takes media you already captured and formats it as a Markdown table or preview block, then publishes it into the PR body. Capture is out of scope: `agent-browser` handles sessions, navigation, page state and recording, while this skill owns only the GitHub attachment workflow.

One script does the formatting: `skill/scripts/format.mjs`. It accepts `--before` and `--after` pairs, a repeatable `--label` for naming multiple pairs, `--attribution` for a credit line, and `--attach-list` to print the files for upload. PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, MP4, MOV and WebM are supported. Publishing runs through `gh pr edit` with `--attach`, which uploads local files and rewrites their references in the PR body.

Video comparisons take two steps: upload the files in a temporary PR comment with `gh pr comment --attach`, then build the final table from the stable attachment URLs. Recordings from `agent-browser` `0.35.2` and `0.36.0` run at a hardcoded 10 fps with no CLI or environment override, so transcoding to 30 or 60 fps only duplicates frames instead of smoothing motion — for animation evidence that needs a higher real frame rate, use a different capture path. Before inserting anything, the skill reads the current PR description and replaces only its own marked block, leaving unrelated prose untouched.

## Requirements
- Works with: GitHub

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel-labs/before-and-after --skill before-and-after -a claude-code
```
```bash
npx skills add vercel-labs/before-and-after --skill skill -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/skill/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/skill/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel-labs/before-and-after --skill skill -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/skill/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel-labs/before-and-after --skill skill -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/skill/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install vercel-labs/before-and-after skill
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/skill/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel-labs/before-and-after --skill skill -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/vercel-labs/before-and-after --path skill
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/skill/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add vercel-labs/before-and-after --skill skill -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/vercel-labs/before-and-after/tree/HEAD/skill/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- attach before/after screenshots to a pull request description
- build a comparison table for desktop and mobile layouts
- match the pixel height of two full-page screenshots so top edges align
- upload videos to a PR and get stable attachment URLs
- place visual evidence above implementation-heavy sections

## Example prompts
- Format captures/desktop-before.png and captures/desktop-after.png as a before/after block and insert it into PR 123
- Build an after-only preview from captures/new-page.png with my name in the attribution line
- Create the video before/after table and publish it to the pull request

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: before-and-after
description: Add existing screenshots or screen recordings to a GitHub pull request as a before/after or preview block. Use when a PR needs visual media attached to its description. Browser navigation and capture belong to agent-browser.
---

# Add visual media to a PR

Use `agent-browser` to create the screenshots or recordings. This skill only owns the GitHub PR attachment workflow.

## Capture

1. Load the version-matched core instructions with `agent-browser skills get core --full` and follow them for sessions, navigation, page state, screenshots, and recordings.
2. If a Vercel URL is protected, load `agent-browser skills get protected-vercel-deployments --full`. Do not reproduce its authentication workflow here.
3. Save media under the repository with paths that contain no whitespace, for example:

   ```text
   captures/desktop-before.png
   captures/desktop-after.png
   captures/mobile-before.png
   captures/mobile-after.png
   ```

The formatter supports PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, MP4, MOV, and WebM files. Use an `--after` file without a matching `--before` file for a net-new preview.

### Screen recordings

`agent-browser record start` creates a fresh browser context. It preserves cookies and local storage, but an origin-scoped header used to open a protected Vercel Preview may not carry into that new context. Before recording a protected Preview:

1. Load `agent-browser skills get protected-vercel-deployments --full`.
2. Start the recording context on a blank page.
3. Apply the authentication method from that skill inside the recording context.
4. Navigate to the Preview only after authentication is active, then trim the navigation lead-in if necessary.

Do not assume that a page which worked before `record start` will remain authenticated after it.
````
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