docs/reference/screenshots.md

Screenshot tour

A screen-by-screen tour of Birdbrain, generated from a seeded demo investigation ("Velvet Fox storefront takedown" — all content fictional). To regenerate the full series, rebuild and run:

1README_SHOTS=1 npx playwright test e2e/readme-screenshots.spec.ts

Output lands in test-results/readme/ with light and dark variants of every shot; the dark variants are copied into docs/assets/.

First run

Onboarding

First-launch wizard: install the companion extension, then create your first investigation.

Onboarding wizard

Dashboard (empty)

The launch screen before any case exists.

Empty dashboard

Extension setup guide

Step-by-step guide for loading the unpacked Chrome extension.

Extension setup guide

Working a case

Dashboard

Recent cases with capture counts.

Dashboard

New case wizard

Case details plus initial selector presets (email, crypto, IP, domain patterns).

New case wizard

Case overview

Since-last-visit deltas, capture activity, top sources, and evidence integrity at a glance.

Case overview

Captures workspace

Capture list, rendered evidence, and the chain-of-custody inspector side by side.

Captures workspace

Annotation editor

Shapes and pinned comments on capture screenshots; burned into exports.

Annotation editor

Chain-of-custody verification

Per-capture hash chain (SHA-256, previous/entry hash, manifest index) verified in-app.

Chain of custody

Analysis

Data explorer (recon)

Indicators extracted automatically from captures — accounts, infrastructure, tracking codes — with pivot back to the pages they appeared on.

Data explorer

Selectors

String and regex patterns matched across all captures in the case.

Selectors

Notes

Case and per-capture notes with source links.

Notes

Tags

Color-coded tags with per-case usage counts.

Tags

Everything else

Command palette

Ctrl+K — switch investigations or create a new one from anywhere.

Command palette

Export dialog

Choose what the evidence report includes.

Export dialog

Exported report

Self-contained HTML report, verifiable without Birdbrain.

Exported report

Settings

Capture preferences, storage, appearance, operator identity, database admin, and updates.

Settings