Docent

Captures demonstrated workflows as structured data — not code.

Docent records browser interactions alongside step-by-step narration and exports the result as a structured JSON file. Each recording is a sequence of steps. Each step pairs what was narrated with the exact browser actions that were performed — clicks, navigation, keyboard input, file uploads, tab switches, scrolls, and more. The result is a .docent.json file that describes what happened, in order, with full context. Most browser recording tools produce code — Playwright scripts, Selenium tests, Puppeteer flows. They assume you want to replay what was recorded, and they assume a specific framework to replay it in. Docent produces data, not code. The output makes no assumptions about what receives it or what it does with it. The dispatch payload includes a reading guide that describes the data format, so any receiving system can interpret it without prior knowledge of Docent. HOW IT WORKS 1. Open the Docent side panel in Chrome 2. Create a project and a recording — capture starts automatically 3. Narrate the step 4. Perform the actions in the browser 5. Click Done this step — repeat for each step 6. Click Export — a .docent.json file is downloaded 7. Run the dispatch script to send the active steps to a configured endpoint WHAT GETS CAPTURED - Clicks (including custom components and web elements) - Keyboard input (Enter, Escape, Tab, arrow keys) - Text input and form changes - File uploads - Select / dropdown changes - Right-clicks - Drag and drop - Scroll (significant scrolls only, debounced) - Page navigation (back, forward, reload, link clicks, SPA navigation) - Tab switches, tab opens, tab closes - Interactions inside iframes EDITING RECORDINGS Steps can be re-recorded, reordered, and deleted at any point before export. Full version history is preserved — nothing is permanently lost. DISPATCH A Node.js dispatch script (included) extracts the active steps from an export and sends them, along with a reading guide, to a configured HTTP endpoint. Supports dry-run preview, per-recording filtering, and custom guidance documents. Requires Node.js 20+. OPEN SOURCE Docent is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0. Source: https://github.com/Arsarneq/docent