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Visual Regression Bot

Screenshot key pages on each PR and highlight visual changes.

Intermediate16h1–2 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Visual Regression Bot for frontend teams in ~16h with 1–2 people. Stack: Playwright + GitHub Actions + Node.js.

Why it wins: Visible output and real value.

Build flow

01 · Problem
CSS changes break pages nobody checked.
02 · Solution
Capture screenshots with Playwright, diff against the main branch and post highlighted changes on the PR for approval.
03 · Build
  1. 1Capture screenshots
  2. 2Diff images
  3. 3Upload results
  4. 4Comment
04 · Demo
Change a margin and see the highlighted diff.

MVP checklist

  • Page list
  • Pixel diff
  • PR comment
  • Approve baseline

Tech stack

TechRole
PlaywrightBrowser automation
GitHub ActionsRepo + PR data
Node.jsBackend runtime

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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