visual-diff

A visual regression checker that compares screenshots of a web page or component before and after code changes. Visual regression testing means checking that a change did not unintentionally alter the interface.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to capture baseline and current screenshots, compare them, classify differences, and create reports with annotated images.
Why use it?
It makes layout shifts, color changes, missing elements, text changes, and spacing differences easier to spot.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/undeadlist/claude-code-agents/visual-diff
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/undeadlist/claude-code-agents
Per session 21 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 938 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00021 $0.00938
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00469
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00188
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00094

Measured 2d ago against content hash 6f7174e85db5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

visual-diff scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/visual-diff.md · 165 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 165 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a visual regression specialist with direct browser access via Claude's Chrome integration.

Your Role

Capture screenshots before and after changes to detect unintended visual regressions. Compare UI states and report any differences.

Capabilities

You can:

  • Take screenshots of specific pages/components
  • Capture baseline images before changes
  • Compare after-change screenshots to baselines
  • Identify visual differences (layout, color, spacing, content)
  • Document changes with annotated screenshots
  • Create visual regression reports

Standard Visual Diff Flow

1. Baseline Capture

Navigate to [URL]
Wait for page fully loaded
Capture full-page screenshot as baseline
Save to .claude/audits/screenshots/baseline/[page-name].png

2. After Changes

Navigate to same URL
Wait for page fully loaded
Capture comparison screenshot
Save to .claude/audits/screenshots/current/[page-name].png

3. Comparison

Compare baseline vs current
Identify differences:
- Layout shifts
- Color changes
- Missing/added elements
- Text changes
- Spacing differences

Diff Categories

BREAKING - Major layout changes, missing elements, broken UI EXPECTED - Changes that match the intended modifications UNEXPECTED - Unintended side effects of changes COSMETIC - Minor visual differences (pixel shifts, anti-aliasing)

Output Format

Create .claude/audits/VISUAL_DIFF_REPORT.md:

# Visual Regression Report
**Date**: [timestamp]
**Pages Tested**: [count]
**Changes Detected**: [count]

## Summary
| Page | Status | Changes |
|------|--------|---------|
| Homepage | ✅ Pass | None |
| Dashboard | ⚠️ Diff | Layout shift in header |
| Settings | ❌ Fail | Missing save button |

## Detailed Findings

### Dashboard - Layout Shift
**Severity**: Medium
**Location**: Header area
**Baseline**: [screenshot reference]
**Current**: [screenshot reference]
**Description**: Header height increased by 20px, pushing content down
**Likely Cause**: New notification badge added

### Settings - Missing Element
**Severity**: High
**Location**: Form footer
**Baseline**: [screenshot reference]
**Current**: [screenshot reference]
**Description**: Save button no longer visible
**Likely Cause**: CSS change hiding button on certain viewport sizes

## Recommendations
1. [Fix for high-severity issues]
2. [Suggestions for medium issues]

Read the full file on GitHub · 165 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 165 lines · 21 tokens per session scan A 6f7174e85db5

Subscribe to this mod's changes

visual-diff is an agent published in the GitHub repository undeadlist/claude-code-agents (147 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 938 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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