docs: clarify html upload is demo scope

aaronlab · aaronlab · commit 7a1d92663249 · 2026-05-13T16:19:07.000+08:00
diff --git a/LAUNCH.md b/LAUNCH.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Current latest audit:
 
 | Captured at | Stars | To 1001 | Forks | Watchers | Issues | PRs | Release downloads | Note |
 |---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---|
-| 2026-05-13T07:55:58+00:00 | 3 | 998 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | current monitor pass after triaging three payment-style contributor comments on #12 #369 and #378 as voluntary OSS only; external listings still have no new maintainer action; Browser Use PR #4826 remains CLA-blocked; star goal remains incomplete; traffic views 354/132 unique, clones 16382/2819 unique |
+| 2026-05-13T08:18:32+00:00 | 3 | 998 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | current monitor pass after clarifying that the local .html upload is the demo failure, not the product boundary, across README homepage and owner-channel copy; star goal remains incomplete; traffic views 354/132 unique, clones 16382/2819 unique |
 
 The active objective is incomplete until `stargazerCount > 1000`.
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ The current demo story is concrete: Browser Use tries to upload
 `file:///tmp/browsertrace-report.html`, navigates to the local file path
 instead, and the upload preview never appears.
 
+The `.html` upload is just the demo failure, not the product boundary.
+BrowserTrace also records Browser Use, Stagehand, Skyvern, Playwright + LLM,
+and custom computer-use runs.
+
 BrowserTrace records each Browser Use step as a local timeline: screenshot,
 URL, action, model input, model output, status, and error. Open the local UI
 and jump straight to the failed browser state.
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@
         <h1 id="title">Browser Use failed?</h1>
         <p class="dek">BrowserTrace replays a failed Browser Use run as a local timeline: screenshot, URL, action, model output, status, and the first red step.</p>
         <p class="story">Demo story: Browser Use tries to upload <code>file:///tmp/browsertrace-report.html</code>, navigates to the local file path, and the upload preview never appears.</p>
+        <p class="story">That <code>.html</code> upload is the demo failure, not the product boundary: BrowserTrace also records Stagehand, Skyvern, Playwright + LLM, and custom computer-use runs.</p>
         <p class="story">Use <code>browsertrace compare</code> to find the first divergent action, URL, status, or error against a known-good run.</p>
         <div class="meta" aria-label="Project details">
           <span>MIT</span>
diff --git a/docs/launch/channel-copy.md b/docs/launch/channel-copy.md
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Non-Premium-safe thread. Post each `text` block as one X post.
 ```text
 Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: it navigated to the filename and the upload preview never appeared.
 
-I built BrowserTrace to replay what the agent saw, clicked, and returned before the first red step.
+That `.html` case is just the demo. BrowserTrace replays what the agent saw, clicked, and returned before the first red step.
 
 No signup, no cloud, MIT.
 ```
diff --git a/docs/launch/index.html b/docs/launch/index.html
@@ -357,9 +357,9 @@ <h2 id="try-locally">Try locally</h2>
         <h2 id="current-owner-unblock">Current owner unblock</h2>
         <p>First, sign the Browser Use CLA for <code>browser-use/browser-use#4826</code>; all code checks pass and the only PR blocker is <code>license/cla</code>. Sign at <code>https://cla-assistant.io/browser-use/browser-use?pullRequest=4826</code>. If it stays pending after signing, use <code>https://cla-assistant.io/check/browser-use/browser-use?pullRequest=4826</code>.</p>
         <p>Then publish the one-minute X post from the owner's personal account and attach <a href="../demo.mp4">docs/demo.mp4</a>. Use the full social packet only after this single post is live.</p>
-        <pre>Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: it navigated to the filename and the upload preview never appeared.
+        <pre>Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: the upload preview never appeared.
 
-BrowserTrace replays the run and compares failed vs good runs to show the first divergent step.
+That `.html` case is just the demo. BrowserTrace replays browser-agent runs and compares failed vs good runs.
 
 What should it capture?
 https://github.com/aaronlab/browsertrace</pre>
diff --git a/docs/launch/metrics-log.md b/docs/launch/metrics-log.md
@@ -1163,3 +1163,4 @@ uv run --python 3.11 python scripts/launch_metrics.py --json
 | 2026-05-13T07:24:36+00:00 | 3 | 998 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | current monitor pass after live aaronlab profile README public-safe demo export link was updated to v0.1.20; star goal remains incomplete; traffic views 354/132 unique, clones 16382/2819 unique |
 | 2026-05-13T07:40:17+00:00 | 3 | 998 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | current monitor pass after opening good-first issue #378 for compare API curl response-template docs; contributor queue is non-empty again; star goal remains incomplete; traffic views 354/132 unique, clones 16382/2819 unique |
 | 2026-05-13T07:55:58+00:00 | 3 | 998 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | current monitor pass after triaging three payment-style contributor comments on #12 #369 and #378 as voluntary OSS only; external listings still have no new maintainer action; Browser Use PR #4826 remains CLA-blocked; star goal remains incomplete; traffic views 354/132 unique, clones 16382/2819 unique |
+| 2026-05-13T08:18:32+00:00 | 3 | 998 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | current monitor pass after clarifying that the local .html upload is the demo failure, not the product boundary, across README homepage and owner-channel copy; star goal remains incomplete; traffic views 354/132 unique, clones 16382/2819 unique |
diff --git a/docs/launch/owner-next-actions.md b/docs/launch/owner-next-actions.md
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ post, use
    version is in `docs/launch/owner-social-post-packet.md`:
 
    ```text
-   Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: it navigated to the filename and the upload preview never appeared.
+   Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: the upload preview never appeared.
 
-   BrowserTrace replays the run and compares failed vs good runs to show the first divergent step.
+   That `.html` case is just the demo. BrowserTrace replays browser-agent runs and compares failed vs good runs.
 
    What should it capture?
    https://github.com/aaronlab/browsertrace
diff --git a/docs/launch/owner-next-actions.zh-CN.md b/docs/launch/owner-next-actions.zh-CN.md
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ session recovery。这些都是用具体失败场景来征集真实 workflow 反
    绑在一起等。复制版在 `docs/launch/owner-social-post-packet.md`：
 
    ```text
-   Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: it navigated to the filename and the upload preview never appeared.
+   Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: the upload preview never appeared.
 
-   BrowserTrace replays the run and compares failed vs good runs to show the first divergent step.
+   That `.html` case is just the demo. BrowserTrace replays browser-agent runs and compares failed vs good runs.
 
    What should it capture?
    https://github.com/aaronlab/browsertrace
diff --git a/docs/launch/owner-social-post-packet.md b/docs/launch/owner-social-post-packet.md
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ action, model output, status, and the failed step highlighted in red.
 Use this if you only have one minute. Attach `docs/demo.mp4`.
 
 ```text
-Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: it navigated to the filename and the upload preview never appeared.
+Browser Use failed on a local `.html` upload: the upload preview never appeared.
 
-BrowserTrace replays the run and compares failed vs good runs to show the first divergent step.
+That `.html` case is just the demo. BrowserTrace replays browser-agent runs and compares failed vs good runs.
 
 What should it capture?
 https://github.com/aaronlab/browsertrace
