Flamingo Fact Checker

Where facts go to be checked and flamingos go to be fact'd

Flamingo Fact Checker is a chrome extension to assist devs with tracking facts as they move through the UI.

Features

• Fact tracking - View fact values live on screen.
• Live facts - shows the facts associated with the fields on the page currently being viewed.
• Telescope - View fact documentation and live values of the dependencies inline. Requires environment variable VITE_ENABLE_FLAMINGO_TELESCOPE to be set to true.
• Import / Export of factgraph - click on the extension button in Chrome to robustly import or export a factgraph.
• Import / Export of fact names - click on the extension button in Chrome to track a group of facts.

How to install

1. Get the latest release zip
2. Extract the zip, it should create a folder named flamingo
3. Go to chrome://extensions/
4. Enable developer mode
5. Click on "Load unpacked", navigate to the folder and click select
6. Go to directfile on localhost or cloud.gov and it should load.

How to update

1. Get the latest release zip
2. Extract the zip, it should create a folder named flamingo
3. Go to chrome://extensions/
4. Hit the reload the button on the extension

How to enable telescope

The data for the fact definitions is rather large and I didn't want to force everyone to download it. So this feature is available only on local dev and requires that you set an environment variable in your local environment:

export VITE_ENABLE_FLAMINGO_TELESCOPE=true

or start npm with it

VITE_ENABLE_FLAMINGO_TELESCOPE=true npm run start

Slack @shimona47 if you have issues!

Releases

v1.4.0 flamingo_v1.4.0.zip

• Facts truncate if too long, hover to see full name
• Bugs with first install fixed (if rewind never seemed to work for you)

v1.3.0 flamingo_v1.3.0.zip

• Telescope into a fact and see its dependencies and their values
• Incomplete and placeholder values now visible
• Load and copy out your factgraph easily

v1.2.1 flamingo_v1.2.1.zip

• Rewind your factgraph
• Hotlink to collection items
• Bugfixes

Known Issues

• Some collection items may have more than one hotlink and depending on factgraph, they may not all be visible pages.

v1.1.0 flamingo_v1.1.0.zip

• Persistent fact tracking
• Live monitor of current facts on page