- Switch installs to pip install -r requirements.txt (tutorial and app docs)
- Update local run steps to python server.py and http://localhost:8000
- Set default PORT to 8000; update port-in-use commands and alt port 8001
- Replace unsupported :contains() example with accessible attribute selector
- Update example URLs in tutorial servers to 127.0.0.1:8000
- Add “Identity-based crawling” section with crwl profiles CLI workflow and code usage
- Replace legacy-docs note with sponsorship message in docs/md_v2/index.md
- Minor copy and consistency fixes across pages
- Updated overlay.css to add gap in titlebar.
- Deleted schemaBuilder_v1.js and associated zip files (v1.0.0 to v1.2.0).
- Modified index.html to reflect new Click2Crawl feature and updated descriptions.
- Updated manifest.json to include new JavaScript files for Click2Crawl and markdown extraction.
- Refined popup styles and HTML to align with new feature names and functionalities.
- Enhanced user instructions and tooltips to guide users on the new Click2Crawl and Markdown Extraction features.
✨ New Features:
- Click2Crawl: Visual element selection with markdown conversion
- Ctrl/Cmd+Click to select multiple elements
- Visual text mode for WYSIWYG extraction
- Real-time markdown preview with syntax highlighting
- Export to .md file or clipboard
- Schema Builder Enhancement: Instant data extraction without LLMs
- Test schemas directly in browser
- See JSON results immediately
- Export data or Python code
- Cloud deployment ready (coming soon)
- Modular Architecture:
- Separated into schemaBuilder.js, scriptBuilder.js, click2CrawlBuilder.js
- Added contentAnalyzer.js and markdownConverter.js modules
- Shared utilities and CSS reset system
- Integrated marked.js for markdown rendering
🎨 UI/UX Improvements:
- Added edgy cloud announcement banner with seamless shimmer animation
- Direct, technical copy: "You don't need Puppeteer. You need Crawl4AI Cloud."
- Enhanced feature cards with emojis
- Fixed CSS conflicts with targeted reset approach
- Improved badge hover effects (red on hover)
- Added wrap toggle for code preview
📚 Documentation Updates:
- Split extraction diagrams into LLM and no-LLM versions
- Updated llms-full.txt with latest content
- Added versioned LLM context (v0.1.1)
🔧 Technical Enhancements:
- Refactored 3464 lines of monolithic content.js into modules
- Added proper event handling and cleanup
- Improved z-index management
- Better scroll position tracking for badges
- Enhanced error handling throughout
This release transforms the Chrome Extension from a simple tool into a powerful
visual data extraction suite, making web scraping accessible to everyone.
This commit introduces significant enhancements to the Crawl4AI ecosystem:
Chrome Extension - Script Builder (Alpha):
- Add recording functionality to capture user interactions (clicks, typing, scrolling)
- Implement smart event grouping for cleaner script generation
- Support export to both JavaScript and C4A script formats
- Add timeline view for visualizing and editing recorded actions
- Include wait commands (time-based and element-based)
- Add saved flows functionality for reusing automation scripts
- Update UI with consistent dark terminal theme (Dank Mono font, green/pink accents)
- Release new extension versions: v1.1.0, v1.2.0, v1.2.1
LLM Context Builder Improvements:
- Reorganize context files from llmtxt/ to llm.txt/ with better structure
- Separate diagram templates from text content (diagrams/ and txt/ subdirectories)
- Add comprehensive context files for all major Crawl4AI components
- Improve file naming convention for better discoverability
Documentation Updates:
- Update apps index page to match main documentation theme
- Standardize color scheme: "Available" tags use primary color (#50ffff)
- Change "Coming Soon" tags to dark gray for better visual hierarchy
- Add interactive two-column layout for extension landing page
- Include code examples for both Schema Builder and Script Builder features
Technical Improvements:
- Enhance event capture mechanism with better element selection
- Add support for contenteditable elements and complex form interactions
- Implement proper scroll event handling for both window and element scrolling
- Add meta key support for keyboard shortcuts
- Improve selector generation for more reliable element targeting
The Script Builder is released as Alpha, acknowledging potential bugs while providing
early access to this powerful automation recording feature.
- Created manifest.json for the Crawl4AI Assistant extension.
- Added popup HTML, CSS, and JS files for the extension interface.
- Included icons and favicon for the extension.
- Implemented functionality for schema capture and code generation.
- Updated index.md to reflect the availability of the new extension.
- Enhanced LLM Context Builder layout and styles for consistency.
- Adjusted global styles for better branding and responsiveness.
- Created a new HTML page (`index.html`) for the interactive LLM context builder, allowing users to select and combine different `crawl4ai` context files.
- Implemented JavaScript functionality (`llmtxt.js`) to manage component selection, context types, and file downloads.
- Added CSS styles (`llmtxt.css`) for a terminal-themed UI.
- Introduced a new Markdown file (`build.md`) detailing the requirements and functionality of the context builder.
- Updated the navigation in `mkdocs.yml` to include links to the new context builder and demo apps.
- Added a new Markdown file (`why.md`) explaining the motivation behind the new context structure and its benefits for AI coding assistants.
