Snippet Fidelity v0.2.0

Snippet Fidelity v0.2.0 turns the source-to-clipboard prototype into an installable release gate for documentation projects.

Highlights

• Published as snippet-fidelity:

  npm install --save-dev snippet-fidelity
  npx playwright install chromium
  npx snippet-fidelity audit https://docs.example.com/

• Added a reusable composite GitHub Action. Pin WLDKK/snippet-fidelity@v0 and supply either a source-aware config or a live URL.

• Added Markdown, JSON, and JUnit report support to the Action workflow.

• Added clean package-consumer and Action smoke verification to the release gate.

• Expanded the dated competitor ledger with Doc Detective, Playwright Clipboard, and custom Playwright tests.

• Published a responsible public-site pilot study covering Astro Starlight, Material for MkDocs, and Doc Detective.

Reliability fixes found during the pilot

• Automatic discovery now excludes hidden code blocks and copy controls left mounted by tab and responsive layouts.
• Hover-revealed controls remain eligible for fidelity checks.
• Copy probes activate the selected control directly, so unrelated visual overlap is not misreported as a clipboard-fidelity failure.
• npm package metadata now preserves the installed snippet-fidelity command, and the release gate requires the generated .bin shim.

Verification

• Formatting and TypeScript checks passed.
• 20 tests passed, including real Chromium end-to-end coverage.
• The composite Action passed in GitHub Actions against the repository fixture.
• The package passed pack inspection and a clean tarball install.
• The public npm package was installed in a fresh directory and its command reported 0.2.0.

Evidence boundaries

Rendered-DOM discovery is intended for reconnaissance. A dependable merge gate should declare canonical text or a canonical UTF-8 source file. This release supports Chromium only and does not test pointer hit-targeting or native paste applications.

See the GitHub Action guide, pilot study, and changelog for details.