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Show HN: Close the UI building AI agent loop with Protoshot

A developer released Protoshot, a tool that scans CSS files and components and lets users write JSX to preview UI, pitched as a simpler alternative to orchestrating an agent-browser or Puppeteer instance just to see what a UI looks like. The project was posted to Hacker News as a Show HN entry and had drawn 1 point and 0 comments at the time of the post.

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Protoshot scans your css files and components and lets you write just some JSX to preview it. A much simpler setup than having to orchestrate agent-browser or puppeteer instance for just seeing what UI looks like.

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50227918](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50227918)

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