{
  "slug": "input-tools-default-to-omitting-snapshots-d6b44ec44b30",
  "title": "Input tools default to omitting snapshots",
  "tools": [
    "chrome-devtools-mcp"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-01-27T13:20:22.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-01-27T13:20:22.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When an input action does not need an updated page snapshot, call the input tool without `includeSnapshot`; set `includeSnapshot: true` to include one in the response.",
    "examples": [
      "click({uid: \"<element-uid>\"})",
      "fill({uid: \"<element-uid>\", value: \"<text>\"})",
      "click({uid: \"<element-uid>\", includeSnapshot: true})"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 0.14.0",
      "includeSnapshot: Whether to include a snapshot in the response; defaults to false.",
      "`includeSnapshot` is optional and defaults to false."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Use browser input tools when an updated page snapshot is unnecessary.",
  "before": "Use the input tool with its default behavior, which regenerated snapshots.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/releases/tag/chrome-devtools-mcp-v0.14.0",
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/pull/821",
    "https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/blob/4b8e9f287572e0a95c30b5ca612acf08bf79595b/docs/tool-reference.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.91041,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "ghtools-20261008",
    "verdict_id": "ghtools-20261008:ghtools-20261008-5dba2f3d6314e1b3-2:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "8a95a0b2b33db9003b3286ddb08fe888c98236147fa4f92a83f17c2716e8e63f"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "289750cb1d6ef5fbea45c797d7218a749cec14a24675aea7f97f49ee1abfe2ff",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "ghtools-20261008:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.91 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.75 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}