Write the problem hypothesis
For [team], moving data between [system A] and [system B] requires [manual work], causing [delay or errors].
You can name one user, one situation and one measurable consequence without proposing a feature.Bug: Screenshot blob in tool result poisons conversation context → API 400 on all subsequent turns
Evidence observed in browser-use/browser-use, a Coding project.
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REPEATED ACROSS 8 PROJECTS
Related friction appears in 8 independent repositories. This is stronger than one backlog item, but still requires direct user validation.
Project strength and demand confidence are measured separately.SOURCE EVIDENCE
Read original GitHub Issue ↗Start with what users actually said
Reporter context: Browser Use Version Version 147.0.7727.117 (Official Build) (x86 64) Bug Description, Steps to Reproduce, Screenshots Environment macOS 26.3.1 (Build 25D2128), Intel x86 64 Python 3.11.3 Node v20.19.1 Claude Code 2.1.92 (desktop app) browser-harness 0.1.0 What happened I set up browser-harness following the README and…Excerpted from the public Issue. Read the complete thread before interpreting it.
Recruit: Recruit contributors who can replay the problem in a representative repository and development environment.
Guardrail: Use a fixed test case and compare completion, regressions and recovery against the unchanged baseline.
Interview five developers or engineering leads
- Which systems must exchange data?
- What triggers the handoff?
- Which fields or permissions block it?
- How is it handled today?
- Who owns failures between systems?
Run the smallest experiment
Manually operate or prototype one high-frequency connection for one team before building a general connector.
A user completes the real cross-system workflow twice and asks to keep the connection active.Use a fixed test case and compare completion, regressions and recovery against the unchanged baseline.Make a build decision
- Build: repeated pain and active commitment
- Narrow: pain is real but the audience or job differs
- Stop: weak frequency or no behavioral proof
Why this brief exists
Information has value only when it changes action. This page turns one public signal into a bounded validation exercise. It is a research aid, not proof of demand, investment advice or a product recommendation.