latest

name	latest
description	Fetch the most recent appshot without taking a new capture

Get Latest AppShot

Use when you need to reference the most recent app capture without initiating a fresh screenshot.

When to use

• User shows you something and you want to access the last appshot they captured
• You're analyzing or building on a previous capture from the same session
• You need to compare current state to the cached latest appshot
• User asks to "show me the latest", "get the last screenshot", or "what did we capture"

What it does

Invokes the get_latest_appshot MCP tool, which retrieves the most recent capture from ~/.appshots/:

1. Reads the stable pointer ~/.appshots/latest.txt to get the capture directory
2. Loads the appshot prompt, screenshot, accessibility tree, and metadata
3. Returns in the requested format (default: <appshot> text + screenshot image)

Output formats

Pass format to customize the response:

• codex (default): <appshot> block text item + screenshot image item
• prompt: the full appshot markdown with Codex <appshot> block (text only)
• model_prompt: model-ready prompt format
• context: structured AppshotContext object with app icon and transition snapshot
• json: machine-readable metadata
• payload: JSON with the model prompt, image path, image data URL, and metadata
• events: the capture status event log
• image_path: path to the screenshot image on disk
• directory: path to the capture directory

Related

• take_appshot — capture a fresh screenshot right now
• search_appshots — find a specific past capture by name or content