Spara Scanner

Download and install the Spara Scanner Chrome extension to capture your product for AI-powered demos.

The Spara Scanner is a Chrome extension that captures screenshots and page content from your product. These captures power the visuals your Product Demo agent shows to prospects during live demos.

Download

Download the latest version directly, or visit the Scanner page in your Spara settings for previous releases.

Installation

1. Unzip the downloaded file
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions
3. Toggle on Developer mode (top-right corner)
4. Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped folder
5. Pin the Spara Scanner icon in your Chrome toolbar for easy access

The extension requires Chrome. It is not available on the Chrome Web Store — install it using the steps above.

Getting started

Click the Spara Scanner icon in your toolbar to open the side panel. All controls live here.

Quick capture

To capture a single page:

1. Navigate to the page you want to capture
2. Click Capture in the side panel
3. The screenshot and page metadata download automatically

Snap (capture a specific state)

For scroll positions, open modals, expanded dropdowns, or other UI states:

1. Get the page into the exact state you want
2. Click Snap and enter a short label (e.g., modal-open, below-fold)
3. The capture downloads with your label as a suffix

Site exploration

For capturing multiple pages at once, the scanner has a two-phase workflow:

Phase 1 — Discover. Enter a client name, set the crawl depth, and click Discover. The scanner follows links from the current page and builds a site map of discovered URLs. No screenshots are taken during this phase.

Review the site map and check or uncheck pages to control what gets captured. You can add exclude patterns (e.g., /help*, /docs*) to automatically skip matching paths.

Phase 2 — Capture All. Click Capture All to screenshot every included page. The scanner navigates to each page, captures a high-resolution screenshot along with page content, and automatically discovers and captures tab states within each page.

You can run Discover again from a different starting page to find pages the first run missed. The site map accumulates across runs.

Output

Captures download as a folder structure organized by client:

{client}/
├── manifest.json          # Capture history
├── sitemap.json           # Site map
├── dashboard/
│   ├── screenshot.png
│   └── capture.json
├── settings/
│   ├── screenshot.png
│   └── capture.json
└── settings--billing/     # Tab capture
    ├── screenshot.png
    └── capture.json

Each page gets a screenshot.png (3020x1494 pixels) and a capture.json with the page title, URL, accessibility tree, and clean text content.

Updating

When a new version is available, download and unzip it, then go to chrome://extensions and click the refresh icon on the Spara Scanner card. Your site maps and capture history are preserved across updates.

Troubleshooting

Side panel doesn't open — Go to chrome://extensions and click the reload button on the Spara Scanner card.

Discover misses pages — Try a higher depth, or navigate to a different section of the app and run Discover again.

Capture All skips pages — Check the manifest from a prior run. Click Clear All in the side panel to reset capture history.

Screenshots show loading spinners — Some pages take longer to render. Try capturing those pages individually with the Capture button, which gives more time for the page to settle.