capture-site

Save everything the live site serves, once, so every later step works from the capture.

The golden rule

The live site is read-only, and the capture is read-only afterwards. The scripts only make paced GET and HEAD requests; never submit a form, log in, or fetch by hand to fill a gap. Once the notes are written, nothing under capture/ is edited: it is the evidence every gate reads.

When to use

Step 2 of a conversion (convert-site runs it), or any time a live site has to be inventoried (a staging or new site is launch-audit's job). A capture that exited 3 resumes, as below.

Pacing