diff --git a/src/code-executor/code-executor.service.ts b/src/code-executor/code-executor.service.ts
index ede7b1a..d55850f 100644
--- a/src/code-executor/code-executor.service.ts
+++ b/src/code-executor/code-executor.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { BadRequestException, Injectable, InternalServerErrorException, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { parse } from 'acorn';
 import type { Page, BrowserContext } from 'playwright';
+import { dumpDom } from './dom-helpers';
 
 export interface ExecResult {
   result: unknown;
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ export class CodeExecutorService {
    * to parse it with acorn. Throws BadRequestException if it is not valid JS.
    */
   validate(code: string): void {
-    const wrapped = `async function __validate__(page, context) { ${code} }`;
+    const wrapped = `async function __validate__(page, context, helpers) { ${code} }`;
     try {
       parse(wrapped, { ecmaVersion: 2022 });
     } catch (err) {
@@ -29,10 +30,11 @@ export class CodeExecutorService {
    */
   async execute(page: Page, context: BrowserContext, code: string): Promise<ExecResult> {
     try {
+      const pageHelpers = { dumpDom: (selector?: string) => dumpDom(page, selector) };
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-new-func
-      const fn = new Function('page', 'context', `return (async (page, context) => { ${code} })(page, context)`);
+      const fn = new Function('page', 'context', 'helpers', `return (async (page, context, helpers) => { ${code} })(page, context, helpers)`);
       this.logger.debug('Executing user code');
-      const result = await fn(page, context);
+      const result = await fn(page, context, pageHelpers);
       return { result };
     } catch (err) {
       throw new InternalServerErrorException(`Code execution failed: ${(err as Error).message}`, { cause: err });
diff --git a/src/code-executor/dom-helpers.ts b/src/code-executor/dom-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f90c4be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/code-executor/dom-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import type { Page } from 'playwright';
+
+export interface DomNode {
+  tag: string;
+  role?: string;
+  testid?: string;
+  qa?: string;
+  action?: string;
+  elementId?: string;
+  id?: string;
+  type?: string;
+  name?: string;
+  text?: string;
+  href?: string;
+  checked?: boolean;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+  children: DomNode[];
+  truncated?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dumps a logical component tree of the live DOM scoped to `rootSelector`.
+ * Filters out decorative/layout noise — keeps only structural landmarks,
+ * interactive elements, and elements with semantic attributes
+ * (role, data-testid, data-qa, data-action, data-element-id).
+ *
+ * Useful for debugging Playwright selectors without screenshotting.
+ */
+export async function dumpDom(page: Page, rootSelector = 'body'): Promise<DomNode> {
+  return page.evaluate(
+    ([sel, maxDepth]) => {
+      const root = document.querySelector(sel as string);
+      if (!root) return { tag: 'ERROR', text: `selector not found: ${sel}`, children: [] };
+
+      const STRUCTURAL_TAGS = new Set([
+        'BODY', 'MAIN', 'HEADER', 'FOOTER', 'NAV', 'ASIDE', 'SECTION',
+        'FORM', 'DIALOG', 'DETAILS', 'SUMMARY', 'TABLE', 'THEAD', 'TBODY',
+        'TR', 'FIELDSET', 'LEGEND',
+      ]);
+
+      const INTERACTIVE_TAGS = new Set([
+        'A', 'BUTTON', 'INPUT', 'SELECT', 'TEXTAREA', 'LABEL',
+        'TH', 'TD',
+      ]);
+
+      const IGNORED_TAGS = new Set(['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'SVG', 'PATH', 'DEFS', 'USE', 'CIRCLE', 'RECT', 'POLYGON', 'POLYLINE', 'LINE', 'ELLIPSE', 'G', 'CLIPPATH', 'IMAGE']);
+
+      function trimText(el: Element): string | undefined {
+        const t = (el as HTMLElement).innerText?.trim() ?? el.textContent?.trim() ?? '';
+        // Only include if short enough to be meaningful, not a dump of all child text
+        const ownText = Array.from(el.childNodes)
+          .filter(n => n.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE)
+          .map(n => n.textContent?.trim() ?? '')
+          .filter(Boolean)
+          .join(' ');
+        const candidate = ownText || t;
+        return candidate.length > 0 ? candidate.substring(0, 80) : undefined;
+      }
+
+      function isVisible(el: Element): boolean {
+        const s = window.getComputedStyle(el);
+        return s.display !== 'none' && s.visibility !== 'hidden' && (el as HTMLElement).offsetParent !== null;
+      }
+
+      function isSignificant(el: Element): boolean {
+        if (STRUCTURAL_TAGS.has(el.tagName)) return true;
+        if (INTERACTIVE_TAGS.has(el.tagName)) return true;
+        if (el.getAttribute('role')) return true;
+        if (el.getAttribute('data-testid')) return true;
+        if (el.getAttribute('data-qa')) return true;
+        if (el.getAttribute('data-action')) return true;
+        if (el.getAttribute('data-element-id')) return true;
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      function build(el: Element, depth: number): DomNode | null {
+        if (IGNORED_TAGS.has(el.tagName)) return null;
+        if (!isVisible(el)) return null;
+
+        const significant = isSignificant(el);
+        const childResults: DomNode[] = [];
+
+        if (depth < (maxDepth as number)) {
+          for (const child of Array.from(el.children)) {
+            const node = build(child, depth + 1);
+            if (node) childResults.push(node);
+          }
+        } else if (el.children.length > 0) {
+          return significant
+            ? { tag: el.tagName.toLowerCase(), children: [], truncated: true }
+            : null;
+        }
+
+        // If not significant and no meaningful children, discard
+        if (!significant && childResults.length === 0) return null;
+
+        // If not significant but has exactly one child, pass through (unwrap)
+        if (!significant && childResults.length === 1) return childResults[0];
+
+        // If not significant but has children, keep as anonymous group only if > 1 child
+        if (!significant) return { tag: el.tagName.toLowerCase(), children: childResults };
+
+        const node: DomNode = {
+          tag: el.tagName.toLowerCase(),
+          children: childResults,
+        };
+
+        const role = el.getAttribute('role');
+        if (role) node.role = role;
+
+        const testid = el.getAttribute('data-testid');
+        if (testid) node.testid = testid;
+
+        const qa = el.getAttribute('data-qa');
+        if (qa) node.qa = qa;
+
+        const action = el.getAttribute('data-action');
+        if (action) node.action = action;
+
+        const elementId = el.getAttribute('data-element-id');
+        if (elementId) node.elementId = elementId;
+
+        const id = el.id;
+        if (id) node.id = id;
+
+        const type = (el as HTMLInputElement).type;
+        if (type && type !== 'submit' && el.tagName !== 'BUTTON') node.type = type;
+
+        const name = (el as HTMLInputElement).name;
+        if (name) node.name = name;
+
+        const href = (el as HTMLAnchorElement).href;
+        if (href && el.tagName === 'A') node.href = href.replace(window.location.origin, '');
+
+        if ('checked' in el) node.checked = (el as HTMLInputElement).checked;
+        if ((el as HTMLButtonElement).disabled) node.disabled = true;
+
+        const text = trimText(el);
+        if (text) node.text = text;
+
+        return node;
+      }
+
+      const result = build(root, 0);
+      return result ?? { tag: 'empty', children: [] };
+    },
+    [rootSelector, 12] as [string, number],
+  );
+}
+
+export const helpers = { dumpDom };
+export type Helpers = typeof helpers;
diff --git a/test/dom-helpers.spec.ts b/test/dom-helpers.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6a5c58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dom-helpers.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,342 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for dumpDom.
+ *
+ * We use a lightweight fake DOM rather than jsdom to avoid ESM-dependency
+ * transform issues.  Each fake element is a plain JS object that duck-types
+ * the DOM API used by the dumpDom evaluate payload.  The fake `page`
+ * captures the evaluate callback and runs it via new Function() with the
+ * fake globals injected as named parameters.
+ */
+
+import { dumpDom, DomNode } from '../src/code-executor/dom-helpers';
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Fake DOM builder
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+interface FakeText {
+  nodeType: 3;
+  textContent: string;
+}
+
+interface FakeEl {
+  tagName: string;
+  children: FakeEl[];
+  childNodes: FakeText[];
+  offsetParent: object | null;
+  id: string;
+  type: string;
+  name: string;
+  href: string;
+  checked: boolean;
+  disabled: boolean;
+  innerText: string;
+  textContent: string;
+  getAttribute(name: string): string | null;
+  _display: string;
+  _visibility: string;
+}
+
+type ElAttrs = Partial<{
+  role: string;
+  'data-testid': string;
+  'data-qa': string;
+  'data-action': string;
+  'data-element-id': string;
+  id: string;
+  type: string;
+  name: string;
+  href: string;
+  checked: boolean;
+  disabled: boolean;
+  style: string;
+}>;
+
+function el(tag: string, attrs: ElAttrs = {}, ...children: (FakeEl | string)[]): FakeEl {
+  const ownTextNodes: FakeText[] = children
+    .filter((c): c is string => typeof c === 'string')
+    .map(t => ({ nodeType: 3, textContent: t }));
+  const childEls = children.filter((c): c is FakeEl => typeof c !== 'string');
+  const deepText = children.map(c => (typeof c === 'string' ? c : c.innerText)).join('');
+
+  const style = attrs.style ?? '';
+  const display = /display\s*:\s*none/.test(style) ? 'none' : '';
+  const visibility = /visibility\s*:\s*hidden/.test(style) ? 'hidden' : '';
+
+  const attrMap: Record<string, string | null> = {};
+  for (const key of ['role', 'data-testid', 'data-qa', 'data-action', 'data-element-id'] as const) {
+    if (attrs[key] != null) attrMap[key] = attrs[key] as string;
+  }
+
+  return {
+    tagName: tag.toUpperCase(),
+    children: childEls,
+    childNodes: ownTextNodes,
+    offsetParent: display || visibility ? null : {},
+    id: attrs.id ?? '',
+    type: attrs.type ?? '',
+    name: attrs.name ?? '',
+    href: attrs.href
+      ? attrs.href.startsWith('http')
+        ? attrs.href
+        : `https://example.com${attrs.href}`
+      : '',
+    checked: !!attrs.checked,
+    disabled: !!attrs.disabled,
+    innerText: deepText,
+    textContent: deepText,
+    getAttribute(name: string) { return attrMap[name] ?? null; },
+    _display: display,
+    _visibility: visibility,
+  };
+}
+
+function body(...children: (FakeEl | string)[]): FakeEl {
+  return el('body', {}, ...children);
+}
+
+// ── Fake page ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+function findByTag(root: FakeEl, tag: string): FakeEl | null {
+  if (root.tagName.toLowerCase() === tag.toLowerCase()) return root;
+  for (const child of root.children) {
+    const found = findByTag(child, tag);
+    if (found) return found;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function makePage(rootEl: FakeEl) {
+  const fakeDocument = {
+    querySelector(sel: string): FakeEl | null {
+      if (sel.startsWith('#') || sel.startsWith('[') || sel.startsWith('.')) return null;
+      return findByTag(rootEl, sel);
+    },
+  };
+  const fakeWindow = {
+    getComputedStyle: (e: FakeEl) => ({ display: e._display, visibility: e._visibility }),
+    location: { origin: 'https://example.com' },
+  };
+  const fakeNode = { TEXT_NODE: 3 };
+
+  const evaluate = jest.fn().mockImplementation((fn: Function, args: unknown) => {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-new-func
+    const exec = new Function(
+      'document', 'window', 'Node', '__args__',
+      `return (${fn.toString()})(__args__)`,
+    );
+    return Promise.resolve(exec(fakeDocument, fakeWindow, fakeNode, args));
+  });
+
+  return { evaluate } as unknown as import('playwright').Page;
+}
+
+const dump = (rootEl: FakeEl, sel?: string): Promise<DomNode> =>
+  dumpDom(makePage(rootEl), sel);
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tests
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('dumpDom', () => {
+  // ── Error handling ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('returns an ERROR node when the root selector is not found', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('p', {}, 'hello')), '#does-not-exist');
+    expect(result.tag).toBe('ERROR');
+    expect(result.text).toContain('#does-not-exist');
+  });
+
+  // ── Scope & defaults ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('defaults to body scope', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', {}, 'Go')));
+    expect(result.tag).toBe('body');
+  });
+
+  it('scopes to an arbitrary sub-selector', async () => {
+    const root = body(
+      el('header', {}, el('a', { href: '/nav' }, 'Nav')),
+      el('main', {}, el('button', {}, 'Action')),
+    );
+    const result = await dump(root, 'main');
+    expect(result.tag).toBe('main');
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'header')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  // ── Visibility filtering ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('skips elements with display:none', async () => {
+    const root = body(
+      el('button', { style: 'display:none' }, 'Hidden'),
+      el('button', {}, 'Visible'),
+    );
+    const result = await dump(root);
+    const btns = result.children.filter(c => c.tag === 'button');
+    expect(btns).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(btns[0].text).toBe('Visible');
+  });
+
+  it('skips elements with visibility:hidden', async () => {
+    const root = body(
+      el('button', { style: 'visibility:hidden' }, 'Hidden'),
+      el('button', {}, 'Visible'),
+    );
+    const result = await dump(root);
+    const btns = result.children.filter(c => c.tag === 'button');
+    expect(btns).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(btns[0].text).toBe('Visible');
+  });
+
+  // ── Ignored tag types ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('skips SVG elements', async () => {
+    const svgEl = el('svg', {}, el('path', {}));
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', {}, svgEl, 'Click')));
+    const btn = result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button');
+    expect(btn).toBeDefined();
+    expect(btn!.children.some(c => c.tag === 'svg')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('skips SCRIPT elements', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('script', {}, 'alert(1)'), el('button', {}, 'OK')));
+    expect(result.children.some(c => c.tag === 'script')).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  // ── Semantic attributes ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('captures data-testid', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', { 'data-testid': 'save-btn' }, 'Save')));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button')?.testid).toBe('save-btn');
+  });
+
+  it('captures data-qa', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('div', { 'data-qa': 'process-name' }, el('input', { type: 'text' }))));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.qa === 'process-name')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('captures data-action', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('div', { 'data-action': 'append.append-task' })));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.action === 'append.append-task')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('captures data-element-id', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('div', { 'data-element-id': 'Activity_1abc' })));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.elementId === 'Activity_1abc')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('captures role attribute', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('div', { role: 'dialog' }, el('button', {}, 'OK'))));
+    const dialog = result.children.find(c => c.role === 'dialog');
+    expect(dialog).toBeDefined();
+    expect(dialog!.tag).toBe('div');
+  });
+
+  // ── Interactive element attributes ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('captures input id, type, and name', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('input', { id: 'email', type: 'email', name: 'userEmail' })));
+    const input = result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'input');
+    expect(input?.id).toBe('email');
+    expect(input?.type).toBe('email');
+    expect(input?.name).toBe('userEmail');
+  });
+
+  it('captures checked:true on a checked checkbox', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('input', { type: 'checkbox', checked: true })));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'input')?.checked).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('captures checked:false on an unchecked checkbox', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('input', { type: 'checkbox' })));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'input')?.checked).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('captures disabled:true on a disabled button', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', { disabled: true }, 'Nope')));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button')?.disabled).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('does not set disabled for a non-disabled button', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', {}, 'OK')));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button')?.disabled).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('does not capture type for button elements', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', { type: 'submit' }, 'Go')));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button')?.type).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('relativizes same-origin anchor href', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('a', { href: '/workflow/123' }, 'Link')));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'a')?.href).toBe('/workflow/123');
+  });
+
+  it('keeps full href for cross-origin anchors', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('a', { href: 'https://other.com/page' }, 'Ext')));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'a')?.href).toContain('other.com');
+  });
+
+  // ── Text content ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('captures own text content of a button', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', {}, 'Save')));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button')?.text).toBe('Save');
+  });
+
+  it('truncates text to 80 characters', async () => {
+    const long = 'x'.repeat(100);
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', {}, long)));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button')?.text?.length).toBe(80);
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to innerText when element has no direct text nodes', async () => {
+    // button wraps a span — no direct text node on button, innerText = span text
+    const result = await dump(body(el('button', {}, el('span', {}, 'Nested'))));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button')?.text).toBe('Nested');
+  });
+
+  // ── Tree pruning / unwrapping ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('unwraps a non-significant div that has exactly one significant child', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('div', {}, el('button', {}, 'Click'))));
+    const btn = result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button');
+    expect(btn).toBeDefined();
+    expect(result.children.some(c => c.tag === 'div' && !c.role && !c.testid && !c.qa)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a non-significant div that has more than one significant child', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('div', {}, el('button', {}, 'A'), el('button', {}, 'B'))));
+    const wrapper = result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'div');
+    expect(wrapper).toBeDefined();
+    expect(wrapper!.children).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it('discards non-significant childless elements', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('div', {}), el('button', {}, 'Keep')));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'div' && c.children.length === 0)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(result.children.some(c => c.tag === 'button')).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  // ── Structural tags ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  it('preserves nested structure inside a form', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(
+      body(el('form', {}, el('input', { id: 'n', type: 'text', name: 'name' }), el('button', {}, 'Send'))),
+    );
+    const form = result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'form');
+    expect(form).toBeDefined();
+    expect(form!.children.find(c => c.tag === 'input')).toBeDefined();
+    expect(form!.children.find(c => c.tag === 'button')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('preserves dialog element', async () => {
+    const result = await dump(body(el('dialog', { role: 'dialog' }, el('button', {}, 'Close'))));
+    expect(result.children.find(c => c.tag === 'dialog')).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('returns empty node when root has no visible significant content', async () => {
+    const result = await dumpDom(makePage(el('div', {})), 'div');
+    expect(result.tag).toBe('empty');
+  });
+});