A flick through the feed no longer drags background work through the middle of it. "When I flick to scroll, it's not getting up to speed very quickly, and clicking around in the app feels a bit sluggish at times" (Adam, 2026-11-07). Measured on his Pixel 9 in the installed PWA: idle is quiet (0.16 s of script in 10 s), but three real flicks through Following spent 1.7 s of 9 on the main thread, frames up to 200 ms, and the work was the avatar thumbnailer finishing faces as they scrolled in: a synchronous canvas.toDataURL WebP encode per face (229 ms), the profile cache JSON.stringified twice per half-second flush (once just to measure it, up to ~2 MB with thumbnails), and a whole-page repaint per finished face that changes nothing on screen (feed rows keep the face they were admitted with). Now: the crop, resize and encode happen off the main thread (createImageBitmap with resizeWidth/Height, OffscreenCanvas.convertToBlob, FileReader), with the old canvas path as the fallback; a finished face is recorded once the page settles; scheduleRepaint holds while a finger is down or the page scrolled in the last 200 ms (at most 1.5 s), and the profile flush likewise (at most 5 s, forced on an account switch) and sizes the blob by summing rows instead of stringifying it. Tests: the create flow's heads-up / passphrase / check steps from earlier today broke every test that made a wallet by waiting for the words and clicking "Skip verification"; tools/puppeteer.js exports seedWords() and skipSeedCheck() and the 96 tests use them. room-faces and avatar-profile fail the same way on 8858591 (row.hover, scrollIntoView), before today's changesHEADmaster

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01VMan6Ts5Tktega8VbLg31q

98 files changed, 373 insertions, 303 deletions

diff --git a/src/features/messages.js b/src/features/messages.js
index 90bfaaf..6c4f5f8 100644
--- a/src/features/messages.js
+++ b/src/features/messages.js
@@ -760,14 +760,38 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   let allUnsubs = [];
   let dmUnsubs = []; // the DM wrap subscriptions alone, so they can be rebuilt
 
+  // Is the page under the reader's finger, or still coasting from a flick?
+  // Background work (a repaint for a face that arrived, writing the profile
+  // cache) waits for it to settle: on Adam's Pixel a flick through the feed
+  // spent 1.7 s of 9 on the main thread doing exactly that, and taps queued
+  // behind it (2026-11-07, "flick to scroll … not getting up to speed …
+  // clicking around feels sluggish"). Never longer than `most` ms, though:
+  // a slow, steady read must still see what arrived.
+  let pageMovedAt = 0, fingerDown = false;
+  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+    window.addEventListener('scroll', () => { pageMovedAt = Date.now(); }, { passive: true, capture: true });
+    window.addEventListener('touchstart', () => { fingerDown = true; }, { passive: true, capture: true });
+    for (const n of ['touchend', 'touchcancel']) window.addEventListener(n, (e) => { if (!e.touches || !e.touches.length) fingerDown = false; }, { passive: true, capture: true });
+  }
+  const pageMoving = () => fingerDown || Date.now() - pageMovedAt < 200;
+  const whenSettled = (fn, most = 1500, step = 150) => {
+    const until = Date.now() + most;
+    const go = () => { if (pageMoving() && Date.now() < until) { setTimeout(go, step); return; } fn(); };
+    go();
+  };
+
   let repaintTimer = null;
   const scheduleRepaint = () => {
     if (repaintTimer) return;
+    const since = Date.now();
     const run = () => {
       // not under a pager in motion: the page beneath is out of sight, and
       // its repaint (40–55 ms on Adam's phone) dropped frames from flights
       // through the pictures (2026-10-17) — it waits for the landing
       if (pagerMoving()) { repaintTimer = setTimeout(run, 120); return; }
+      // nor mid-flick on the page itself (up to 1.5 s): a whole-page morph
+      // in the middle of a fling is a dropped frame and a late tap
+      if (pageMoving() && Date.now() - since < 1500) { repaintTimer = setTimeout(run, 150); return; }
       repaintTimer = null;
       // a visitor's public page (a profile, a thread, a feed) repaints too
       if (ui.screen === 'wallet' || ui.pubProf) renderThreadStable();
@@ -826,11 +850,14 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
   // memory and is written back once per burst: a batch of thirty profiles
   // landing during a scroll used to parse and re-serialize the whole blob
   // thirty times over, on the main thread, mid-scroll.
-  let profBlob = null, profFlush = null;
+  let profBlob = null, profFlush = null, profFlushSince = 0;
   const PROFILE_ROWS = 1500; // a row without a thumbnail is ~430 chars; IndexedDB has room
   const profilesDisk = () => (profBlob ||= wallet.loadFeatureState('profiles', {}));
-  function flushProfiles() {
-    profFlush = null;
+  function flushProfiles(force) {
+    // up to 5 s for the page to settle: stringifying this blob (thumbnails
+    // and all, up to ~2 MB) is a long main-thread task
+    if (!force && pageMoving() && Date.now() - (profFlushSince || 0) < 5000) { profFlush = setTimeout(flushProfiles, 300); return; }
+    profFlush = null; profFlushSince = 0;
     const s = profBlob;
     if (!s) return;
     // Who stays when space runs out: your own faces, the people you follow,
@@ -848,7 +875,10 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     // Thumbnails are the bulk of this blob, so they live on a budget: the
     // least recently seen strangers give theirs up first. The row itself
     // stays — that face just paints the way it used to.
-    let size = JSON.stringify(s).length;
+    // (an estimate, not a JSON.stringify of the lot just to measure it:
+    // a row is ~430 chars plus its thumbnail)
+    let size = 0;
+    for (const k in s) size += 430 + ((s[k] && s[k].thumb) || '').length;
     if (size > THUMB_BUDGET) {
       // never our own: the header face is the one that must paint offline
       for (const k of evictFirst(Object.keys(s).filter((k) => s[k].thumb && !mine.has(k)))) {
@@ -875,7 +905,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
         ? { thumb: p.thumb, thumbFor: p.thumbFor, thumbPx: p.thumbPx || 0 } : {}),
       ...(p.thumbFail ? { thumbFail: p.thumbFail, thumbFailAt: p.thumbFailAt || 0, thumbFails: p.thumbFails || 1,
         thumbFailVersion: p.thumbFailVersion || 0 } : {}) };
-    if (!profFlush) profFlush = setTimeout(flushProfiles, 500);
+    if (!profFlush) { profFlushSince = Date.now(); profFlush = setTimeout(flushProfiles, 500); }
   }
   // A punk picture is OUR OWN art. Every coinos user who keeps the default
   // publishes https://v3.coinos.io/punks/N.webp as their nostr picture, and
@@ -1081,6 +1111,39 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     blobProbing.set(url, task);
     return task;
   }
+  // Centre-crop to a square (the way background-size:cover paints it),
+  // shrink, and encode — off the main thread where the browser allows: the
+  // crop and resize through createImageBitmap, the encode through an
+  // OffscreenCanvas's convertToBlob. The synchronous canvas.toDataURL it
+  // replaces cost ~30 ms a face on a phone, mid-scroll (2026-11-07).
+  async function encodeThumb(bmp) {
+    const side = Math.min(bmp.width, bmp.height);
+    if (!side) throw new Error('empty');
+    const sx = (bmp.width - side) / 2, sy = (bmp.height - side) / 2;
+    if (typeof OffscreenCanvas !== 'undefined' && OffscreenCanvas.prototype.convertToBlob) {
+      let small = null;
+      try {
+        small = await createImageBitmap(bmp, sx, sy, side, side, { resizeWidth: THUMB_PX, resizeHeight: THUMB_PX, resizeQuality: 'high' });
+        const oc = new OffscreenCanvas(THUMB_PX, THUMB_PX);
+        oc.getContext('2d').drawImage(small, 0, 0);
+        const asUrl = (b) => new Promise((ok, bad) => { const r = new FileReader(); r.onload = () => ok(r.result); r.onerror = () => bad(r.error); r.readAsDataURL(b); });
+        let blob = await oc.convertToBlob({ type: 'image/webp', quality: 0.75 });
+        if (blob.type !== 'image/webp') blob = await oc.convertToBlob({ type: 'image/jpeg', quality: 0.7 });
+        if (blob.size * 4 / 3 > THUMB_MAX) blob = await oc.convertToBlob({ type: 'image/webp', quality: 0.5 }); // a busy picture, leaned on harder
+        const data = await asUrl(blob);
+        if (data.length > THUMB_MAX) throw new Error('too big');
+        return data;
+      } finally { try { small && small.close(); } catch {} }
+    }
+    const c = document.createElement('canvas');
+    c.width = c.height = THUMB_PX;
+    c.getContext('2d').drawImage(bmp, sx, sy, side, side, 0, 0, THUMB_PX, THUMB_PX);
+    let data = c.toDataURL('image/webp', 0.75);
+    if (!data.startsWith('data:image/webp')) data = c.toDataURL('image/jpeg', 0.7);
+    if (data.length > THUMB_MAX) data = c.toDataURL('image/webp', 0.5);
+    if (data.length > THUMB_MAX) throw new Error('too big');
+    return data;
+  }
   function makeThumb(pk, p) {
     if (!p || !p.picture || typeof document === 'undefined') return;
     if (noCorsHost(p.picture)) return; // a host that won't hand over bytes; the <img> shows it anyway
@@ -1152,18 +1215,8 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
           scheduleRepaint(); // the big face, where one is up, can paint from the copy now
         }
         bmp = await createImageBitmap(await res.blob());
-        // centre-crop to a square, the way background-size:cover paints it
-        const side = Math.min(bmp.width, bmp.height);
-        if (!side) throw new Error('empty');
-        const c = document.createElement('canvas');
-        c.width = c.height = THUMB_PX;
-        c.getContext('2d').drawImage(bmp, (bmp.width - side) / 2, (bmp.height - side) / 2,
-          side, side, 0, 0, THUMB_PX, THUMB_PX);
-        let data = c.toDataURL('image/webp', 0.75);
-        if (!data.startsWith('data:image/webp')) data = c.toDataURL('image/jpeg', 0.7);
-        if (data.length > THUMB_MAX) data = c.toDataURL('image/webp', 0.5); // a busy picture, leaned on harder
-        if (data.length > THUMB_MAX) throw new Error('too big');
-        done({ thumb: data, thumbFor: url, thumbPx: THUMB_PX });
+        const data = await encodeThumb(bmp);
+        whenSettled(() => done({ thumb: data, thumbFor: url, thumbPx: THUMB_PX }));
       } catch (e) {
         // a quick TypeError is the CORS refusal (a dead host takes longer)
         // only a refusal corsFetch confirmed (a body cut off mid-download
@@ -19062,7 +19115,7 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
       follows = null; followsAt = 0; feed = null; relayLists = null;
       mutes = null; mutesAt = 0;
       stCache = null; stAt = 0; // the next account's state, not this one's
-      if (profFlush) { clearTimeout(profFlush); flushProfiles(); } // this account's faces, written before the blob is dropped
+      if (profFlush) { clearTimeout(profFlush); flushProfiles(true); } // this account's faces, written before the blob is dropped
       profBlob = null;
       timedActivity.clear(); diskHeld.clear(); reacts.clear(); boosts.clear(); seenNoteEv.clear(); myReactEv.clear(); quoted.clear();
       noteCountsReady.clear();
diff --git a/tools/account-switch-leak-test.js b/tools/account-switch-leak-test.js
index ea3b4ee..aa06579 100644
--- a/tools/account-switch-leak-test.js
+++ b/tools/account-switch-leak-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // under its key, so a throwaway account showed adam's zaps and reactions for
 // good. Also: a DM cache already polluted that way is swept on load.
 // Run: bun tools/account-switch-leak-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ const nav = (label) => page.evaluate((l) => document.querySelector(`.app-nav-but
 async function newWallet() {
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
   if (!(await page.$('.words .w .t'))) { await click('generate'); await sleep(600); }
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   return mn;
 }
diff --git a/tools/amber-dm-upgrade-test.js b/tools/amber-dm-upgrade-test.js
index 250e8ef..3a1917a 100644
--- a/tools/amber-dm-upgrade-test.js
+++ b/tools/amber-dm-upgrade-test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // relays hold is opened again — including ones the old code wrote off.
 // The remote signer is played by this script over a shimmed relay.
 // Run: bun tools/amber-dm-upgrade-test.js   (and ALL_LOGGED=1 bun tools/amber-dm-upgrade-test.js)
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import * as nip44 from 'nostr-tools/nip44';
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   // an Amber login, and a wrap log in which the old code had already
diff --git a/tools/avatar-profile-test.js b/tools/avatar-profile-test.js
index 5c5293d..6d6c944 100644
--- a/tools/avatar-profile-test.js
+++ b/tools/avatar-profile-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // wherever the reader was in the feed. Back returns to the same place.
 //
 // Run: bun tools/avatar-profile-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { generateMnemonic } from '@scure/bip39';
 import { wordlist } from '@scure/bip39/wordlists/english';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const A = 'a'.repeat(63) + '9', B = 'b'.repeat(63) + '7';
diff --git a/tools/call-test.js b/tools/call-test.js
index d5c3909..44f9b46 100644
--- a/tools/call-test.js
+++ b/tools/call-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // both. A call can be declined, and a stranger's (neither followed nor
 // written to) doesn't ring, but is in the conversation as a missed call. Everything on the wire is an ephemeral gift wrap.
 // Run: bun tools/call-test.js   (NO_BUILD=1 to reuse dist/)
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
 import { getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ async function wallet(name) {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive');
   return { page, mn, pk: getPublicKey(privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn)), base: cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n'), click, waitText, name };
 }
diff --git a/tools/call-wake-test.js b/tools/call-wake-test.js
index b0f64cc..3f81db1 100644
--- a/tools/call-wake-test.js
+++ b/tools/call-wake-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // they talk. A push for a stranger's call, or for something that isn't an
 // offer, rings nothing. Plus the worker's check on its own (classifyCall).
 // Run: bun tools/call-wake-test.js   (NO_BUILD=1 to reuse dist/)
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
 import { getPublicKey, finalizeEvent, generateSecretKey } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ async function wallet(name) {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive');
   const sk = privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn);
   return { context, page, mn, sk, pk: getPublicKey(sk), base: cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n'), click, waitText, name };
diff --git a/tools/comments-test.js b/tools/comments-test.js
index 5a73e6f..21d028d 100644
--- a/tools/comments-test.js
+++ b/tools/comments-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // are caught at the socket; nothing is published.
 //
 // Run: bun tools/comments-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { SimplePool } from 'nostr-tools/pool';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await seedWords(page);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await page.goto('http://localhost:5283/' + NEVENT, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   const first = comments.sort((a, b) => a.created_at - b.created_at)[0];
diff --git a/tools/composer-media-test.js b/tools/composer-media-test.js
index 94b343a..db1648a 100644
--- a/tools/composer-media-test.js
+++ b/tools/composer-media-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // paperclip, its URL landing in the draft.
 //
 // Run: bun tools/composer-media-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('button[aria-label="Settings"]').click());
   await sleep(300);
diff --git a/tools/dm-nip42-test.js b/tools/dm-nip42-test.js
index 51fa3a9..debe910 100644
--- a/tools/dm-nip42-test.js
+++ b/tools/dm-nip42-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // copy of what we send in our own inbox so other clients see it too.
 // Both inboxes are played by this script's WebSocket shim.
 // Run: bun tools/dm-nip42-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent, verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const ME_SK = privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn); const ME = getPublicKey(ME_SK);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
diff --git a/tools/dm-row-resort-test.js b/tools/dm-row-resort-test.js
index 9e400bc..0ecdd44 100644
--- a/tools/dm-row-resort-test.js
+++ b/tools/dm-row-resort-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // it was first drawn for — a tap on Bill's face opened someone else's
 // profile. After the re-sort, each row's avatar and row open their own.
 // Run: bun tools/dm-row-resort-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('Receive', 20000);
   const ME = getPublicKey(privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn));
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
diff --git a/tools/feed-appetite-test.js b/tools/feed-appetite-test.js
index b79a2a9..9f469cb 100644
--- a/tools/feed-appetite-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-appetite-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // still a while brings the ordinary page back. A page held still under an
 // insert above is not travel.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-appetite-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-conversations-test.js b/tools/feed-conversations-test.js
index f16fc35..7394986 100644
--- a/tools/feed-conversations-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-conversations-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // profile's Replies tab shows the same context; the view persists across
 // feeds and reloads like the other views.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-conversations-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, alice, bob, roots, replies]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-custom-test.js b/tools/feed-custom-test.js
index 122cb0a..c5ed41f 100644
--- a/tools/feed-custom-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-custom-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // feed, and deleting a feed. No relays are contacted for real — the
 // WebSocket shim answers the subscriptions.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-custom-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { generateMnemonic } from '@scure/bip39';
 import { wordlist } from '@scure/bip39/wordlists/english';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ try {
   await sleep(400);
   // through the real first run: the wizard's own words, read off the screen
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   // the starter follows land once the current list has been asked for
diff --git a/tools/feed-list-test.js b/tools/feed-list-test.js
index 6d60240..00942b8 100644
--- a/tools/feed-list-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-list-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // unticking "Keep as a nostr list" sends the NIP-09 deletion. No relay is
 // written for real — the WebSocket shim swallows EVENT and answers OK.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-list-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const ME_SK = privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn);
diff --git a/tools/feed-media-cache-test.js b/tools/feed-media-cache-test.js
index 5a26ca2..8ca8185 100644
--- a/tools/feed-media-cache-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-media-cache-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // slow picture), a reload paints the grid from that cache at once and
 // resumes the crawl where it stopped, and tile frames are kept as pictures.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-media-cache-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const key = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-media-views-test.js b/tools/feed-media-views-test.js
index dac9804..74de24a 100644
--- a/tools/feed-media-views-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-media-views-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // until tapped: then the author, the words as a caption, likes and sats.
 // Back and Escape close it.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-media-views-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const key = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-mention-tap-test.js b/tools/feed-mention-tap-test.js
index e4d3f7a..d381288 100644
--- a/tools/feed-mention-tap-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-mention-tap-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // thread on top of them (the mention's tap reached the row, which opened
 // the thread over the profile it had just shown). Links in a post likewise.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-mention-tap-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { npubEncode } from 'nostr-tools/nip19';
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('Receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, a, f, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-pager-ahead-test.js b/tools/feed-pager-ahead-test.js
index 057ac3e..0906034 100644
--- a/tools/feed-pager-ahead-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-pager-ahead-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // feed pages on, and the pager grows — past a run of posts with nothing to
 // show, too — so the reader never meets the end while there is more.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-pager-ahead-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-picture-pager-test.js b/tools/feed-picture-pager-test.js
index 4cbe68c..f74c981 100644
--- a/tools/feed-picture-pager-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-picture-pager-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // closes it, as before; once the reader has moved on, a tap shows the post's
 // details and the next tap (or Escape) closes the pager onto that post.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-picture-pager-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-reboost-test.js b/tools/feed-reboost-test.js
index e22df91..f43e7b5 100644
--- a/tools/feed-reboost-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-reboost-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // reload — stays out. A repost of a post you haven't read still lands, and
 // the row you read keeps its place.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-reboost-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pks]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-repost-test.js b/tools/feed-repost-test.js
index 4936dd6..1bf3d7a 100644
--- a/tools/feed-repost-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-repost-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // copy doesn't check out is left out, and a note already in the feed isn't
 // shown twice.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-repost-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, z, l, o]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-switch-seed-test.js b/tools/feed-switch-seed-test.js
index bf2b830..6d9d4f0 100644
--- a/tools/feed-switch-seed-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-switch-seed-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // other open feeds already hold, and once the feed on screen settles the
 // other feeds' first posts are fetched ahead into the disk cache.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-switch-seed-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, a, b, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-video-aspect-test.js b/tools/feed-video-aspect-test.js
index 84c0568..4196fe1 100644
--- a/tools/feed-video-aspect-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-video-aspect-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // shape still gets the 16:9 box.
 // Photos too: a big one paints from a column-sized copy (see makeMediaThumb).
 // Run: bun tools/feed-video-aspect-test.js   (CHROME=<path> to pick a browser)
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const key = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-video-pager-test.js b/tools/feed-video-pager-test.js
index 61119a0..5bba7d8 100644
--- a/tools/feed-video-pager-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-video-pager-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // Each clip has a seek bar to drag; a tap pauses (and shows the details),
 // another plays on. Leaving full screen leaves the pager.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-video-pager-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/feed-window-dom-test.js b/tools/feed-window-dom-test.js
index c86e98e..1f6ff93 100644
--- a/tools/feed-window-dom-test.js
+++ b/tools/feed-window-dom-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // page keeps its length, the row under your eyes never moves when the window
 // shifts, and scrolling back up brings the top posts back.
 // Run: bun tools/feed-window-dom-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/fullscreen-notice-test.js b/tools/fullscreen-notice-test.js
index d3b2785..a7c041a 100644
--- a/tools/fullscreen-notice-test.js
+++ b/tools/fullscreen-notice-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // (feed-video-pager-test). A feed clip's own bar has no full-screen button:
 // a tap on the clip is the way, into the pager.
 // Run: bun tools/fullscreen-notice-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ async function run(lockOk) {
     await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
     await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
     await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-    await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+    await seedWords(page);
     const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-    await click('skip verification');
+    await skipSeedCheck(page);
     await waitText('receive', 20000);
     const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
     await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/gif-picker-test.js b/tools/gif-picker-test.js
index f72cde3..9a48de9 100644
--- a/tools/gif-picker-test.js
+++ b/tools/gif-picker-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // In a DM the picked GIF is sent at once. Uses the live API — localhost is
 // admitted as nostr.build's shared development client.
 // Run: bun tools/gif-picker-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk]) => {
diff --git a/tools/go-live-test.js b/tools/go-live-test.js
index c3fc8e3..3990fa6 100644
--- a/tools/go-live-test.js
+++ b/tools/go-live-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // recording, and the recording is complete.
 // Run: bun tools/go-live-test.js   (LIVE_SERVER=path to coinosv3-server/live/server.js; NO_BUILD=1 to reuse dist/;
 //   LIVE_CONFIG=a json with {sfuAppId, sfuSecret} to watch over WebRTC — the real Cloudflare SFU)
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { naddrEncode } from 'nostr-tools/nip19';
 import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive');
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate((k) => {
diff --git a/tools/grid-early-player-test.js b/tools/grid-early-player-test.js
index 0ab1c1e..04e44fb 100644
--- a/tools/grid-early-player-test.js
+++ b/tools/grid-early-player-test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 // that); on a link slower than the clip, more — to the 4 MB cap. With Data
 // Saver on, the pager is careful again: such a clip waits for a tap and
 // nothing loads ahead.
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ async function run() {
     await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
     await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
     await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-    await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+    await seedWords(page);
     const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-    await click('skip verification');
+    await skipSeedCheck(page);
     await waitText('receive', 20000);
     const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
     await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/history-export-test.js b/tools/history-export-test.js
index f7fff82..877b95e 100644
--- a/tools/history-export-test.js
+++ b/tools/history-export-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // movements) as a line of a CSV file, oldest first, with what was paid, the
 // fee beside it and the change to the balance; a failed payment is left out.
 // Run: bun tools/history-export-test.js   (NO_BUILD=1 to reuse dist/)
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 let ok = true;
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive');
   // Spending's history, as the Ark manager stores it (moved into IndexedDB at the next boot)
   const key = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n') + ':ark:' + ns('http://localhost:3535');
diff --git a/tools/image-tap-test.js b/tools/image-tap-test.js
index d3bcb7e..ce40d53 100644
--- a/tools/image-tap-test.js
+++ b/tools/image-tap-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // the picture opens the picture.
 //
 // Run: bun tools/image-tap-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const A = 'a'.repeat(63) + '9';
diff --git a/tools/lightbox-scroll-test.js b/tools/lightbox-scroll-test.js
index be03e9b..f507557 100644
--- a/tools/lightbox-scroll-test.js
+++ b/tools/lightbox-scroll-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // thread had been opened from, or to the top. Back out of a thread still
 // lands on the row that opened it.
 // Run: bun tools/lightbox-scroll-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/link-preview-test.js b/tools/link-preview-test.js
index 52ddca1..190b220 100644
--- a/tools/link-preview-test.js
+++ b/tools/link-preview-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // nothing to say stays a bare link; pictures and YouTube keep their own
 // boxes.
 // Run: bun tools/link-preview-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   // follow the author, so the feed asks for their posts
diff --git a/tools/live-stream-test.js b/tools/live-stream-test.js
index 2be6051..56dcb71 100644
--- a/tools/live-stream-test.js
+++ b/tools/live-stream-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // profile says they're on, Back stops the player, the browser without HLS
 // of its own plays it through hls.js, and a zap carries the stream's `a`.
 // Run: bun tools/live-stream-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { naddrEncode } from 'nostr-tools/nip19';
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive');
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/media-grid-dups-test.js b/tools/media-grid-dups-test.js
index e7b67da..1a00222 100644
--- a/tools/media-grid-dups-test.js
+++ b/tools/media-grid-dups-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // that won't load leaves the Images grid instead of a broken-picture glyph. And on a big screen with a mouse, a
 // small clip opened in the pager is drawn at most 1.5× its own pixels, not
 // blown up across the monitor. Run: bun tools/media-grid-dups-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/media-grid-order-test.js b/tools/media-grid-order-test.js
index 9274d92..0e333f0 100644
--- a/tools/media-grid-order-test.js
+++ b/tools/media-grid-order-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // jumped around): tiles found later go under the ones already showing, in
 // their own date order, even when they are dated between them; only a post
 // newer than the top tile goes above it. Run: bun tools/media-grid-order-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const key = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk]) => {
diff --git a/tools/media-moments-feed-test.js b/tools/media-moments-feed-test.js
index 7b429c9..5b4c8fb 100644
--- a/tools/media-moments-feed-test.js
+++ b/tools/media-moments-feed-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Full feed integration with local media and relay acknowledgements; no events leave the test.
 // Run: bun tools/media-moments-feed-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const key = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/mention-ac-test.js b/tools/mention-ac-test.js
index 52ba1ef..e476e61 100644
--- a/tools/mention-ac-test.js
+++ b/tools/mention-ac-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // people — the ones you follow first, then the search — and picking one puts
 // nostr:npub… in the text; the post goes out with their p tag.
 // Run: bun tools/mention-ac-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { npubEncode } from 'nostr-tools/nip19';
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await sleep(3000); // a new wallet's starter follows land first; ours go over them
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
diff --git a/tools/moderation-test.js b/tools/moderation-test.js
index 426115c..8856864 100644
--- a/tools/moderation-test.js
+++ b/tools/moderation-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // are hidden; Settings → Nostr lays the mute list out and edits it.
 // No relay is written for real — the WebSocket shim swallows EVENT.
 // Run: bun tools/moderation-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const ME_SK = privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn);
diff --git a/tools/negentropy-sync-test.js b/tools/negentropy-sync-test.js
index e0257ca..c7adb84 100644
--- a/tools/negentropy-sync-test.js
+++ b/tools/negentropy-sync-test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // backlog, and is remembered as such for a day: the next ask there goes
 // straight out as a REQ.
 // Run: bun tools/negentropy-sync-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const ME = getPublicKey(privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn));
   const MINE = finalizeEvent({ kind: 1, created_at: now - 600, tags: [], content: 'my post, replied to' }, FRIEND.sk);
diff --git a/tools/notif-categories-test.js b/tools/notif-categories-test.js
index f38dd01..8bd0da1 100644
--- a/tools/notif-categories-test.js
+++ b/tools/notif-categories-test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Settings → Notifications lists zaps and reactions as their own categories,
 // each with its own switch. Run: bun tools/notif-categories-test.js
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 const html = await buildHtml({ minify: true, pwa: false });
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload(); await sleep(500);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await click('skip verification'); await sleep(300);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page); await sleep(300);
   await page.waitForFunction(() => document.body.innerText.toLowerCase().includes('receive'), { timeout: 20000 });
   await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((e) => e.getAttribute('aria-label') === 'Settings').click()); await sleep(600);
   await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.settings-tile')].find((e) => /notification/i.test(e.textContent)).click()); await sleep(600);
diff --git a/tools/notif-custom-emoji-test.js b/tools/notif-custom-emoji-test.js
index 5847a0c..b1ff564 100644
--- a/tools/notif-custom-emoji-test.js
+++ b/tools/notif-custom-emoji-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // :peepoClap: text, because the row kept the content and not the tag.
 // A row saved before that is healed when the relay hands the reaction again.
 // Run: bun tools/notif-custom-emoji-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const ME = getPublicKey(privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn));
diff --git a/tools/notif-faces-test.js b/tools/notif-faces-test.js
index a1c1c8f..0aa7a92 100644
--- a/tools/notif-faces-test.js
+++ b/tools/notif-faces-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // opens with faces, not circles filling in. The stub relay answers the kind-0
 // batch for the actors with pictures served by this test.
 // Run: bun tools/notif-faces-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const ME = getPublicKey(privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn));
diff --git a/tools/notif-note-cache-test.js b/tools/notif-note-cache-test.js
index e24c2e2..2b8be67 100644
--- a/tools/notif-note-cache-test.js
+++ b/tools/notif-note-cache-test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Referenced notification notes are fetched before the page opens, persisted,
 // and available on the first paint after a reload.
 // Run: bun tools/notif-note-cache-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await clickText('create a new wallet');
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mnemonic = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (nodes) => nodes.map((node) => node.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await clickText('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive');
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mnemonic + '\n');
   const me = getPublicKey(privateKeyFromSeedWords(mnemonic));
diff --git a/tools/notif-report-fold-test.js b/tools/notif-report-fold-test.js
index 678aefd..6a906ec 100644
--- a/tools/notif-report-fold-test.js
+++ b/tools/notif-report-fold-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // (Adam's phone, 2026-10-14: a reply Amethyst showed was missing here). A
 // person one follow flagged, or a stranger nobody did, shows as ever.
 // Run: bun tools/notif-report-fold-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const ME = getPublicKey(privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn));
diff --git a/tools/nwc-settings-ui-test.js b/tools/nwc-settings-ui-test.js
index b88f9f7..ea52a6c 100644
--- a/tools/nwc-settings-ui-test.js
+++ b/tools/nwc-settings-ui-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // budget that resets every day, week or month; the card says so, and
 // Revoke keeps it (greyed out of the list) answering for a while.
 // Run: bun tools/nwc-settings-ui-test.js   (needs the regtest ark stack on :3535 for the card to show)
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 let ok = true;
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await seedWords(page);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await page.evaluate(() => { const b = [...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((e) => e.getAttribute('aria-label') === 'Settings'); b.click(); }); await sleep(600);
   await page.evaluate(() => { const b = [...document.querySelectorAll('.settings-tile')].find((e) => [...e.querySelectorAll('span')].some((x) => x.textContent.trim() === 'Nostr')); if (b) b.click(); }); await sleep(800);
diff --git a/tools/onboard-cover-test.js b/tools/onboard-cover-test.js
index 4262bc1..733a515 100644
--- a/tools/onboard-cover-test.js
+++ b/tools/onboard-cover-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // twelve nature covers with a counter; the preview copies are what load.
 // Run: bun run build && bun tools/onboard-cover-test.js [screenshot.png]
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 const server = Bun.serve({ port: 0, async fetch(req) {
   const p = new URL(req.url).pathname;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ try {
   await page.reload(); await sleep(1200);
   const click = (x) => page.evaluate((x) => { const e = [...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((n) => n.textContent.trim().toLowerCase().includes(x)); e?.click(); return !!e; }, x);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(1500);
-  await click('skip verification'); await sleep(1500);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page); await sleep(1500);
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-onb-step', 'avatar'));
   await page.reload();
   await page.waitForSelector('.onb-cover', { timeout: 10000 });
diff --git a/tools/own-post-feeds-test.js b/tools/own-post-feeds-test.js
index a3e8fc3..a877749 100644
--- a/tools/own-post-feeds-test.js
+++ b/tools/own-post-feeds-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // whose tag it wears, which is now a t tag on the event) — not to a topic
 // feed that happens to be open and doesn't match.
 // Run: bun tools/own-post-feeds-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const ME = getPublicKey(privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn));
diff --git a/tools/pager-caption-test.js b/tools/pager-caption-test.js
index 50ffe4f..a3d7800 100644
--- a/tools/pager-caption-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-caption-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // caption leaves the pager and opens the post, where the whole caption
 // reads. A link to the web opens in its own tab and the pager stays.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-caption-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { npubEncode } from 'nostr-tools/nip19';
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, valley, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-close-test.js b/tools/pager-close-test.js
index a7c6c12..2f0bece 100644
--- a/tools/pager-close-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-close-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // the reader on that page, and that entry becomes it. And the ordinary case
 // still steps Back, so the phone's Back doesn't reopen the pager.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-close-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-controls-test.js b/tools/pager-controls-test.js
index a02591d..79e9bca 100644
--- a/tools/pager-controls-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-controls-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // the reaction button offers the emoji sheet, over the pager, as the feed's
 // does; the emoji picked shows on the button, and a tap again takes it back.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-controls-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-eager-test.js b/tools/pager-eager-test.js
index 3d980fb..f1cd150 100644
--- a/tools/pager-eager-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-eager-test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // Saver on, the pager is careful again: such a clip waits for a tap and
 // nothing loads ahead.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-eager-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ async function run(saveData, slow = false) {
     await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
     await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
     await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-    await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+    await seedWords(page);
     const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-    await click('skip verification');
+    await skipSeedCheck(page);
     await waitText('receive', 20000);
     const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
     await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-first-frame-test.js b/tools/pager-first-frame-test.js
index 0d477b7..63de5ac 100644
--- a/tools/pager-first-frame-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-first-frame-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // opening, and a clip beyond gets no picture (and stays out of the
 // carousel) until a first frame comes — never the post's still first. The slide left behind keeps its frame for the swipe
 // back. Run: bun tools/pager-first-frame-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-gone-picture-test.js b/tools/pager-gone-picture-test.js
index 34c89b6..b7e3c8f 100644
--- a/tools/pager-gone-picture-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-gone-picture-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // nor the original can load) never joins the pager's carousel: a picture
 // joins once decoded (2026-10-17), and a step passes over it to the next.
 // (Its slide is marked gone, with the host's name, as before — out of sight.) Run: bun tools/pager-gone-picture-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-no-poster-test.js b/tools/pager-no-poster-test.js
index 332eb53..c40f73e 100644
--- a/tools/pager-no-poster-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-no-poster-test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // connection to be careful with (Data Saver), where a clip may never load,
 // the thumbnail poster stays.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-no-poster-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-prime-test.js b/tools/pager-prime-test.js
index 4989790..df20cc7 100644
--- a/tools/pager-prime-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-prime-test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // that); on a link slower than the clip, more — to the 4 MB cap. With Data
 // Saver on, the pager is careful again: such a clip waits for a tap and
 // nothing loads ahead.
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ async function run() {
     await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
     await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
     await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-    await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+    await seedWords(page);
     const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-    await click('skip verification');
+    await skipSeedCheck(page);
     await waitText('receive', 20000);
     const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
     await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-ready-gate-test.js b/tools/pager-ready-gate-test.js
index dd6982d..20cb337 100644
--- a/tools/pager-ready-gate-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-ready-gate-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // grid — shows the clips the screen's way round (tall ones on a phone held
 // upright), a square either way, until the toggle asks for all shapes.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-ready-gate-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-resize-test.js b/tools/pager-resize-test.js
index 07fcbba..d18745b 100644
--- a/tools/pager-resize-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-resize-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // button on a clip 23 posts down showed him another post's picture. The
 // resize can come before the observer has even named the first slide.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-resize-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-rotate-test.js b/tools/pager-rotate-test.js
index 9dcc7e3..4d453ad 100644
--- a/tools/pager-rotate-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-rotate-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // autoplay used to start it again, from the start, with sound if it had been
 // unmuted there), and not the slide a turn's half-way layout passes over.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-rotate-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ async function run(unmuteFirst) {
     await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
     await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
     await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-    await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+    await seedWords(page);
     const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-    await click('skip verification');
+    await skipSeedCheck(page);
     await waitText('receive', 20000);
     const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
     await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-seek-hide-test.js b/tools/pager-seek-hide-test.js
index 50863ba..59a0353 100644
--- a/tools/pager-seek-hide-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-seek-hide-test.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // position counter is the other way
 // round: it shows while the pager moves and fades out once it has settled.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-seek-hide-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-sharpen-test.js b/tools/pager-sharpen-test.js
index ea5c878..e61b51d 100644
--- a/tools/pager-sharpen-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-sharpen-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // comes to rest; only the slide at rest carries the zoom layer. (Originals
 // decoded and uploaded as they passed made a flight stutter — Adam,
 // 2026-10-16.) Run: bun tools/pager-sharpen-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-swipe-fly-test.js b/tools/pager-swipe-fly-test.js
index 657ea75..1184e7b 100644
--- a/tools/pager-swipe-fly-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-swipe-fly-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // mid-flight stops it on the post most on screen, and a swipe back from
 // there goes to the one before.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-swipe-fly-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-tail-test.js b/tools/pager-tail-test.js
index 9d537e1..96227f8 100644
--- a/tools/pager-tail-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-tail-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // moved onto and plays by itself. With nothing older to be had, the end says
 // that's everything. Escape from there lands on the last clip's post.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-tail-test.js   (SHOT=path.png saves the loading screen)
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-tap-slop-test.js b/tools/pager-tap-slop-test.js
index 4de87df..c184e3b 100644
--- a/tools/pager-tap-slop-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-tap-slop-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // 30px pauses (or plays) the clip and leaves the pager where it was; only a
 // longer one pages.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-tap-slop-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pager-wheel-test.js b/tools/pager-wheel-test.js
index 45a5115..7f59c34 100644
--- a/tools/pager-wheel-test.js
+++ b/tools/pager-wheel-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // the wheel pans it while zoomed and pages again at 1×; and arrows at the
 // edges for the pointer, the sideways pair only where the post has more.
 // Run: bun tools/pager-wheel-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/pic-proxy-test.js b/tools/pic-proxy-test.js
index 881867c..69a09c1 100644
--- a/tools/pic-proxy-test.js
+++ b/tools/pic-proxy-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // paints the original as before. The server is stood in for: its answers are
 // canned.
 // Run: bun tools/pic-proxy-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/picture-pager-ready-test.js b/tools/picture-pager-ready-test.js
index 7cfaa45..08a4e21 100644
--- a/tools/picture-pager-ready-test.js
+++ b/tools/picture-pager-ready-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // the screen stay out, with the "Tall only" / "All shapes" toggle in the
 // top bar; and with fewer than ten ready and more still warming, no
 // counter shows and a flick goes one post. Run: bun tools/picture-pager-ready-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/poll-test.js b/tools/poll-test.js
index edcb061..41aa02e 100644
--- a/tools/poll-test.js
+++ b/tools/poll-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // caught at the socket so the test never votes on someone's real poll.
 //
 // Run: bun tools/poll-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { SimplePool } from 'nostr-tools/pool';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { neventOf } from '../src/nostr.js';
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const Q = 'a'.repeat(63) + '9';
diff --git a/tools/post-edit-test.js b/tools/post-edit-test.js
index 2ed1260..08d1190 100644
--- a/tools/post-edit-test.js
+++ b/tools/post-edit-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // deletion is remembered across a reload.
 // No relay is written for real — the WebSocket shim swallows EVENT.
 // Run: bun tools/post-edit-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const ME_SK = privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn);
diff --git a/tools/profile-pager-test.js b/tools/profile-pager-test.js
index 2a78598..5593192 100644
--- a/tools/profile-pager-test.js
+++ b/tools/profile-pager-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // else's — and closing it after moving on lands the profile on that post.
 // (It opened alone, in the lightbox, before: no pager on a profile.)
 // Run: bun tools/profile-pager-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns, other]) => {
diff --git a/tools/profile-repost-test.js b/tools/profile-repost-test.js
index 7825efe..5ee97e7 100644
--- a/tools/profile-repost-test.js
+++ b/tools/profile-repost-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // boost, a video event still has its clip — they were all saved as kind 1
 // notes, so a boost came back as "reply · {"content":…}".
 // Run: bun tools/profile-repost-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { npubEncode } from 'nostr-tools/nip19';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await seedWords(page);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await page.goto(server.url.href + npubEncode(ME.pk), { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await look('from the relays');
diff --git a/tools/puppeteer.js b/tools/puppeteer.js
index 2609981..8cefd6e 100644
--- a/tools/puppeteer.js
+++ b/tools/puppeteer.js
@@ -126,3 +126,20 @@ export default new Proxy(real, {
     return typeof v === 'function' ? v.bind(t) : v;
   },
 });
+
+// The create flow (2026-11-07): a heads-up, then the words, then the
+// passphrase page, then a one-word check. seedWords() gets a test from
+// "Create a new wallet" to the words on screen; skipSeedCheck() from there
+// (or from the heads-up) into the wallet, no passphrase, check skipped.
+export async function seedWords(page) {
+  await page.waitForSelector('#seed-intro-next, .words .w .t', { timeout: 30000 });
+  if (await page.$('#seed-intro-next')) await page.evaluate(() => document.getElementById('seed-intro-next').click());
+  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+}
+export async function skipSeedCheck(page) {
+  if (await page.$('#seed-intro-next')) await seedWords(page);
+  for (const id of ['seed-next', 'pass-next', 'seed-skip']) {
+    await page.waitForSelector('#' + id, { timeout: 10000 });
+    await page.evaluate((i) => document.getElementById(i).click(), id);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/quote-pager-test.js b/tools/quote-pager-test.js
index 7f8b76c..d125edd 100644
--- a/tools/quote-pager-test.js
+++ b/tools/quote-pager-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // quoted picture's details name its author, and closing lands on the post
 // that quoted it.
 // Run: bun tools/quote-pager-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { noteEncode } from 'nostr-tools/nip19';
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pa, pq]) => {
diff --git a/tools/quoted-clip-fullscreen-test.js b/tools/quoted-clip-fullscreen-test.js
index 41984a2..ce235f6 100644
--- a/tools/quoted-clip-fullscreen-test.js
+++ b/tools/quoted-clip-fullscreen-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // handler took the clip back out of full screen for a pager that then
 // wouldn't open.
 // Run: bun tools/quoted-clip-fullscreen-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, alice, bob, roots, replies]) => {
diff --git a/tools/relay-budget-test.js b/tools/relay-budget-test.js
index bb1dd11..d9798a3 100644
--- a/tools/relay-budget-test.js
+++ b/tools/relay-budget-test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // unchanged live subscriptions stay up, the reports sync honours the saved
 // clock, each relay's REQ closes on its own EOSE, and no relay carries more
 // than ten one-shot REQs at once. Run: bun tools/relay-budget-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { neventEncode } from 'nostr-tools/nip19';
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/relays-settings-test.js b/tools/relays-settings-test.js
index 9e18f59..771e3cd 100644
--- a/tools/relays-settings-test.js
+++ b/tools/relays-settings-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // both only after a fresh lookup, newer than the copies it replaces.
 // No relay is written for real — the WebSocket shim swallows EVENT.
 // Run: bun tools/relays-settings-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const ME_SK = privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn);
   const ME = getPublicKey(ME_SK);
diff --git a/tools/resume-wake-test.js b/tools/resume-wake-test.js
index 3b992fb..c142dfb 100644
--- a/tools/resume-wake-test.js
+++ b/tools/resume-wake-test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // 2026-11-01). On resume every open socket is now asked one tiny REQ; a
 // silent one is closed and redialed at once, its subscriptions refired, and
 // the feed refresh runs on the live sockets. Run: bun tools/resume-wake-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/room-faces-test.js b/tools/room-faces-test.js
index cc4c6fe..ecbcc14 100644
--- a/tools/room-faces-test.js
+++ b/tools/room-faces-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // profiles cached — the worst case — against the real coinos community.
 //
 // Run: bun tools/room-faces-test.js [--no-hover]
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 let ok = true;
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await seedWords(page);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   await page.evaluate(() => [...document.querySelectorAll('.app-bottom-nav .app-nav-button')][1].click());
   await waitText('members', 20000);
diff --git a/tools/scheduled-post-test.js b/tools/scheduled-post-test.js
index 546537c..e4a61f1 100644
--- a/tools/scheduled-post-test.js
+++ b/tools/scheduled-post-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // post waits in a "Scheduled" list, where Cancel sends a kind 5 for it to
 // /schedule/cancel. The notifier is stubbed.
 // Run: bun tools/scheduled-post-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { verifyEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await seedWords(page);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
 
   await page.evaluate(() => document.querySelector('.app-nav-button[aria-label="Feed"]')?.click());
diff --git a/tools/sensitive-feed-test.js b/tools/sensitive-feed-test.js
index a050269..626da2c 100644
--- a/tools/sensitive-feed-test.js
+++ b/tools/sensitive-feed-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // accounts whose own profile says they post adult work. Elsewhere a marked
 // post is folded behind its warning with a Show.
 // Run: bun tools/sensitive-feed-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { finalizeEvent, generateSecretKey, getPublicKey } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml, buildVerifyWorker } from '../build.js';
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ try {
   await sleep(400);
   const click = (t) => page.evaluate((x) => { const e = [...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find((n) => n.textContent.trim().toLowerCase().includes(x)); if (e) { e.click(); return true; } return false; }, t);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await page.waitForFunction(() => /receive/i.test(document.body.innerText), { timeout: 20000 });
   await sleep(3000); // the starter follows land first
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
diff --git a/tools/signer-resume-test.js b/tools/signer-resume-test.js
index c35b655..9ca3950 100644
--- a/tools/signer-resume-test.js
+++ b/tools/signer-resume-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // keeps trying the stored session and closes itself once the signer answers.
 // The remote signer is played by this script over a shimmed relay.
 // Run: bun tools/signer-resume-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import * as nip44 from 'nostr-tools/nip44';
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const local = Array.from(CLIENT_SK, (b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
diff --git a/tools/slow-image-test.js b/tools/slow-image-test.js
index 103f6da..43eff97 100644
--- a/tools/slow-image-test.js
+++ b/tools/slow-image-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // inside a fixed box (nothing moves when it lands); a picture that refused to
 // load is still a link.
 // Run: bun tools/slow-image-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/standalone-file-test.js b/tools/standalone-file-test.js
index 743bc7d..13445f6 100644
--- a/tools/standalone-file-test.js
+++ b/tools/standalone-file-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Run: bun run build && bun tools/standalone-file-test.js
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ executablePath: '/usr/bin/google-chrome', headless: true, args: ['--no-sandbox'] });
 try {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => { const s = [...document.querySelectorAll('select')].find((x) => [...x.options].some((o) => o.value === 'en')); s.value = 'en'; s.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true })); });
   await sleep(500);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(1500);
-  await click('skip verification'); await sleep(1500);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page); await sleep(1500);
   // the avatar step comes after a name claim; resume the wizard there
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-onb-step', 'avatar'));
   await page.reload(); await sleep(2500);
diff --git a/tools/thread-instant-test.js b/tools/thread-instant-test.js
index bd80408..e9a9138 100644
--- a/tools/thread-instant-test.js
+++ b/tools/thread-instant-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // is seeded from them — the relays only add to it. A thread with nothing in
 // hand paints its replies as they arrive, not after the slowest relay.
 // Run: bun tools/thread-instant-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, alice, bob, carol, notes]) => {
diff --git a/tools/translate-phone-lang-test.js b/tools/translate-phone-lang-test.js
index 9e1eefc..28676eb 100644
--- a/tools/translate-phone-lang-test.js
+++ b/tools/translate-phone-lang-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // the target and takes a DeepL key, which then rides with each request.
 // The registrar's /translate is stubbed (window.fetch shim).
 // Run: bun tools/translate-phone-lang-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => { localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'); localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-lang', 'en'); });
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/translate-test.js b/tools/translate-test.js
index d3fe095..f00ba22 100644
--- a/tools/translate-test.js
+++ b/tools/translate-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // with the switch off they offer Translate instead; ⋯ → Translate asks for
 // any post. The registrar's /translate is stubbed here (window.fetch shim).
 // Run: bun tools/translate-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/video-autoplay-test.js b/tools/video-autoplay-test.js
index 6b943f2..6d245b3 100644
--- a/tools/video-autoplay-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-autoplay-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // loaded for a box that never comes into view. Set CLIP to a webm to serve;
 // the default is made with ffmpeg on the fly.
 // Run: bun tools/video-autoplay-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/video-compress-test.js b/tools/video-compress-test.js
index 19735c8..2b83edc 100644
--- a/tools/video-compress-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-compress-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // upload is caught and its bytes checked with ffprobe.
 //
 // Run: bun tools/video-compress-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));
 let ok = true;
 const check = (n, c, d = '') => { console.log(` ${c ? '✓' : '✗'} ${n}${d ? ' — ' + d : ''}`); if (!c) ok = false; };
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(600);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await seedWords(page);
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   check('the browser can encode H.264 (WebCodecs)', await page.evaluate(async () => (await VideoEncoder.isConfigSupported({ codec: 'avc1.42001f', width: 1280, height: 720, bitrate: 2.5e6 })).supported));
   // the post composer: the pencil on the feed
diff --git a/tools/video-events-test.js b/tools/video-events-test.js
index c024949..56ea486 100644
--- a/tools/video-events-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-events-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // version. A note linking such a file, typed video/* in its imeta, plays it
 // too. And the clips are in the pager.
 // Run: bun tools/video-events-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk]) => {
diff --git a/tools/video-fallback-test.js b/tools/video-fallback-test.js
index 93726e1..ff45846 100644
--- a/tools/video-fallback-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-fallback-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // post gave no poster wears the server's still. The server (vmedia) is
 // stood in for here: its answers are canned.
 // Run: bun tools/video-fallback-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/video-gone-test.js b/tools/video-gone-test.js
index 95826b5..48f2956 100644
--- a/tools/video-gone-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-gone-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // file's link, its controls and cover gone; the next paint of the post says
 // it at once, with no request. A clip on a live host plays as before.
 // Run: bun tools/video-gone-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/video-hls-play-test.js b/tools/video-hls-play-test.js
index f1aea1c..4a18e76 100644
--- a/tools/video-hls-play-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-hls-play-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // and a post linking an .m3u8 stream plays that. vmedia runs here for real,
 // on a local copy of the clip.
 // Run: bun tools/video-hls-play-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/video-tap-test.js b/tools/video-tap-test.js
index 50e5a69..f03aef6 100644
--- a/tools/video-tap-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-tap-test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // rest). With a mouse the middle of the clip is a big play/pause button that
 // never goes full screen.
 // Run: bun tools/video-tap-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/video-tile-poster-test.js b/tools/video-tile-poster-test.js
index 48385fe..ed672c2 100644
--- a/tools/video-tile-poster-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-tile-poster-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // picture for falls back to the frame grab, and one the browser can't load
 // either (deleted, its 404 without CORS headers) leaves the grid.
 // Run: bun tools/video-tile-poster-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/video-touch-tap-test.js b/tools/video-touch-tap-test.js
index 71ffe9c..ff25095 100644
--- a/tools/video-touch-tap-test.js
+++ b/tools/video-touch-tap-test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 // on the control bar or the paused clip's play button stays the player's, a
 // drag is a scroll, and where the click does come it isn't taken twice.
 // Run: bun tools/video-touch-tap-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/web-comment-test.js b/tools/web-comment-test.js
index 7a6258f..513217b 100644
--- a/tools/web-comment-test.js
+++ b/tools/web-comment-test.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // tag beside it, counted as a report of the PERSON (es stayed 0 for an
 // 'other' e tag) — two such reports from follows folded the author's every
 // post. Run: bun tools/web-comment-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ try {
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
   await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   await page.evaluate(([k, pks, ns]) => {
diff --git a/tools/wn-only-device-test.js b/tools/wn-only-device-test.js
index a91262b..7b19876 100644
--- a/tools/wn-only-device-test.js
+++ b/tools/wn-only-device-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // a fresh one of ours. A device whose key was retired by another sees the
 // deletion and stops putting a key back; the card says so there.
 // Run: bun tools/wn-only-device-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { privateKeyFromSeedWords } from 'nostr-tools/nip06';
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ try {
   await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
   await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
   await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-  await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+  await seedWords(page);
   const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-  await click('skip verification');
+  await skipSeedCheck(page);
   await waitText('receive', 20000);
   const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
   const SK = privateKeyFromSeedWords(mn), ME = getPublicKey(SK);
diff --git a/tools/youtube-tap-test.js b/tools/youtube-tap-test.js
index 271277f..e08058b 100644
--- a/tools/youtube-tap-test.js
+++ b/tools/youtube-tap-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // over the picture takes them; YouTube's control bar along the bottom is
 // left to YouTube, and full screen the layer steps aside.
 // Run: bun tools/youtube-tap-test.js
-import puppeteer from './puppeteer.js';
+import puppeteer, { seedWords, skipSeedCheck } from './puppeteer.js';
 import { cacheKeyFor } from '../src/wallet.js';
 import { generateSecretKey, getPublicKey, finalizeEvent } from 'nostr-tools/pure';
 import { buildHtml } from '../build.js';
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ async function run(saveData) {
     await page.evaluate(() => localStorage.setItem('btc-wallet-network', 'regtest'));
     await page.reload({ waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' }); await sleep(400);
     await click('create a new wallet'); await sleep(600);
-    await page.waitForSelector('.words .w .t');
+    await seedWords(page);
     const mn = (await page.$$eval('.words .w .t', (l) => l.map((e) => e.textContent.trim()))).join(' ');
-    await click('skip verification');
+    await skipSeedCheck(page);
     await waitText('receive', 20000);
     const base = cacheKeyFor(mn + '\n');
     await page.evaluate(([k, pk, ns]) => {