Dashboard
Manage animal profiles, photos, camera lookup, and herd records.
Dashboard drill-down: Tap a summary card to explore. Long lists are hidden until you drill in.
Recent Animals
Hidden by default for mobile space.
Owner/Farm
Batch Edit
Change repeated info and save all edits with one click.
Animal Photo Cards
Photos live behind this button/page so herd cards stay compact on mobile.
Camera Lookup
Advanced beta recognition: Uses multi-photo weighted comparison in the browser. It suggests matches only. Always manually confirm.
No photo selected
Suggested matches
Upload a photo to compare against animal reference photos.
Photo Capture Best Practices
Minimum beta requirement: 3 clear photos: front face, left side, right side. Recommended: 6-8 photos per animal.
Cattle: 6 photos
- Front face
- Left side full body
- Right side full body
- Rear view
- Ear tag / brand close-up
- Unique marking or muzzle/nose close-up
Horses: 7 photos
- Front face
- Left side full body
- Right side full body
- Rear view
- Face / blaze close-up
- Legs / socks / markings
- Brand, scar, or unique marking
Quality rules
- Use good daylight or even barn lighting.
- Keep the animal filling most of the frame.
- Avoid blur, fences, shadows, people, and other animals blocking the view.
- Update photos after seasonal coat changes, new tags, injury, grooming, or weight change.
Records
Buy/Sell Animal Records
Track animal purchase date, purchase price, sold date, sale price, buyer/seller, and notes. Sale info also appears on animal cards.
Add Document
Stored Documents
Location
Locations
Owner & Farm/Ranch Info
Local-Only Data
HerdLook stores data in this browser/device by default. No Firebase, Supabase, cloud database, server accounts, or automatic cloud sync.
Export backups regularly. Clearing browser data can delete local HerdLook records.
Backup / Restore
Import safety rule: Importing a backup will not overwrite existing data. To import a backup, first export a safety backup, then clear/delete the old local data from Settings.
Migration fix: Old HerdLook backups are normalized during import so animal category cards, Animal Photos, Records, Documents, Locations, owner/farm info, dam/sire fields, breed, and location fields display in the updated layout.
Mobile Transfer Photo Settings
Full Backup includes original photos and may be too large for iPhone.
Mobile Records Only is the smallest transfer β no photos or document files.
Mobile With Photos compresses animal photos for iPhone transfer.
Mobile Records Only is the smallest transfer β no photos or document files.
Mobile With Photos compresses animal photos for iPhone transfer.
Import status: Choose a backup file. On iPhone, use a Mobile Transfer Backup.
App Test / Link Check
Run this before release. It checks key views, buttons, modals, animal-card actions, and startup hydration. If no animals exist, the test will load a temporary test herd first.
No test run yet.
Security & Testing
Claw direction: This is the single-file beta. Keep local-only. After beta reviews, split into production PWA files and upgrade storage to IndexedDB.
Import rule: A backup import must not overwrite existing data. User must clear/delete old data first, then import.