diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc78dfee6b6..e5d67aa16e3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,19 +12,23 @@
     "postinstall": "cd packages/react-error-overlay/ && yarn build:prod",
     "publish": "tasks/publish.sh",
     "start": "cd packages/react-scripts && node bin/react-scripts.js start",
-    "screencast": "svg-term --cast hItN7sl5yfCPTHxvFg5glhhfp --out screencast.svg --window",
+    "screencast": "node ./tasks/screencast.js",
     "test": "cd packages/react-scripts && node bin/react-scripts.js test --env=jsdom",
     "format": "prettier --trailing-comma es5 --single-quote --write 'packages/*/*.js' 'packages/*/!(node_modules)/**/*.js'",
     "precommit": "lint-staged"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "4.15.0",
+    "execa": "^0.9.0",
     "husky": "^0.13.2",
     "lerna": "2.6.0",
     "lerna-changelog": "^0.6.0",
     "lint-staged": "^3.3.1",
+    "meow": "^4.0.0",
+    "multimatch": "^2.1.0",
     "prettier": "1.6.1",
-    "svg-term-cli": "^2.0.3"
+    "svg-term-cli": "^2.0.3",
+    "tempy": "^0.2.1"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "*.js": [
diff --git a/tasks/screencast-start.js b/tasks/screencast-start.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3841a6e19ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/screencast-start.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc. 
+ * 
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the 
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const execa = require('execa');
+const meow = require('meow');
+const multimatch = require('multimatch');
+
+main(meow());
+
+function main(cli) {
+  let count = 0;
+
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const duration = parseInt(cli.flags.timeout, 10) * 1000;
+  const cp = execa.shell(cli.flags.command);
+
+  const target = parseInt(cli.flags.patternCount || '1', 10);
+
+  cp.stdout.on('data', data => {
+    process.stdout.write(data);
+    const matches = multimatch([String(data)], cli.flags.pattern);
+    const errMatches = multimatch([String(data)], cli.flags.errorPattern);
+
+    if (matches.length > 0) {
+      count++;
+    }
+
+    if (errMatches.length > 0) {
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (count >= target) {
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        process.exit(0);
+      }, duration);
+    }
+  });
+
+  cp.on('exit', e => {
+    const elapsed = Date.now() - start;
+
+    if (elapsed >= duration) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      process.exit(e.code);
+    }, duration - elapsed);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tasks/screencast.js b/tasks/screencast.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53c30d6a8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/screencast.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc. 
+ * 
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the 
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. 
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const execa = require('execa');
+const tempy = require('tempy');
+
+main();
+
+function main() {
+  const previous = process.cwd();
+  const cwd = tempy.directory();
+
+  const cast = path.join(cwd, 'screencast.json');
+  const script = path.join(__dirname, 'screencast.sh');
+  const out = path.join(previous, 'screencast.svg');
+
+  const resolveLine = l => l.indexOf('🔍  Resolving packages...') > -1;
+  const fetchLine = l => l.indexOf('🚚  Fetching packages...') > -1;
+  const countLine = l => l.match(/Saved [0-9]+ new dependencies/);
+  const doneLine = l => l.indexOf('✨  Done in') > -1;
+
+  try {
+    process.chdir(cwd);
+    console.log(`Recording screencast ...`);
+    execa.sync('asciinema', ['rec', '--command', `sh ${script}`, cast], {
+      cwd,
+      stdio: 'inherit',
+    });
+
+    console.log('Cleaning data ...');
+    const data = require(cast);
+
+    cut(data.stdout, { start: resolveLine, end: fetchLine });
+    cut(data.stdout, { start: countLine, end: doneLine });
+    replace(data.stdout, [{ in: cwd, out: '~' }]);
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(cast, JSON.stringify(data, null, '  '));
+
+    console.log('Rendering SVG ...');
+    execa.sync('svg-term', ['--window', '--in', cast, '--out', out]);
+
+    console.log(`Recorded screencast to ${cast}`);
+    console.log(`Rendered SVG to ${out}`);
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw err;
+  } finally {
+    process.chdir(previous);
+  }
+}
+
+function cut(frames, { start, end }) {
+  const si = frames.findIndex(([, l]) => start(l));
+  const ei = frames.findIndex(([, l]) => end(l));
+
+  if (si === -1 || ei === -1) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  frames.splice(si + 1, ei - si - 1);
+}
+
+function replace(frames, replacements) {
+  frames.forEach(frame => {
+    replacements.forEach(r => (frame[1] = frame[1].split(r.in).join(r.out)));
+  });
+}
diff --git a/tasks/screencast.sh b/tasks/screencast.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1c01a5ab30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/screencast.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+# Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+
+# ******************************************************************************
+# This is an end-to-end test intended to be run via screencast.js
+# Dependencies: asciinema, pv, core-utils
+# ******************************************************************************
+set -e
+
+printf '\e[32m%s\e[m' "λ "
+echo "npx create-react-app my-app" | pv -qL $[10+(-2 + RANDOM%5)]
+npx create-react-app my-app
+
+printf '\e[32m%s\e[m' "λ "
+sleep 1
+echo "cd my-app" | pv -qL $[10+(-2 + RANDOM%5)]
+cd my-app
+
+printf '\e[32m%s\e[m' "λ "
+sleep 1
+echo "npm start" | pv -qL $[10+(-2 + RANDOM%5)]
+
+BROWSER="none" node "$(dirname $0)/screencast-start.js" \
+    --command "npm start" \
+    --pattern="Compiled successfully*" \
+    --pattern-count 2 \
+    --error-pattern="*already running on port" \
+    --timeout 10
+
+echo ""
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