agent-browser 0.25.4 → 0.26.0
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- package/README.md +42 -6
- package/bin/agent-browser-darwin-arm64 +0 -0
- package/bin/agent-browser-darwin-x64 +0 -0
- package/bin/agent-browser-linux-arm64 +0 -0
- package/bin/agent-browser-linux-musl-arm64 +0 -0
- package/bin/agent-browser-linux-musl-x64 +0 -0
- package/bin/agent-browser-linux-x64 +0 -0
- package/bin/agent-browser-win32-x64.exe +0 -0
- package/package.json +1 -1
- package/skill-data/core/SKILL.md +445 -0
- package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/references/commands.md +33 -6
- package/skills/agent-browser/SKILL.md +25 -15
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/references/authentication.md +0 -0
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/references/profiling.md +0 -0
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/references/proxy-support.md +0 -0
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/references/session-management.md +0 -0
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/references/snapshot-refs.md +0 -0
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/references/video-recording.md +0 -0
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/templates/authenticated-session.sh +0 -0
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/templates/capture-workflow.sh +0 -0
- /package/{skills/agent-browser → skill-data/core}/templates/form-automation.sh +0 -0
package/README.md
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### Tabs & Windows
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agent-browser tab # List tabs (shows `tabId` and optional label)
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agent-browser tab new [url] # New tab (optionally with URL)
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agent-browser tab new --label docs [url] # New tab with a user-assigned label
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agent-browser tab <t<N>|label> # Switch to a tab by id or label
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agent-browser window new # New window
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Tab ids are stable strings of the form `t1`, `t2`, `t3`. They're never reused
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within a session, so scripts and agents can keep referring to the same tab
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even after other tabs are opened or closed. Positional integers like `tab 2`
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are **not** accepted; the `t` prefix disambiguates handles from indices and
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mirrors the `@e1` convention used for element refs.
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You can also assign a memorable label (`docs`, `app`, `admin`) and use it
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interchangeably with the id. Labels are never auto-generated and never
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rewritten on navigation — they're yours to name and keep:
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```bash
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agent-browser tab new --label docs https://docs.example.com
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agent-browser tab docs # switch to the docs tab
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agent-browser snapshot # populate refs for docs
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agent-browser click @e3 # click uses docs's refs
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### Frames
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agent-browser install # Download Chrome from Chrome for Testing (Google's official automation channel)
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agent-browser upgrade # Upgrade agent-browser to the latest version
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agent-browser doctor # Diagnose the install and auto-clean stale daemon files
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agent-browser doctor --fix # Also run destructive repairs (reinstall Chrome, purge old state, ...)
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`doctor` checks your environment, Chrome install, daemon state, config files,
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All options from the table above can be set in the config file using camelCase keys (e.g., `--executable-path` becomes `"executablePath"`, `--proxy-bypass` becomes `"proxyBypass"`). Unknown keys are ignored for forward compatibility.
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Auto-discovered config files that are missing are silently ignored. If `--config <path>` points to a missing or invalid file, agent-browser exits with an error. Extensions from user and project configs are merged (concatenated), not replaced.
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description: Core agent-browser usage guide. Read this before running any agent-browser commands. Covers the snapshot-and-ref workflow, navigating pages, interacting with elements (click, fill, type, select), extracting text and data, taking screenshots, managing tabs, handling forms and auth, waiting for content, running multiple browser sessions in parallel, and troubleshooting common failures. Use when the user asks to interact with a website, fill a form, click something, extract data, take a screenshot, log into a site, test a web app, or automate any browser task.
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Fast browser automation CLI for AI agents. Chrome/Chromium via CDP, no
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web pages — see [When to load another skill](#when-to-load-another-skill).
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## The core loop
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## Specialized skills
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Load a specialized skill when the task falls outside browser web pages:
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agent-browser skills get electron # Electron desktop apps (VS Code, Slack, Discord, Figma, ...)
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35
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agent-browser skills get slack # Slack workspace automation
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36
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agent-browser skills get dogfood # Exploratory testing / QA / bug hunts
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agent-browser skills get vercel-sandbox # agent-browser inside Vercel Sandbox microVMs
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agent-browser skills get agentcore # AWS Bedrock AgentCore cloud browsers
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```
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Run `agent-browser skills list` to see everything available on the
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