About core-agent-browser
A browser automation skill built around the agent-browser CLI, covering navigation, element inspection and interaction, screenshots, and form filling. It also gives guidance on when to use other information-gathering tools first.
Key features
- 01Page navigation and history controls
- 02Accessibility tree and interactive snapshots
- 03Interaction by refs or semantic locators
- 04Read page text, title, and URL
- 05Screenshots and wait conditions
Use cases
- 01Filling and submitting web forms
- 02Inspecting page elements and interacting with them
- 03Capturing screenshots of page states
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/core-agent-browserin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled filesagents/openai.yaml
Details
From the project READMEBrowser Automation with agent-browser
Priority Note
For fetching Rust/crate information, use this priority order:
- rust-learner skill - Orchestrates actionbook + browser-fetcher
- actionbook MCP - Pre-computed selectors for known sites
- agent-browser CLI - Direct browser automation (last resort)
Use agent-browser directly only when:
- actionbook has no pre-computed selectors for the target site
- You need interactive browser testing/automation
- You need screenshots or form filling
Quick start
agent-browser open <url> # Navigate to page
agent-browser snapshot -i # Get interactive elements with refs
agent-browser click @e1 # Click element by ref
agent-browser fill @e2 "text" # Fill input by ref
agent-browser close # Close browser
Core workflow
- Navigate:
agent-browser open <url> - Snapshot:
agent-browser snapshot -i(returns elements with refs like@e1,@e2) - Interact using refs from the snapshot
- Re-snapshot after navigation or significant DOM changes
Commands
Navigation
agent-browser open <url> # Navigate to URL
agent-browser back # Go back
agent-browser forward # Go forward
agent-browser reload # Reload page
agent-browser close # Close browser
Snapshot (page analysis)
agent-browser snapshot # Full accessibility tree
agent-browser snapshot -i # Interactive elements only (recommended)
agent-browser snapshot -c # Compact output
agent-browser snapshot -d 3 # Limit depth to 3
Interactions (use @refs from snapshot)
agent-browser click @e1 # Click
agent-browser dblclick @e1 # Double-click
agent-browser fill @e2 "text" # Clear and type
agent-browser type @e2 "text" # Type without clearing
agent-browser press Enter # Press key
agent-browser press Control+a # Key combination
agent-browser hover @e1 # Hover
agent-browser check @e1 # Check checkbox
agent-browser uncheck @e1 # Uncheck checkbox
agent-browser select @e1 "value" # Select dropdown
agent-browser scroll down 500 # Scroll page
agent-browser scrollintoview @e1 # Scroll element into view
Get information
agent-browser get text @e1 # Get element text
agent-browser get value @e1 # Get input value
agent-browser get title # Get page title
agent-browser get url # Get current URL
Screenshots
agent-browser screenshot # Screenshot to stdout
agent-browser screenshot path.png # Save to file
agent-browser screenshot --full # Full page
Wait
agent-browser wait @e1 # Wait for element
agent-browser wait 2000 # Wait milliseconds
agent-browser wait --text "Success" # Wait for text
agent-browser wait --load networkidle # Wait for network idle
Semantic locators (alternative to refs)
agent-browser find role button click --name "Submit"
agent-browser find text "Sign In" click
agent-browser find label "Email" fill "[email protected]"
Example: Form submission
agent-browser open https://example.com/form
agent-browser snapshot -i
# Output shows: textbox "Email" [ref=e1], textbox "Password" [ref=e2], button "Submit" [ref=e3]
agent-browser fill @e1 "[email protected]"
agent-browser fill @e2 "password123"
agent-browser click @e3
agent-browser wait --load networkidle
agent-browser snapshot -i # Check result
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