steel-browser

Name: steel-browser
Author: steel-dev/cli

About steel-browser

Use this skill for any web task where WebFetch or curl would fail or be insufficient — pages that require JavaScript to render, forms to fill and submit, screenshots or PDFs of live pages, CAPTCHA/bot-protection bypass, login flows, and multi-step browser navigation with persistent session state. WebFetch returns empty HTML for JS-rendered pages; this skill runs a real cloud browser that executes JavaScript, maintains cookies, clicks buttons, and handles anti-bot measures. Trigger when the user wants you to actually perform a web task (visit, interact, extract, capture) rather than just write code for it. Skip only for: static pages a simple GET can fetch, localhost or private-network targets, writing browser automation code the user will run themselves, or conceptual questions about browser tools.

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://steel-dev/cli --skill steel-browser

After installing, type/steel-browserin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled files

References and scripts installed along with SKILL.md.

README.md

evals/

evals.json

references/

migration-agent-browser.md

steel-browser-commands.md

steel-browser-lifecycle.md

troubleshooting.md

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Details

Author: steel-dev/cli
Category: Agent workflows
Installs: 1,775

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