browser-automation_skill

This skill automates web tasks using the browse CLI with a pre-connected Browserbase session, enabling reliable navigation, data extraction, and form

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npx veilstrat add skill browserbase/skills-old --skill browser-automation

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Overview

This skill automates web browser interactions for AI agents using the browse CLI connected to a pre-created Browserbase session. It provides reliable, stateful remote browsing with stealth, residential proxies, and CAPTCHA handling. Always include the --ws $BROWSERBASE_CONNECT_URL flag to run commands in the cloud session rather than launching a local browser.

How this skill works

Commands run the browse CLI against a Browserbase websocket URL stored in BROWSERBASE_CONNECT_URL. Use snapshot to get element refs like @0-5, then perform clicks, fills, typing, navigation, screenshots, and network captures against those refs. The daemon maintains session state (cookies, tabs) and supports multi-tab workflows, request capture, and automatic recovery.

When to use it

Navigate websites or interact with web applications remotely
Extract structured data or page text and HTML
Automate form fills, logins, or multi-step workflows
Take screenshots or capture network requests for analysis
Run scripted interactions that require stealth, proxying, or CAPTCHA solving

Best practices

Always prepend every command with --ws $BROWSERBASE_CONNECT_URL to use the remote Browserbase session
Run snapshot -c after navigation or any action that changes the page to get fresh element refs
Prefer refs from snapshot (@0-5) instead of manual selectors for reliability
Wait for load or specific selectors before interacting with elements on slow pages
Use compact snapshots (-c) for speed and stop the session when finished to free resources

Example use cases

Login flow automation: open login page, snapshot, fill credentials by refs, click sign in, wait load, verify state
Search-and-extract: submit a query, wait for results selector, snapshot, get text from result refs
Multi-page scraping: navigate via links using refs, re-snapshot on each page, extract structured data
Visual checks and reporting: take full-page screenshots or targeted screenshots after interactions
Network inspection: enable network capture, perform actions, and inspect saved request/response JSON

FAQ

Omitting --ws launches a local Chrome instance instead of the cloud session and will bypass stealth, proxy, and CAPTCHA features. Tests and evaluations will fail if you forget --ws.

How do I find element refs to click or fill?

Run browse --ws $BROWSERBASE_CONNECT_URL snapshot -c to produce an accessibility tree with refs like [0-5], then use those refs in click, fill, get, and other commands.