Browser Automation with agent-browser
Quick start
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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agent-browser screenshot # Screenshot to stdout agent-browser screenshot path.png # Save to file agent-browser screenshot --full # Full page
Wait
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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)
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agent-browser find role button click --name "Submit" agent-browser find text "Sign In" click agent-browser find label "Email" fill "user@test.com"
Example: Form submission
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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 "user@example.com" agent-browser fill @e2 "password123" agent-browser click @e3 agent-browser wait --load networkidle agent-browser snapshot -i # Check result
Example: Authentication with saved state
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# Login once agent-browser open https://app.example.com/login agent-browser snapshot -i agent-browser fill @e1 "username" agent-browser fill @e2 "password" agent-browser click @e3 agent-browser wait --url "**/dashboard" agent-browser state save auth.json # Later sessions: load saved state agent-browser state load auth.json agent-browser open https://app.example.com/dashboard
Sessions (parallel browsers)
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agent-browser --session test1 open site-a.com agent-browser --session test2 open site-b.com agent-browser session list
JSON output (for parsing)
Add --json for machine-readable output:
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agent-browser snapshot -i --json agent-browser get text @e1 --json
Debugging
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agent-browser open example.com --headed # Show browser window agent-browser console # View console messages agent-browser errors # View page errors
Connect to existing Chrome via CDP
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agent-browser --cdp 9222 snapshot
Stream browser viewport over WebSocket
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agent-browser --stream 9223 navigate https://example.com
Inject custom headers into all requests
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agent-browser --headers "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
snapshot https://api.example.com
Load browser extension
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agent-browser --extensions ./my-extension \
navigate htps://example.com