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version: "1.0.1" name: agent-browser description: Browser automation CLI for AI agents. Use when the user needs to interact with websites, including navigating pages, filling forms, clicking buttons, taking screenshots, extracting data, testing web apps, or automating any browser task. Triggers include requests to "open a website", "fill out a form", "click a button", "take a screenshot", "scrape data from a page", "test this web app", "login to a site", "automate browser actions", or any task requiring programmatic web interaction. allowed-tools: Bash(agent-browser:*)
Browser Automation with agent-browser
Core Workflow
Every browser automation follows this pattern:
- Navigate:
agent-browser open <url> - Snapshot:
agent-browser snapshot -i(get element refs like@e1,@e2) - Interact: Use refs to click, fill, select
- Re-snapshot: After navigation or DOM changes, get fresh refs
agent-browser open https://example.com/formagent-browser snapshot -i# Output: @e1 [input type="email"], @e2 [input type="password"], @e3 [button] "Submit"agent-browser fill @e1 "user@example.com"agent-browser fill @e2 "password123"agent-browser click @e3agent-browser wait --load networkidleagent-browser snapshot -i # Check result
Essential Commands
# Navigationagent-browser open <url> # Navigate (aliases: goto, navigate)agent-browser close # Close browser# Snapshotagent-browser snapshot -i # Interactive elements with refs (recommended)agent-browser snapshot -s "#selector" # Scope to CSS selector# Interaction (use @refs from snapshot)agent-browser click @e1 # Click elementagent-browser fill @e2 "text" # Clear and type textagent-browser type @e2 "text" # Type without clearingagent-browser select @e1 "option" # Select dropdown optionagent-browser check @e1 # Check checkboxagent-browser press Enter # Press keyagent-browser scroll down 500 # Scroll page# Get informationagent-browser get text @e1 # Get element textagent-browser get url # Get current URLagent-browser get title # Get page title# Waitagent-browser wait @e1 # Wait for elementagent-browser wait --load networkidle # Wait for network idleagent-browser wait --url "**/page" # Wait for URL patternagent-browser wait 2000 # Wait milliseconds# Captureagent-browser screenshot # Screenshot to temp diragent-browser screenshot --full # Full page screenshotagent-browser pdf output.pdf # Save as PDF
Common Patterns
Form Submission
agent-browser open https://example.com/signupagent-browser snapshot -iagent-browser fill @e1 "Jane Doe"agent-browser fill @e2 "jane@example.com"agent-browser select @e3 "California"agent-browser check @e4agent-browser click @e5agent-browser wait --load networkidle
Authentication with State Persistence
# Login once and save stateagent-browser open https://app.example.com/loginagent-browser snapshot -iagent-browser fill @e1 "$USERNAME"agent-browser fill @e2 "$PASSWORD"agent-browser click @e3agent-browser wait --url "**/dashboard"agent-browser state save auth.json# Reuse in future sessionsagent-browser state load auth.jsonagent-browser open https://app.example.com/dashboard
Data Extraction
agent-browser open https://example.com/productsagent-browser snapshot -iagent-browser get text @e5 # Get specific element textagent-browser get text body > page.txt # Get all page text# JSON output for parsingagent-browser snapshot -i --jsonagent-browser get text @e1 --json
Parallel Sessions
agent-browser --session site1 open https://site-a.comagent-browser --session site2 open https://site-b.comagent-browser --session site1 snapshot -iagent-browser --session site2 snapshot -iagent-browser session list
Visual Browser (Debugging)
agent-browser --headed open https://example.comagent-browser highlight @e1 # Highlight elementagent-browser record start demo.webm # Record session
iOS Simulator (Mobile Safari)
# List available iOS simulatorsagent-browser device list# Launch Safari on a specific deviceagent-browser -p ios --device "iPhone 16 Pro" open https://example.com# Same workflow as desktop - snapshot, interact, re-snapshotagent-browser -p ios snapshot -iagent-browser -p ios tap @e1 # Tap (alias for click)agent-browser -p ios fill @e2 "text"agent-browser -p ios swipe up # Mobile-specific gesture# Take screenshotagent-browser -p ios screenshot mobile.png# Close session (shuts down simulator)agent-browser -p ios close
Requirements: macOS with Xcode, Appium (npm install -g appium && appium driver install xcuitest)
Real devices: Works with physical iOS devices if pre-configured. Use --device "<UDID>" where UDID is from xcrun xctrace list devices.
Ref Lifecycle (Important)
Refs (@e1, @e2, etc.) are invalidated when the page changes. Always re-snapshot after:
- Clicking links or buttons that navigate
- Form submissions
- Dynamic content loading (dropdowns, modals)
agent-browser click @e5 # Navigates to new pageagent-browser snapshot -i # MUST re-snapshotagent-browser click @e1 # Use new refs
Semantic Locators (Alternative to Refs)
When refs are unavailable or unreliable, use semantic locators:
agent-browser find text "Sign In" clickagent-browser find label "Email" fill "user@test.com"agent-browser find role button click --name "Submit"agent-browser find placeholder "Search" type "query"agent-browser find testid "submit-btn" click
Deep-Dive Documentation
| Reference | When to Use | |
|---|---|---|
| references/commands.md | Full command reference with all options | |
| references/snapshot-refs.md | Ref lifecycle, invalidation rules, troubleshooting | |
| references/session-management.md | Parallel sessions, state persistence, concurrent scraping | |
| references/authentication.md | Login flows, OAuth, 2FA handling, state reuse | |
| references/video-recording.md | Recording workflows for debugging and documentation | |
| references/proxy-support.md | Proxy configuration, geo-testing, rotating proxies |
Ready-to-Use Templates
| Template | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| templates/form-automation.sh | Form filling with validation | |
| templates/authenticated-session.sh | Login once, reuse state | |
| templates/capture-workflow.sh | Content extraction with screenshots |
./templates/form-automation.sh https://example.com/form./templates/authenticated-session.sh https://app.example.com/login./templates/capture-workflow.sh https://example.com ./output