# browser-to-api

Reads a browser-trace capture and turns it into an OpenAPI 3.1 spec, a fetch client and a coverage report. Useful when the site you are integrating with has no published API docs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1900 installs · ★ 3742
- Author: browserbase
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/browserbase/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/browser-to-api/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/browser-to-api

## What it does

The skill works offline on top of a `browser-trace` run. It pairs CDP request and response events, swaps concrete ids in URLs for path templates, and infers JSON schemas from the samples it saw. It does not capture anything itself — the traffic has to be recorded first.

One command does the work: `node scripts/discover.mjs --run .o11y/my-site`. Output lands in `api-spec`: `openapi.yaml`, `client.mjs` with a typed function per operation, `report.md` with curl examples, and `confidence.json` for the endpoints that lacked data. Narrow the run with `--include`, `--exclude`, `--origins`; hide sensitive headers and JSON keys with `--redact`.

You need Node 18+ and a run directory at `.o11y/<run>/` from the `browser-trace` skill. Skip `browse network on` and response schemas fall back to a bare content-type stub, since the CDP firehose carries no bodies. No `npm install` step: the scripts use only the Node standard library.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill browser-to-api -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/browser-to-api/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/browser-to-api/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill browser-to-api -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/browser-to-api/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill browser-to-api -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/browser-to-api/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install browserbase/skills browser-to-api
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/browser-to-api/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill browser-to-api -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/browserbase/skills --path skills/browser-to-api
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/browser-to-api/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill browser-to-api -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/browserbase/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/browser-to-api/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- pull API endpoints out of a recorded browser session
- write an OpenAPI 3.1 spec for an undocumented site
- generate a fetch client for the discovered operations
- see which flows would widen the spec's coverage
- drop analytics noise and keep a single origin

## Example prompts
- Run discovery over the `.o11y/my-site` capture and build the spec
- Generate a fetch client from that trace and open the HTML report
- Keep only `api.example.com` requests in the spec

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: browser-to-api
description: Turn a website's observable HTTP traffic into a best-effort OpenAPI 3.1 spec by analyzing a `browser-trace` capture. Use when the user wants to discover/extract API endpoints from a browser session, build an OpenAPI doc from network traffic, or document a third-party site's XHR/fetch surface for client integration.
compatibility: "Requires Node 18+ and a `browser-trace` run directory (`.o11y/<run>/`) produced by the sibling `browser-trace` skill. The scripts use only the Node standard library — no `npm install` step. `jq` is referenced in docs for ad-hoc querying but is not required by the scripts."
license: MIT
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Grep
---

# Browser to API

Replay-driven API discovery. Consume a `browser-trace` capture, pair its CDP request / response events, templatize observed URLs, infer JSON schemas from samples, and emit an **OpenAPI 3.1** document plus a human-readable coverage report.

This skill **does not capture traffic**. It is purely offline post-processing on top of `browser-trace`'s `cdp/network/*.jsonl` buckets. The two skills compose:

```
browser-trace    →  .o11y/<run>/cdp/network/{requests,responses}.jsonl
browser-to-api   →  .o11y/<run>/api-spec/index.html + openapi.yaml + client.mjs
```

## When to use

- The user wants an OpenAPI document for a third-party or undocumented website API.
- The user has a `browser-trace` run and wants endpoints + schemas extracted from it.
- The user is building a client/SDK against a site that doesn't publish a spec.
- The user wants a coverage report showing which flows would broaden the spec.

If the user wants to **capture** traffic, send them to `browser-trace` first.

## Two-step workflow

### 1. Capture with `browser-trace` (and optionally bodies via `browse network on`)

```bash
# Local example against an existing debuggable Chrome target
TARGET=9222

node ../browser-trace/scripts/start-capture.mjs "$TARGET" my-site
browse open about:blank --cdp "$TARGET"
browse network on                                    # capture request/response bodies
browse open https://example.com
# ...drive whatever flows you want covered...

# Snapshot the bodies dir BEFORE turning capture off (the temp dir is shared
# per-session, so subsequent `browse network on` runs would mix your bodies
# with whatever a future capture writes if you skip this step).
cp -r "$(browse network path | jq -r .path)" .o11y/my-site/cdp/network/bodies/
browse network off

node ../browser-trace/scripts/stop-capture.mjs my-site
node ../browser-trace/scripts/bisect-cdp.mjs my-site
```
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