# catalyst-smartbrowz

Teaches coding assistants to automate browsers and generate PDFs via Catalyst SmartBrowz. It guides Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium workflows in the Catalyst cloud.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 924 installs · ★ 69
- Author: catalystbyzoho
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/catalystbyzoho/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/catalyst-smartbrowz/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/catalyst-smartbrowz

## What it does

This skill guides coding assistants through six Catalyst SmartBrowz services: Headless, Browser Logic, PDF & Screenshot, Templates, Browser Grid, and Dataverse. Browsers run in the Catalyst cloud. The guide explains how to connect Puppeteer, Playwright, or Selenium to remote endpoints.

The instructions prioritize official SDK methods across Node.js, Python, and Java over direct REST endpoints. You cannot create Browser Logic serverless functions directly inside the web UI. You must install Catalyst CLI to initialize and deploy them.

Without clicking Start Exploring in the Catalyst console, the service blocks access to every component. Each Browser Grid node runs with a 10GB disk limit. Queued Selenium requests expire after 30 seconds, while Puppeteer or Playwright tasks wait up to 5 minutes before termination.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright, Chrome

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-smartbrowz -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-smartbrowz -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-smartbrowz -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install catalystbyzoho/agent-skills catalyst-smartbrowz
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/catalyst-smartbrowz/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-smartbrowz -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --path skills/catalyst-smartbrowz
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add catalystbyzoho/agent-skills --skill catalyst-smartbrowz -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/catalystbyzoho/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/catalyst-smartbrowz/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- connect Puppeteer or Playwright to remote browsers in the Catalyst cloud
- generate PDFs and screenshots from URLs, raw HTML, or templates
- deploy serverless Browser Logic functions using Catalyst CLI
- scale headless browser execution across Browser Grid nodes

## Example prompts
- Show me how to connect Playwright to a remote Catalyst SmartBrowz browser.
- Write Python code to convert an HTML string to PDF using the SmartBrowz SDK.
- How do I initialize and deploy a Browser Logic function using the Catalyst CLI?

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name: catalyst-smartbrowz
description: "Catalyst SmartBrowz — browser automation and document generation service. Includes Headless (connect to remote Chrome/Firefox with Puppeteer/Playwright/Selenium), Browser Logic (serverless functions for browser tasks in Java/Node.js), PDF & Screenshot (generate visual documents from HTML/URL/Template), Templates (design dynamic content templates), Browser Grid (parallel headless browsers with auto-scaling, Early Access), and Dataverse (data scraping APIs). Trigger on 'SmartBrowz', 'headless browser', 'Headless Browser', 'Puppeteer', 'Selenium', 'Playwright', 'Browser Logic', 'PDF generation', 'screenshot', 'PDF/Screenshot generation', 'PDF & Screenshot', 'browser automation', 'Browser Grid', or 'web scraping'. Console + SDK (Java/Node.js/Python for PDF/Screenshot + Browser Grid) + CLI (for Browser Logic functions)."
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## Prerequisites

Before using SmartBrowz, activate it once per project in the console:
> Console → your project → **SmartBrowz** (left sidebar) → click **"Start Exploring"**

Skipping this step prevents access to Headless, Browser Logic, PDF & Screenshot, Templates, Browser Grid, and Dataverse components.

**For Browser Logic functions:** Requires Catalyst CLI installation. Initialize and deploy Browser Logic functions via CLI (cannot be created directly in console, but can be uploaded).

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## How It Works

1. **Multi-component service** — SmartBrowz offers 6 independent components in one unified platform:
   - **Headless**: Connect to remote Chrome/Firefox in Catalyst cloud with automation libraries
   - **Browser Logic**: Serverless functions (Java/Node.js) containing browser automation logic
   - **PDF & Screenshot**: Generate visual documents programmatically
   - **Templates**: Design and store templates for dynamic content
   - **Browser Grid** (Early Access): Parallel headless browsers with auto-scaling
   - **Dataverse**: Data scraping APIs

2. **Choose your workflow:**
   - **Headless mode**: Copy console-provided endpoints and code snippets to connect with Puppeteer/Playwright/Selenium
   - **Browser Logic**: Initialize via CLI, code in IDE, deploy to console — for persistent browser automation tasks
   - **PDF & Screenshot**: Use console Playground, SDKs (Java/Node.js/Python), or API to generate documents
   - **Browser Grid**: Configure node/browser count, connect via CDP/Webdriver endpoints, process requests in parallel

3. **Load `references/smartbrowz-basics.md`** — for component details, automation library setup, Browser Logic structure, PDF/Screenshot SDK usage, Browser Grid configurations, and troubleshooting
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