# cmux-browser

Automates embedded WKWebView surfaces inside cmux workspaces. It opens browser splits, drives DOM interactions, and inspects console errors.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 744 installs · ★ 39
- Author: manaflow-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cmux-browser/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/manaflow-ai-cmux-browser

## What it does

This skill controls the embedded browser inside cmux through the `cmux browser` CLI. Unlike standalone headless browser engines, browser surfaces in cmux belong directly to specific workspace panes and windows. By default, the skill checks `CMUX_WORKSPACE_ID` and `CMUX_SURFACE_ID` so that new browser splits open inside the calling workspace instead of grabbing focus elsewhere.

Automation follows a strict loop: open a URL, verify with `get url`, wait for load states, capture an interactive DOM snapshot, execute actions like `click` or `fill`, and snapshot again. Snapshot element references are strictly temporary. You must take a fresh snapshot immediately after navigation, tab changes, or DOM mutations.

The skill routes diagnostic captures and session JSON into `/cmux-assets/<branch>/browser/...` rather than leaving files in `/tmp`. In remote SSH sessions, traffic routes through the remote machine, making `localhost:3000` resolve directly to the remote host.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manaflow-ai/cmux-skills --skill cmux-browser -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manaflow-ai/cmux-skills --skill cmux-browser -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manaflow-ai/cmux-skills --skill cmux-browser -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install manaflow-ai/cmux-skills cmux-browser
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manaflow-ai/cmux-skills --skill cmux-browser -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux-skills --path skills/cmux-browser
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add manaflow-ai/cmux-skills --skill cmux-browser -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/manaflow-ai/cmux-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cmux-browser/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- drive embedded WKWebView surfaces within cmux workspace splits
- inspect DOM structure and interact with elements using compact snapshots
- capture browser console logs, uncaught errors, and screenshots
- save and restore cookies, web storage, and session state across runs

## Example prompts
- Open `http://localhost:3000` in the current cmux workspace and inspect the page title
- Fill `#email` and `#password`, click submit, and check console logs for errors
- Save the current browser surface state and take a screenshot into `/cmux-assets`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: cmux-browser
description: "Automate the browser inside cmux. Use for cmux browser, browser surface, webview, current workspace browser, snapshot refs, DOM actions, waits, screenshots, cookies, storage, tabs, downloads, console, errors, and browser session state."
---

# cmux Browser

Use this skill for browser automation inside cmux webview surfaces. It is different from a standalone browser automation tool because every browser surface lives inside a cmux workspace, pane, and surface topology.

## Default Rule

Open and control browser surfaces in the current caller workspace unless the user explicitly names another workspace or window.

Before mutating browser state, identify the caller:

```bash
printf 'workspace=%s\nsurface=%s\nsocket=%s\n' \
  "${CMUX_WORKSPACE_ID:-}" \
  "${CMUX_SURFACE_ID:-}" \
  "${CMUX_SOCKET_PATH:-}"
cmux identify --json
```

Use `CMUX_WORKSPACE_ID` for new browser splits and `CMUX_SURFACE_ID` to understand the terminal that invoked the automation. Do not open a browser in the visually focused workspace if it differs from the caller workspace.

## Core Workflow

```bash
# Open in the caller workspace and capture the returned surface ref.
cmux --json browser open https://example.com --workspace "${CMUX_WORKSPACE_ID:-}"

# Use the returned surface, for example surface:7.
cmux browser surface:7 get url
cmux browser surface:7 wait --load-state complete --timeout-ms 15000
cmux browser surface:7 snapshot --interactive --compact
cmux browser surface:7 click e2 --snapshot-after
cmux browser surface:7 snapshot --interactive --compact
```

Loop: navigate, verify URL, wait, snapshot, act, then re-snapshot. Snapshot refs are temporary. Re-snapshot after navigation, modal changes, tab changes, or DOM updates.

## Targeting

Most subcommands require a browser surface:

```bash
cmux browser identify
cmux browser identify --surface surface:2
cmux browser surface:2 get url
cmux browser --surface surface:2 get title
```

Open commands can create or reuse a browser split:

```bash
cmux browser open http://localhost:3000 --workspace "${CMUX_WORKSPACE_ID:-}" --json
cmux browser open-split https://example.com --workspace workspace:2 --json
cmux browser new https://example.com --window window:1 --json
```

Keep one browser surface per task unless the user asks for multiple tabs or pages.

## Command Groups

See [references/commands.md](references/commands.md) for the full command list. Main groups:

- Navigation and targeting: `identify`, `open`, `open-split`, `new`, `navigate`, `goto`, `back`, `forward`, `reload`, `url`, `focus-webview`, `is-webview-focused`.
- Waiting: `wait --selector`, `--text`, `--url-contains`, `--load-state`, `--function`.
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