# agent-browser

Automates browser actions via CLI and CDP. Lets AI agents inspect local web apps, run tests, take element screenshots, and extract design tokens.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2800 installs · ★ 104031
- Author: nexu-io
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-browser/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nexu-io-agent-browser

## What it does

The skill guides coding agents through browser automation via the `agent-browser` CLI. The agent navigates pages, fills out inputs, triggers clicks, reads DOM nodes, and captures screenshots of whole pages or specific elements. Its primary workflow targets local OpenDesign preview URLs such as `http://127.0.0.1:17573/`.

The workflow depends on an existing Chrome DevTools Protocol endpoint on port `9223`. Running `agent-browser open` before `agent-browser connect` triggers an auto-launch crash with `DevToolsActivePort` errors. Chrome must run with `--remote-debugging-port=9223` and a dedicated user data directory.

You need `npm i -g agent-browser` followed by `agent-browser install` on the host machine. To keep agent context clean, the skill redirects internal documentation to temporary files and filters lines using `rg` rather than dumping complete guides into conversation logs.

## Requirements
- Works with: Chrome

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill agent-browser -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill agent-browser -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill agent-browser -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install nexu-io/open-design agent-browser
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill agent-browser -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --path skills/agent-browser
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nexu-io/open-design --skill agent-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/nexu-io/open-design/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-browser/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Take screenshots of specific UI elements or full pages
- Extract fonts, colors, logos, and OG metadata from an active tab
- Audit DOM accessibility trees and layout structure
- Run smoke tests and input validation on local preview servers

## Example prompts
- Test the local preview at http://127.0.0.1:17573/ and capture a screenshot
- Extract the color palette and fonts from the current browser tab
- Attach to CDP port 9223 and take an element screenshot of the navbar

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: agent-browser
description: |
  Browser automation CLI for AI agents. Use when the user needs to inspect,
  test, or automate browser behavior: navigating pages, filling forms,
  clicking buttons, taking screenshots, extracting page data, reading selected
  OpenDesign browser-tab context, testing web apps, dogfooding OpenDesign
  previews, QA, bug hunts, or reviewing app quality. Prefer local OpenDesign
  preview URLs unless the user explicitly asks for external browsing.
triggers:
  - "browser"
  - "current browser tab"
  - "selected tab"
  - "open website"
  - "test this web app"
  - "take a screenshot"
  - "element screenshot"
  - "extract logo"
  - "extract fonts"
  - "extract colors"
  - "extract images"
  - "extract motion"
  - "OG metadata"
  - "accessibility"
  - "a11y"
  - "click a button"
  - "fill out a form"
  - "scrape page"
  - "QA"
  - "dogfood"
  - "bug hunt"
od:
  mode: prototype
  surface: web
  platform: desktop
  scenario: validation
  preview:
    type: markdown
  design_system:
    requires: false
  upstream: "https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser/blob/main/skills/agent-browser/SKILL.md"
  capabilities_required:
    - file_write
---

# Agent Browser

Use `agent-browser` for local OpenDesign preview validation: inspect rendered
state, click/type when requested, and capture one screenshot when visual evidence
matters. Keep the browser local-first unless the user explicitly asks for
external browsing.

When the run prompt contains selected workspace context, prefer the selected
`browser` tab URL/title as the target. Treat user phrases like "this page",
"the current browser", "right-side tab", "extract the logo", "get the palette",
"take an element screenshot", or "check OG/a11y" as requests about that selected
tab unless the user names another target.

## Requirements

Verify the CLI before doing any browser work:

```bash
command -v agent-browser
```

If missing, stop and tell the user to install it:

```bash
npm i -g agent-browser
agent-browser install
```

Do not replace the CLI with ad hoc browser scripts.

## Context Hygiene

Never print full upstream guides into chat or tool output. Save them to temp
files and extract only task-relevant lines:

```bash
AGENT_BROWSER_CORE="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/agent-browser-core.$$.md"
agent-browser skills get core > "$AGENT_BROWSER_CORE"
rg -n "cdp|connect|snapshot|screenshot|click|type|wait|get title|get url" "$AGENT_BROWSER_CORE"
```

Use `agent-browser skills get core --full` only when needed, and redirect it to
a temp file the same way.

## Browser Context Extraction

For selected OpenDesign browser tabs and browser-use/browser-harness-style
tasks, collect the smallest useful evidence first:

1. Confirm the target with `agent-browser get title` and `agent-browser get url`.
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