# remote-browser

Controls an isolated Browser Use Cloud session via the CLI. It helps agents automate web tasks on machines where a local Chrome is absent.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4700 installs · ★ 119160
- Author: browser-use
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/tree/HEAD/skills/remote-browser/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/remote-browser

## What it does

The skill feeds Python scripts into the `browser-use` CLI via stdin heredocs to drive Browser Use Cloud instances. It fits sandboxes and headless systems where a local Chrome binary cannot run. Legacy subcommands like `open`, `click`, or `cloud connect` are no longer supported.

Before running tasks, authenticate via `browser-use auth login`. Each cloud session requires an arbitrary short name passed through the `BU_NAME` environment variable. The CLI pre-imports helpers for navigation, coordinate clicking, and accessibility tree inspection over CDP.

Running remote daemons accrue cloud billing until closed or timed out. For that reason, agents must clean up finished sessions with `stop_remote_daemon`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Chrome

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browser-use/browser-use --skill remote-browser -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add browser-use/browser-use --skill remote-browser -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install browser-use/browser-use remote-browser
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use --path skills/remote-browser
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- Automate web flows on headless sandboxes lacking a local Chrome install
- Inspect interface elements through the CDP accessibility tree
- Isolate concurrent browsing runs with separate cloud instances
- Verify page updates using screenshots and DOM checks

## Example prompts
- Authenticate with `browser-use auth login` and spin up a remote browser named `s1`
- Open `https://example.com` under `BU_NAME=s1 browser-use`, submit search, and capture a screenshot
- Terminate the remote daemon `s1` using `stop_remote_daemon("s1")`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: remote-browser
description: Controls an isolated Browser Use Cloud browser from a sandboxed machine with the current Browser Use CLI.
allowed-tools: Bash(browser-use:*)
---

# Remote Browser

Use this skill when an agent runs on a machine without a usable local Chrome and needs an isolated browser. The current Browser Use CLI runs Python from stdin. Do not use the removed `open`, `state`, `click`, `input`, `tab`, `cloud connect`, or `--connect` commands.

## Check the CLI

```bash
browser-use --doctor
browser-use skill show
```

If setup fails, follow the current [Browser Use skill](../browser-use/SKILL.md).

## Start an isolated browser

Authenticate once:

```bash
browser-use auth login
```

Pick a short unique name. `r7k2` below is only an example.

```bash
browser-use <<'PY'
start_remote_daemon("r7k2")
PY
```

Use the same name for every command in this browser:

```bash
BU_NAME=r7k2 browser-use <<'PY'
new_tab("https://example.com")
wait_for_load()
print(page_info())
PY
```

Each remote daemon is a separate Browser Use Cloud browser. Use a different name for each parallel task. Remote browsers can bill until they stop or time out.

## Inspect and interact

Helpers are pre-imported. Keep multi-step work in one heredoc when practical.

```bash
BU_NAME=r7k2 browser-use <<'PY'
print(page_info())
print(js("document.title"))

fill_input('input[name="q"]', "browser automation")
press_key("Enter")
wait_for_load()

print(page_info())
PY
```

Useful helpers:

- Navigate: `new_tab(url)`, `goto_url(url)`, `wait_for_load()`
- Inspect: `page_info()`, `js(code)`, `cdp(method, ...)`
- Interact: `click_at_xy(x, y)`, `type_text(text)`, `fill_input(selector, text)`, `press_key(key)`, `scroll(x, y)`
- Tabs: `list_tabs()`, `switch_tab(target)`, `close_tab(target)`
- Files and proof: `capture_screenshot()`, `wait_for_element(selector)`

Prefer the accessibility tree for element discovery:

```python
nodes = cdp("Accessibility.getFullAXTree")["nodes"]
```

Use a targeted `js(...)` query when the accessibility tree lacks the element. Verify each action with `page_info()`, a focused DOM check, or a screenshot.

## Stop the browser

When the work is done, stop the exact named browser:

```bash
browser-use <<'PY'
stop_remote_daemon("r7k2")
PY
```

Do not leave an unused remote browser running.
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