browser-harness
Drive an existing browser through CDP for authenticated, visual, or interactive web automation.
Profile →npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill browser-harness --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# browser-harness ## When to Use - Use when a task needs a real logged-in browser, visible interaction, or JS-heavy page control. - Use when static fetches are insufficient and CDP browser automation is appropriate. Direct browser control via CDP. For task-specific edits, use `agent-workspace/agent_helpers.py`. For setup, install, or connection problems, read install.md. **Routing check first:** if the task needs no interaction (no clicks, logins, or forms) and you just want page content, use DeepAPI `POST /v1/scrape/website` instead of driving a browser — see the `deepapi` skill. Use browser-harness when the task needs a real browser: interaction, JS-heavy flows, logged-in sessions, or visual verification. Domain skills (community-contributed per-site playbooks under `agent-workspace/domain-skills/`) are off by default. Set `BH_DOMAIN_SKILLS=1` to enable them; see the bottom section. **If `BH_DOMAIN_SKILLS=1` and the task is site-specific, read every file in the matching `agent-workspace/domain-skills/<site>/` directory before inventing an approach.** ## Usage ```bash browser-harness -c ' new_tab("https://docs.browser-use.com") wait_for_load() print(page_info()) ' ``` - Invoke as
- When to Use
- Usage
- Tool call shape
- Remote browsers
- Interaction skills
- What actually works
- Design constraints
- Hermes Agent integration
- Authenticated content extraction (proven pattern)
- Gotchas (field-tested)
- Domain skills (opt-in)
- Limitations
browser-harness -c '
any python. helpers pre-imported. daemon auto-starts.
import time
text = js("""
const article = document.querySelector("article");
if (article) return article.innerText;
return document.body.innerText;
with open("/tmp/extracted.txt", "w") as f:What does the browser-harness skill do?
Drive an existing browser through CDP for authenticated, visual, or interactive web automation.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill browser-harness --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository with 44,414 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.