ego-browser
ego-browser (ego-lite) is a Chromium-based browser designed from the ground up to be friendly to both human users and AI Agents. AI Agents work in their own isolated space, reusing the user's login state without competing for the browser. Use this skill whenever the user needs to interact with a website opening pages, filling forms, clicking buttons, taking screenshots, extracting page data, testing web apps, logging into sites, automating browser operations, or any other browser automation task. Triggers include requests to "open a website", "visit a URL", "fill out a form", "click a button",
Profile →npx skills add citrolabs/ego-lite --skill ego-browser --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.
# ego-browser ego-browser gives AI agents a CLI-accessible Node.js runtime, with built-in helpers — snapshotText, click, js, cdp, and more — that agents call directly inside JS scripts to observe pages, interact with UI, evaluate browser-side JavaScript, and drive a real browser for any web automation task. For setup, install, or connection problems, read `references/install.md`. Use the `Bash` tool to run all browser operations via `ego-browser nodejs <<'EOF' ... EOF` heredoc. Do not write code to a `.js` file first. ## Quick start ```bash ego-browser nodejs <<'EOF' // Name the task space for the whole user task, then reuse that space across heredoc rounds. const task = await useOrCreateTaskSpace('inspect example page') cliLog('task space id: ' + task.id) await openOrReuseTab('https://example.com', { wait: true, timeout: 20 }) cliLog(await snapshotText()) EOF ``` The heredoc body runs as a Node.js script that controls the selected ego-browser task space. All ego-browser helpers are preloaded into that script. ## Common helpers - Task spaces: `listTaskSpaces`, `useOrCreateTaskSpace`, `claimTaskSpace`, `handOffTaskSpace`, `takeOverTaskSpace`, `waitForAgentControl`, `completeTaskSpac
- Quick start
- Common helpers
- Task spaces
- Control handoff
- Scroll / mouse
- uploadFile
- js
- Recommended workflow
- Caveats
ego-browser nodejs <<'EOF'
What does the ego-browser skill do?
ego-browser (ego-lite) is a Chromium-based browser designed from the ground up to be friendly to both human users and AI Agents. AI Agents work in their own isolated space, reusing the user's login state without competing for the browser. Use this skill whenever the user needs to interact with a website opening pages, filling forms, clicking buttons, taking screenshots, extracting page data, testing web apps, logging into sites, automating browser operations, or any other browser automation task. Triggers include requests to "open a website", "visit a URL", "fill out a form", "click a button",
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add citrolabs/ego-lite --skill ego-browser --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 citrolabs/ego-lite, a repository with 8,261 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.