--- name: browser-use description: Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction. Use when the user needs to navigate websites, interact with web pages, fill forms, take screenshots, or extract information from web pages. allowed-tools: Bash(browser-use:*) --- # Browser Automation with browser-use CLI The `browser-use` command provides fast, persistent browser automation. A background daemon keeps the browser open across commands, giving ~50ms latency per call. ## Prerequisites ```bash browser-use doctor # Verify installation ``` For setup details, see https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/main/browser_use/skill_cli/README.md ## Core Workflow 1. **Navigate**: `browser-use open ` — starts browser if needed 2. **Inspect**: `browser-use state` — returns clickable elements with indices 3. **Interact**: use indices from state (`browser-use click 5`, `browser-use input 3 "text"`) 4. **Verify**: `browser-use state` or `browser-use screenshot` to confirm 5. **Repeat**: browser stays open between commands 6. **Cleanup**: `browser-use close` when done ## Browser Modes ```bash browser-use open # Default: headless Chromium browser-use --headed open # Visible window browser-use --profile "Default" open # Real Chrome with Default profile (existing logins/cookies) browser-use --profile "Profile 1" open # Real Chrome with named profile browser-use --connect open # Auto-discover running Chrome via CDP browser-use --cdp-url ws://localhost:9222/... open # Connect via CDP URL ``` `--connect`, `--cdp-url`, and `--profile` are mutually exclusive. ## OpenClaw alignment - Gateway **browser** config (`openclaw.json`: `browser.headless`, `browser.profiles`, `browser.ssrfPolicy`) governs in-process browser tools; this skill covers the **browser-use CLI** when agents run shell commands. - Prefer **headless** for automation; use `--headed` only for debugging. ## Commands ```bash # Navigation browser-use open # Navigate to URL browser-use back # Go back in history browser-use scroll down # Scroll down (--amount N for pixels) browser-use scroll up # Scroll up browser-use switch # Switch to tab by index browser-use close-tab [tab] # Close tab (current if no index) # Page State — always run state first to get element indices browser-use state # URL, title, clickable elements with indices browser-use screenshot [path.png] # Screenshot (base64 if no path, --full for full page) # Interactions — use indices from state browser-use click # Click element by index browser-use click # Click at pixel coordinates browser-use type "text" # Type into focused element browser-use input "text" # Click element, then type browser-use keys "Enter" # Send keyboard keys (also "Control+a", etc.) browser-use select "option" # Select dropdown option browser-use upload # Upload file to file input browser-use hover # Hover over element browser-use dblclick # Double-click element browser-use rightclick # Right-click element # Data Extraction browser-use eval "js code" # Execute JavaScript, return result browser-use get title # Page title browser-use get html [--selector "h1"] # Page HTML (or scoped to selector) browser-use get text # Element text content browser-use get value # Input/textarea value browser-use get attributes # Element attributes browser-use get bbox # Bounding box (x, y, width, height) # Wait browser-use wait selector "css" # Wait for element (--state visible|hidden|attached|detached, --timeout ms) browser-use wait text "text" # Wait for text to appear # Cookies browser-use cookies get [--url ] # Get cookies (optionally filtered) browser-use cookies set # Set cookie (--domain, --secure, --http-only, --same-site, --expires) browser-use cookies clear [--url ] # Clear cookies browser-use cookies export # Export to JSON browser-use cookies import # Import from JSON # Python — persistent session with browser access browser-use python "code" # Execute Python (variables persist across calls) browser-use python --file script.py # Run file browser-use python --vars # Show defined variables browser-use python --reset # Clear namespace # Session browser-use close # Close browser and stop daemon browser-use sessions # List active sessions browser-use close --all # Close all sessions ``` The Python `browser` object provides: `browser.url`, `browser.title`, `browser.html`, `browser.goto(url)`, `browser.back()`, `browser.click(index)`, `browser.type(text)`, `browser.input(index, text)`, `browser.keys(keys)`, `browser.upload(index, path)`, `browser.screenshot(path)`, `browser.scroll(direction, amount)`, `browser.wait(seconds)`. ## Cloud API ```bash browser-use cloud connect # Provision cloud browser and connect browser-use cloud connect --timeout 120 --proxy-country US # With options browser-use cloud login # Save API key (or set BROWSER_USE_API_KEY) browser-use cloud logout # Remove API key browser-use cloud v2 GET /browsers # REST passthrough (v2 or v3) browser-use cloud v2 POST /tasks '{"task":"...","url":"..."}' browser-use cloud v2 poll # Poll task until done browser-use cloud v2 --help # Show API endpoints ``` `cloud connect` provisions a cloud browser, connects via CDP, and prints a live URL. `browser-use close` disconnects AND stops the cloud browser. ## Tunnels ```bash browser-use tunnel # Start Cloudflare tunnel (idempotent) browser-use tunnel list # Show active tunnels browser-use tunnel stop # Stop tunnel browser-use tunnel stop --all # Stop all tunnels ``` ## Profile Management ```bash browser-use profile list # List detected browsers and profiles browser-use profile sync --all # Sync profiles to cloud browser-use profile update # Download/update profile-use binary ``` ## Command Chaining Commands can be chained with `&&`. The browser persists via the daemon, so chaining is safe and efficient. ```bash browser-use open https://example.com && browser-use state browser-use input 5 "user@example.com" && browser-use input 6 "password" && browser-use click 7 ``` Chain when you don't need intermediate output. Run separately when you need to parse `state` to discover indices first. ## Common Workflows ### Authenticated Browsing When a task requires an authenticated site (Gmail, GitHub, internal tools), use Chrome profiles: ```bash browser-use profile list # Check available profiles # Ask the user which profile to use, then: browser-use --profile "Default" open https://github.com # Already logged in ``` ### Connecting to Existing Chrome ```bash browser-use --connect open https://example.com # Auto-discovers Chrome's CDP endpoint ``` Requires Chrome with remote debugging enabled. Falls back to probing ports 9222/9229. ### Exposing Local Dev Servers ```bash browser-use tunnel 3000 # → https://abc.trycloudflare.com browser-use open https://abc.trycloudflare.com # Browse the tunnel ``` ## Global Options | Option | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- | | `--headed` | Show browser window | | `--profile [NAME]` | Use real Chrome (bare `--profile` uses "Default") | | `--connect` | Auto-discover running Chrome via CDP | | `--cdp-url ` | Connect via CDP URL (`http://` or `ws://`) | | `--session NAME` | Target a named session (default: "default") | | `--json` | Output as JSON | | `--mcp` | Run as MCP server via stdin/stdout | ## Tips 1. **Always run `state` first** to see available elements and their indices 2. **Use `--headed` for debugging** to see what the browser is doing 3. **Sessions persist** — browser stays open between commands 4. **CLI aliases**: `bu`, `browser`, and `browseruse` all work ## Troubleshooting - **Browser won't start?** `browser-use close` then `browser-use --headed open ` - **Element not found?** `browser-use scroll down` then `browser-use state` - **Run diagnostics:** `browser-use doctor` ## Cleanup ```bash browser-use close # Close browser session browser-use tunnel stop --all # Stop tunnels (if any) ```

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