browser-harness

name	browser-harness
description	Always use browser-harness for any web interaction: automation, scraping, testing, or site/app work.

browser-harness

Direct browser control via CDP.

Usage

• Helpers are pre-imported. run.py calls ensure_daemon() before exec.
• First navigation is new_tab(url), not goto_url(url).

Page Workflow

• Prefer to find elements with the accessibility tree, not screenshots: cdp("Accessibility.getFullAXTree")["nodes"] has every element's role, name, and backendDOMNodeId — filter in Python before printing (it is thousands of nodes). Coordinates: q = cdp("DOM.getBoxModel", backendNodeId=n)["model"]["content"]; x, y = sum(q[0::2])/4, sum(q[1::2])/4 (viewport px, ready for click_at_xy; negative/oversized means scroll first).
• Clicking: AX node -> box center -> click_at_xy(x, y) -> verify with a targeted js(...)/page_info() check.
• Fall back to raw HTML via js(...) only when the AX tree lacks the element (canvas, exotic widgets); screenshot when layout or imagery matters.
• After navigation, call wait_for_load().
• If the current tab is stale or internal, call ensure_real_tab().
• Use js(...) for DOM inspection or extraction when coordinates are the wrong tool.
• Login walls: stop and ask. Exception: use available SSO automatically when Chrome is already signed in; still stop for passwords, MFA, consent, or ambiguous account choice.
• Raw CDP is available with cdp("Domain.method", ...).