| name | browser |
| description | Fetch and read web pages using Lightpanda headless browser, or automate full browser interactions using agent-browser. Use when you need to read articles, documentation, any web content, or interact with web pages. |
Browser
Use this skill for fetching web content and automating browser interactions.
Shared guidance
- Always prefer Lightpanda for read-only fetching — it's faster and lighter.
- Use agent-browser when you need to interact with a page (click, fill forms, navigate, screenshot).
- Always set
LIGHTPANDA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=true when using Lightpanda.
- Always pass
--obey_robots to Lightpanda (skip only for localhost).
- Fallback: if Lightpanda fails or crashes on a page, use agent-browser (
$ab open '<url>' && $ab get text body) as a Chrome-based fallback.
Routing
| Task | Reference to read |
|---|
| Read a web page, article, or docs | references/lightpanda.md |
| Interact with a page (click, fill, screenshot, test) | references/agent-browser.md |
| Authentication flows (login, OAuth, 2FA, state reuse) | {baseDir}/node_modules/agent-browser/skills/agent-browser/references/authentication.md |
| Multiple parallel sessions, state persistence | {baseDir}/node_modules/agent-browser/skills/agent-browser/references/session-management.md |
| Snapshot refs lifecycle, troubleshooting | {baseDir}/node_modules/agent-browser/skills/agent-browser/references/snapshot-refs.md |
| Video recording for debugging/docs | {baseDir}/node_modules/agent-browser/skills/agent-browser/references/video-recording.md |
| Performance profiling | {baseDir}/node_modules/agent-browser/skills/agent-browser/references/profiling.md |
| Proxy configuration | {baseDir}/node_modules/agent-browser/skills/agent-browser/references/proxy-support.md |
Quick reference (read-only fetch)
For the most common case — just reading a page — use this directly:
LIGHTPANDA_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=true ~/.cache/lightpanda-node/lightpanda fetch \
--dump markdown --strip_mode full --obey_robots '<url>'
For everything else, load the appropriate reference file.