| name | use-browser |
| description | Enable browser use with Playwright Python. Use this skill when the user asks to access or interact with a web page, scrape information from a website, automate web tasks, or perform any action that requires a real browser environment. This skill allows you to navigate websites, fill out forms, click buttons, and extract data as if you were using a browser yourself. |
This skill enables browser use with Playwright, allowing you to access and interact with web pages, scrape information, automate tasks, and perform any action that requires a real browser environment.
Installation
pip install playwright --break-system-packages -q && playwright install chromium 2>&1 | tail -5
Scripts
Ready-to-use scripts live in claude/skills/use-browser/scripts/. Run them directly with python3 scripts/<name> or copy/adapt as needed.
All scripts save output under /tmp/web/<site-name>/.
| Script | Purpose | Usage |
|---|
screenshot | Full-page screenshot | screenshot <url> [output_path] |
scrape-text | Extract visible text | scrape-text <url> |
scrape-html | Extract full HTML | scrape-html <url> |
scrape-links | List all links (href + text) | scrape-links <url> |
wait-and-scrape | Wait for selector, extract text | wait-and-scrape <url> <selector> |
multi-page | Paginate and collect items | multi-page <url> <item_sel> <next_sel> [max_pages] |
auth-session | Login and reuse saved session | auth-session login <url> <user> <pass> / auth-session use <url> |
Patterns
Headless vs headed
browser = await p.chromium.launch(headless=True)
browser = await p.chromium.launch(headless=False)
Intercept network requests
await page.route("**/*.{png,jpg,gif}", lambda r: r.abort())
await page.route("**/api/**", lambda r: print(r.url) or r.continue_())
Execute JavaScript
result = await page.evaluate("() => window.__SOME_GLOBAL__")
await page.evaluate("window.scrollTo(0, document.body.scrollHeight)")
Handle dialogs
page.on("dialog", lambda d: asyncio.ensure_future(d.accept()))
Set viewport and user agent
ctx = await browser.new_context(
viewport={"width": 1280, "height": 720},
user_agent="Mozilla/5.0 ..."
)
