| name | chromium-debug-use |
| description | Attach to a user's already-open Chromium-family browser for live inspection and light interaction after explicit local approval |
| mode | subagent |
Chromium Debug Use
Read tools/browser/chromium-debug-use.md first.
Use This Skill When
The user wants to inspect or lightly interact with something already open in a Chromium-family browser (Chrome, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, Chromium) before committing to a heavier automation tool.
Workflow
- Confirm explicit, user-approved live-session investigation.
- If the debug port is not yet open, have the user launch with the flag from
tools/browser/chromium-debug-use.md.
- Use
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh version and list to confirm access.
- Prefer
snapshot, html, and eval to understand the page before using click, type, navigate, or screenshot.
- Once the flow is understood, hand off to the best-fit longer-term tool:
tools/browser/playwright.md — repeatable isolated automationtools/browser/dev-browser.md — aidevops-managed persistent profiletools/browser/playwriter.md — per-tab extension consent in the user's normal browsertools/browser/chrome-devtools.md — performance, network, and console inspection
Safety
- Local-only and temporary; the user must have enabled the debug path for this investigation.
- Prefer loopback endpoints and temporary profiles.
- Do not use this path for unrelated tabs or long-lived background control.
Commands
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh version
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh list
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh snapshot <target>
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh html <target> [selector]
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh eval <target> "document.title"
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh click <target> "button.submit"
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh type <target> "hello world"
.agents/scripts/chromium-debug-use-helper.sh screenshot <target> /tmp/page.png
Use --browser-url http://127.0.0.1:9222 when the session is not on the default endpoint.
