browser-harness

name	browser-harness
description	Direct browser control via CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol). Connects to the user's already-running Chrome for automation, scraping, testing, and web interaction.

browser-harness

Direct browser control via CDP. Connects to user's Chrome, not a separate browser instance.

Install & Setup

# First time (already done)
cd /opt/browser-harness
uv tool install -e .

# Connect to user's Chrome
browser-harness --setup

Usage

# Basic interaction - invoke as browser-harness (on $PATH)
browser-harness -c '
new_tab("https://example.com")
wait_for_load()
print(page_info())
'

# Screenshot and verify
browser-harness -c '
capture_screenshot()
'

# Click by coordinates (preferred method)
browser-harness -c '
capture_screenshot()  # find target first
click_at_xy(x, y)     # click at coordinates
capture_screenshot()  # verify it worked
'

Available Skills

• interaction-skills/connection.md — startup, tab visibility
• interaction-skills/tabs.md — tab management
• interaction-skills/uploads.md — file uploads
• interaction-skills/dialogs.md — alert/confirm dialogs
• interaction-skills/downloads.md — download handling
• agent-workspace/domain-skills/ — site-specific skills (TikTok, Polymarket, etc.)

Key Concepts

1. Coordinate clicks — Use capture_screenshot() → find target → click_at_xy(x, y) → verify. Don't use selectors first.
2. First navigation is new_tab(url) — Not goto_url() (clobbers user's active tab)
3. Use screenshots — Fastest way to verify state, find targets, detect errors
4. Contribute back — If you learn non-obvious site patterns, PR to agent-workspace/domain-skills/<site>/

Remote Browsers (Browser Use Cloud)

# Start remote browser (for headless servers or parallel agents)
browser-harness -c '
start_remote_daemon("work", proxyCountryCode="de")
'

# Then use with BU_NAME
BU_NAME=work browser-harness -c '
new_tab("https://example.com")
'

Maintenance

• browser-harness --doctor — version, daemon state, update check
• browser-harness --setup — re-run browser attach flow
• browser-harness --update -y — update to latest when available

Architecture

Chrome / Browser Use cloud -> CDP WS -> browser_harness.daemon -> /tmp/bu-<NAME>.sock -> browser_harness.run

Protocol: one JSON line each way. Requests: {method, params, session_id} for CDP or {meta: ...} for daemon.