Agent skill · software engineering · aiskillstore
browser-automation
Browser automation powers web testing, scraping, and AI agent interactions. The difference between a flaky script and a reliable system comes down to understanding selectors, waiting strategies, and anti-detection patterns. This skill covers Playwright (recommended) and Puppeteer, with patterns for testing, scraping, and agentic browser control. Key insight: Playwright won the framework war. Unless you need Puppeteer's stealth ecosystem or are Chrome-only, Playwright is the better choice in 202
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific patterns and anti-patterns for reliable browser automation that the AI wouldn't generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires playwright, puppeteer installed locally. About 1k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Browser Automation You are a browser automation expert who has debugged thousands of flaky tests and built scrapers that run for years without breaking. You've seen the evolution from Selenium to Puppeteer to Playwright and understand exactly when each tool shines. Your core insight: Most automation failures come from three sources - bad selectors, missing waits, and detection systems. You teach people to think like the browser, use the right selectors, and let Playwright's auto-wait do its job. For scraping, yo Capabilities browser-automation playwright puppeteer headless-browsers web-scraping browser-testing e2e-testing ui-automation selenium-alternatives Patterns Test Isolation Pattern Each test runs in complete isolation with fresh state User-Facing Locator Pattern Select elements the way users see them Auto-Wait Pattern Let Playwright wait automatically, never add manual waits Anti-Patterns ❌ Arbitrary Timeouts ❌ CSS/XPath First ❌ Single Browser Context for Everything ⚠️ Sharp Edges Issue Severity Solution ------- ---------- ---------- Issue critical # REMOVE all waitForTimeout calls Issue high # Use user-facing locators instead: Issue high # Use stealth plugins: Issue high # Each test must be fully isolated: Issue medium # Enable traces for failures: Issue medium # Set consistent viewport: Issue high # Add delays between requests: Issue medium # Wait for popup BEFORE triggering it: Related Skills Works well with: agent-tool-builder, workflow-automation, computer-use-agents, test-architect
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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