Agent skill · software engineering · aradotso
lightpanda-browser
Expert skill for Lightpanda — the headless browser built in Zig for AI agents and automation. 9x less memory, 11x faster than Chrome. Installation, CLI, CDP server, Playwright/Puppeteer integration, and web scraping.
Why this skill is useful
Adds executable CLI commands and integration patterns for a unique headless browser that the AI wouldn't generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires docker installed locally. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-09. 70 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Lightpanda — Headless Browser for AI & Automation Skill by ara.so — Daily 2026 Skills collection Lightpanda is a headless browser built from scratch in Zig, designed for AI agents, web scraping, and automation. It uses 9x less memory and runs 11x faster than Chrome headless. Key facts: Not based on Chromium, Blink, or WebKit — clean-slate Zig implementation JavaScript execution via V8 engine CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol) compatible — works with Playwright, Puppeteer, chromedp Respects robots.txt via --obeyrobots flag Beta status, actively developed License: AGPL-3.0 Installation macOS (Apple Silicon) Linux (x8664) Docker CLI Usage Fetch a URL (dump rendered HTML) Start CDP Server This launches a WebSocket-based CDP server for programmatic control. CLI Flags Flag Description ------ ------------- --obeyrobots Respect robots.txt rules --logformat pretty Human-readable log output --loglevel info Log verbosity: debug, info, warn, error --host 127.0.0.1 Bind address for CDP server --port 9222 Port for CDP server --insecuredisabletlshostverification Disable TLS verification (testing only) Playwright Integration Start the CDP server, then connect Playwright to it: Puppeteer Integration Go (chromedp) Integration Python Integration Web Scraping Patterns Batch Page Fetching Extract Structured Data Docker Compose (with your app) Supported Web APIs Lightpanda supports (partial, expanding): DOM tree manipulation and querying JavaScript execution (V8) XMLHttpRequest (XHR) Fetch API Cookie management Network interception Proxy support Configuration Environment Variable Description --------------------- ------------- LIGHTPANDADISABLETELEMETRY Set to true to opt out of usage metrics Performance Comparison Metric Lightpanda Chrome Headless -------- ----------- ----------------- Memory ~9x less Baseline Speed ~11x faster Baseline Binary size Small (Zig) Large (Chromium) Rendering No visual rendering Full rendering engine When to Use Lightpanda Use Lightpanda when: Running AI agents t …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aradotso/lightpanda-browser