@aladac/claude-browse

Headless browser automation for Claude Code using Playwright WebKit.

Installation

npm install @aladac/claude-browse
npx playwright install webkit

CLI Usage

# Take a screenshot
claude-browse https://example.com

# Custom viewport and output
claude-browse -o page.png -w 1920 -h 1080 https://example.com

# Query elements
claude-browse -q "a[href]" https://example.com
claude-browse -q "img" -j https://example.com  # JSON output

# Click and interact
claude-browse -c "button.submit" https://example.com
claude-browse -t "input[name=q]=hello" -c "button[type=submit]" https://google.com

# Chain actions
claude-browse -c ".cookie-accept" -c "a.nav-link" -q "h1" https://example.com

# Interactive mode (visible browser)
claude-browse -i --headed https://example.com

Server Mode

Start a persistent browser server that accepts commands via HTTP:

claude-browse -s 3000           # headless
claude-browse -s 3000 --headed  # visible browser

Send commands:

# Navigate
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"goto","url":"https://example.com"}'

# Click
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"click","selector":"button.submit"}'

# Type
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"type","selector":"#search","text":"hello"}'

# Query elements
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"query","selector":"a[href]"}'

# Screenshot
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"screenshot","path":"page.png"}'

# Get current URL
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"url"}'

# Get page HTML
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"html"}'

# Navigation
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"back"}'
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"forward"}'
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"reload"}'

# Wait
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"wait","ms":2000}'

# Close server
curl -X POST localhost:3000 -d '{"cmd":"close"}'

Claude Code Plugin (Recommended)

Install as a Claude Code plugin for the best integration:

# Install from GitHub
claude plugin install github:aladac/claude-browse

# Or install from local path
claude plugin install /path/to/claude-browse

Prerequisites: Node.js 18+ (the MCP server runs via npx)

Plugin Features

Slash Commands:

Command	Description
/browse:start	Start an interactive browsing session
/browse:goto <url>	Navigate to URL and describe findings
/browse:screenshot	Take a screenshot of the current page
/browse:scrape <url>	Scrape content from a webpage
/browse:analyze	Analyze current page content and structure
/browse:extract [selector]	Extract structured data from page
/browse:fill [data]	Help fill out forms
/browse:compare [action]	Compare page states before/after action

MCP Resources (@ mentions):

Resource	Description
@claude-browse:browser://state	Browser state (URL, title, launched)
@claude-browse:browser://html	Page HTML (truncated to 10KB)
@claude-browse:browser://html/full	Complete page HTML
@claude-browse:browser://screenshot	Page screenshot as base64 PNG

MCP Server (Standalone)

Use with any MCP-compatible client:

# Run the MCP server
claude-browse-mcp

Add to Claude Code's MCP config (~/.claude/settings.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser": {
      "command": "claude-browse-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available Tools: goto, click, type, query, screenshot, url, html, back, forward, reload, wait, eval

Image Processing Tools: favicon, convert, resize, crop, compress, thumbnail

Programmatic Usage

import { ClaudeBrowser, startServer } from '@aladac/claude-browse';

// Direct browser control
const browser = new ClaudeBrowser({
  headless: true,
  width: 1280,
  height: 800,
});

await browser.launch();
await browser.goto('https://example.com');

const elements = await browser.query('a[href]');
console.log(elements);

await browser.click('button.submit');
await browser.type('#input', 'hello');
await browser.screenshot('page.png');

await browser.close();

// Or start a server
const server = await startServer({ port: 3000, headless: false });
// Server runs until closed via HTTP or SIGINT

API

ClaudeBrowser

• launch() - Launch the browser
• close() - Close the browser
• goto(url) - Navigate to URL
• click(selector) - Click element
• type(selector, text) - Type into input
• query(selector) - Query elements, returns attributes
• screenshot(path?, fullPage?) - Take screenshot
• getUrl() - Get current URL and title
• getHtml(full?) - Get page HTML
• back() / forward() / reload() - Navigation
• wait(ms) - Wait for timeout
• newPage() - Open new page
• executeCommand(cmd) - Execute a command object

BrowserServer

• start() - Start HTTP server
• stop() - Stop server and close browser
• getPort() - Get server port

License

MIT