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Automate browser interactions using the browse CLI with Claude.
Before running any browser commands, verify the CLI is available:
which browse || npm install -g @browserbasehq/browse-cli
The CLI automatically selects between local and remote browser environments based on available configuration:
BROWSERBASE_API_KEYBROWSERBASE_PROJECT_IDAll commands work identically in both modes. The daemon auto-starts on first command.
browse open <url> # Go to URL (aliases: goto) browse reload # Reload current page browse back # Go back in history browse forward # Go forward in history
browse snapshot # Get accessibility tree with element refs (fast, structured) browse screenshot [path] # Take visual screenshot (slow, uses vision tokens) browse get url # Get current URL browse get title # Get page title browse get text <selector> # Get text content (use "body" for all text) browse get html <selector> # Get HTML content of element browse get value <selector> # Get form field value
Use
browse snapshotbrowse screenshotbrowse click <ref> # Click element by ref from snapshot (e.g., @0-5) browse type <text> # Type text into focused element browse fill <selector> <value> # Fill input and press Enter browse select <selector> <values...> # Select dropdown option(s) browse press <key> # Press key (Enter, Tab, Escape, Cmd+A, etc.) browse drag <fromX> <fromY> <toX> <toY> # Drag from one point to another browse scroll <x> <y> <deltaX> <deltaY> # Scroll at coordinates browse highlight <selector> # Highlight element on page browse is visible <selector> # Check if element is visible browse is checked <selector> # Check if element is checked browse wait <type> [arg] # Wait for: load, selector, timeout
browse stop # Stop the browser daemon browse status # Check daemon status (includes env) browse env # Show current environment (local or remote) browse env local # Switch to local Chrome browse env remote # Switch to Browserbase (requires API keys) browse pages # List all open tabs browse tab_switch <index> # Switch to tab by index browse tab_close [index] # Close tab
browse open <url>browse snapshotbrowse click <ref>browse type <text>browse fill <selector> <value>browse snapshotbrowse stopbrowse open https://example.com browse snapshot # see page structure + element refs browse click @0-5 # click element with ref 0-5 browse get title browse stop
| Feature | Local | Browserbase |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Faster | Slightly slower |
| Setup | Chrome required | API key required |
| Stealth mode | No | Yes (custom Chromium, anti-bot fingerprinting) |
| CAPTCHA solving | No | Yes (automatic reCAPTCHA/hCaptcha) |
| Residential proxies | No | Yes (201 countries, geo-targeting) |
| Session persistence | No | Yes (cookies/auth persist across sessions) |
| Best for | Development/simple pages | Protected sites, bot detection, production scraping |
browse openbrowse snapshotbrowse click @0-5browse stopbrowse stopbrowse statuspkill -f "browse.*daemon"browse openbrowse env remotebrowse snapshotSwitch to remote when you detect: CAPTCHAs (reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile), bot detection pages ("Checking your browser..."), HTTP 403/429, empty pages on sites that should have content, or the user asks for it.
Don't switch for simple sites (docs, wikis, public APIs, localhost).
browse env remote # switch to Browserbase browse env local # switch back to local Chrome
The switch is sticky until you run
browse stopFor detailed examples, see EXAMPLES.md. For API reference, see REFERENCE.md.
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