Browse CLI

The unified Browserbase CLI now lives under the browse command. You can use it for browser automation, Browserbase cloud APIs, Functions, templates, and skill installation. Use the Browse CLI when you want your agent to stay in the terminal for workflows like:

Browser automation: browse open, snapshot, click, fill, type, upload, screenshot, wait, and viewport
Navigation and inspection: browse back, forward, reload, highlight, refs, get, is, eval, and cdp
Session controls: browse status, stop, cursor, tab, network, and mouse
Cloud APIs: browse cloud for Browserbase projects, sessions, contexts, extensions, fetch, and search APIs
Functions: browse functions for function development, publishing, and invocation
Skills and templates: browse skills and browse templates for reusable browser workflows and scaffolds

The browse CLI is the current Browserbase CLI surface.

Choose the right skill

Skill	Best for
`browser`	Interactive browser automation powered by the `browse` CLI
`fetch`	Lightweight page retrieval via the Browserbase Fetch API
`functions`	Focused Browserbase Functions workflows
`browse-cli`	Unified `browse` workflows across browser automation, cloud APIs, functions, skills, and templates

Installation

Browse CLI
Vercel Skills CLI
Claude Code plugins

Install the Browse CLI

npm install -g browse

Install the bundled skill

browse skills install

Install the skill

npx skills add browserbase/skills --skill browser

Install the Browse CLI

npm install -g browse

Add the Browserbase marketplace

claude plugin marketplace add browserbase/skills

Install the browse plugin

claude plugin install browse@browserbase --scope local

Install the Browse CLI

npm install -g browse

Command surface

The current top-level browse topics are:

cloud for Browserbase cloud resources and APIs
functions for Browserbase Functions
mouse for raw mouse coordinate input
network for browser network capture
skills for discovering and installing browser automation skills
tab for tab management
templates for scaffolding Browserbase templates

The current top-level browser commands are:

back, forward, reload, open, and wait
snapshot, refs, highlight, screenshot, and cursor
click, fill, type, upload, select, key, and press
get, is, eval, viewport, status, stop, and cdp

Authentication

Remote Browserbase commands require your API key:

export BROWSERBASE_API_KEY="your_api_key"

The CLI reads BROWSERBASE_API_KEY from the environment on every command, including when a browse daemon is already running. You can export the key at any point or provide it to a single command without restarting the daemon:

BROWSERBASE_API_KEY="your_api_key" browse open https://example.com --remote

Daemon lifecycle

Browser commands start the browse daemon automatically. To start a session when no daemon is running, use the exact command below and add --local or --remote if you want to choose the browser target explicitly:

browse open <url>

If a previous daemon stopped unexpectedly, clean up its state and start a fresh session:

browse stop --force
browse open <url>

browse stop is idempotent. When no daemon is running, it returns "stopped": false and exits successfully with code 0.

Common workflows

Browser automation

browse open https://example.com
browse snapshot
browse click @0-4
browse fill @0-7 "hello@example.com"
browse screenshot

Cloud APIs

browse cloud projects list
browse cloud sessions get <session_id>
browse cloud contexts create
browse cloud extensions upload ./my-extension.zip

Functions

browse functions init my-function
cd my-function
browse functions dev index.ts
browse functions publish index.ts
browse functions invoke <function_id> --params '{"url":"https://example.com"}'

Skills

browse skills list
browse skills find reviews
browse skills add yelp.com/extract-reviews

Browse.sh

Browse.sh is an open-source catalog of skills for reliable web tasks. It gives your agents researched playbooks for hundreds of sites.

Skills repository

View the Browserbase skills source and installation instructions.

Browse.sh

Explore the public Browse.sh skill catalog.

Welcome

Platform

Use cases

Optimization

Account

Choose the right skill

Installation

Command surface

Authentication

Daemon lifecycle

Common workflows

Browser automation

Cloud APIs

Functions

Skills

Browse.sh

Further reading

Skills repository

Browse.sh

​Choose the right skill

​Installation

​Command surface

​Authentication

​Daemon lifecycle

​Common workflows

​Browser automation

​Cloud APIs

​Functions

​Skills

​Browse.sh

​Further reading

Skills repository

Browse.sh

Choose the right skill

Installation

Command surface

Authentication

Daemon lifecycle

Common workflows

Browser automation

Cloud APIs

Functions

Skills

Browse.sh

Further reading