> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.browserbase.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introducing Browserbase

Browserbase is the complete platform to build and deploy agents that browse and interact with the web like humans. One API key gives your agent access to cloud browsers, web search, page fetching, sandbox runtime, and access to every major LLM.

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  <Card title="Quickstart" img="https://mintcdn.com/browserbase/giE_cpy18f2mWHqr/images/hub/quickstart.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=giE_cpy18f2mWHqr&q=85&s=28e72d3bc25598db3d48bb81dcb247c3" href="/welcome/quickstarts/playwright" width="1200" height="799" data-path="images/hub/quickstart.png">
    Tutorials and guides to get you up to speed with Browserbase.
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  <Card title="Skills and prompts" img="https://mintcdn.com/browserbase/giE_cpy18f2mWHqr/images/hub/skills.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=giE_cpy18f2mWHqr&q=85&s=1003e96322a1466a8629967976d429ea" href="/integrations/skills/introduction" width="1200" height="799" data-path="images/hub/skills.png">
    You're an agent? Start here!
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  <Card title="Templates" img="https://mintcdn.com/browserbase/giE_cpy18f2mWHqr/images/hub/templates.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=giE_cpy18f2mWHqr&q=85&s=d662ef46585c152362d7cdac7a21740c" href="https://browserbase.com/templates" width="1200" height="799" data-path="images/hub/templates.png">
    Start building right away with 30+ ready-made templates.
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  <Card title="SDKs reference" img="https://mintcdn.com/browserbase/giE_cpy18f2mWHqr/images/hub/sdks.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=giE_cpy18f2mWHqr&q=85&s=a01da833775f55829eca2e9a44a3f6f3" href="/reference/introduction" width="1200" height="788" data-path="images/hub/sdks.png">
    Stagehand and Browserbase SDKs, plus a full REST API reference.
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## The Browserbase Platform

Everything your agent needs to browse and interact with the web: cloud browsers, search, fetch, and frontier models, all under one API key.

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  <Card title="Browser API" icon="globe" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/welcome/getting-started">
    Create, control, and observe browser sessions programmatically.
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  <Card title="Search API" icon="magnifying-glass" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/platform/search/overview">
    Fast, token-efficient web search results for your agents.
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  <Card title="Fetch API" icon="cloud-arrow-down" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/platform/fetch/overview">
    Retrieve page content as clean markdown through a proxy network.
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  <Card title="Functions" icon="function" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/platform/runtime/overview">
    Deploy and run browser agents on Browserbase, on a schedule or on demand.
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  <Card title="Model Gateway" icon="microchip" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/platform/model-gateway/overview">
    Route requests across 100+ LLM providers with a single endpoint.
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## Explore use cases

See how teams use Browserbase to power browser agents, extract web data, automate workflows, and run end-to-end tests.

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    Power AI agents with real browser interactions and tool use.
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  <Card title="Web data retrieval" img="https://mintcdn.com/browserbase/giE_cpy18f2mWHqr/images/hub/putting-data.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=giE_cpy18f2mWHqr&q=85&s=e35920b83ef1fe0ff7c443e18bb2ab85" href="/use-cases/web-data-retrieval" width="1536" height="864" data-path="images/hub/putting-data.png">
    Extract structured data from any website at scale.
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  <Card title="Browser automation" img="https://mintcdn.com/browserbase/giE_cpy18f2mWHqr/images/hub/interacting-page.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=giE_cpy18f2mWHqr&q=85&s=e91d09bb4bd8abbb0dc67c77baab8ec4" href="/use-cases/automating-form-submissions" width="1536" height="864" data-path="images/hub/interacting-page.png">
    Automate logins, registrations, and multi-step form flows.
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  <Card title="Automated testing" img="https://mintcdn.com/browserbase/giE_cpy18f2mWHqr/images/hub/texting.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=giE_cpy18f2mWHqr&q=85&s=f5687208e07908cbc28e7920415a0615" href="/use-cases/building-automated-tests" width="1536" height="864" data-path="images/hub/texting.png">
    Run reliable end-to-end tests in isolated browser environments.
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## Start building

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  <Card title="Playwright" icon="masks-theater" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/welcome/quickstarts/playwright">
    Full browser control with auto-waits, network interception, and multi-tab support.
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  <Card title="Puppeteer" icon="ghost" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/welcome/quickstarts/puppeteer">
    Direct Chrome DevTools Protocol access for fine-grained browser control.
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  <Card title="Selenium" icon="grid" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/welcome/quickstarts/selenium">
    Battle-tested cross-browser automation via the WebDriver standard.
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<Card title="Stagehand" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/welcome/quickstarts/stagehand" horizontal>
  The SDK for browser agents. Natural language selectors, self-healing actions, and caching at scale. 22k GitHub stars, 700k+ weekly downloads. Built by Browserbase.
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Or connect your preferred agent framework:

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  <Card title="Mastra" icon="robot" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/integrations/mastra/introduction">
    TypeScript-first agent framework with built-in Browserbase support.
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  <Card title="LangChain" icon="link" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/integrations/langchain/introduction">
    Composable LLM chains and agents with browser tools.
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  <Card title="CrewAI" icon="users" iconType="sharp-solid" href="/integrations/crew-ai/introduction">
    Multi-agent orchestration with collaborative browser tasks.
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