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browser-automation

Web Tools Updated 2026.08.25

Run the following command in DeepSeek Harness:

dsh plugin install JohnXu22786/browser-automation

Paste the following prompt into your AI chat to install this plugin:

In DeepSeek Harness, run dsh plugin install JohnXu22786/browser-automation to install the Web Bridge browser automation plugin; the source repository is available at https://github.com/JohnXu22786/browser-automation .

About this plugin

When an AI agent needs to drive a real web page, a common approach is to take a screenshot and hand it to a vision model to decide where to click. That is costly and fragile. Web Bridge (browser-automation) takes a different path: it drives a real browser via Playwright and renders the page into a structured accessibility-tree snapshot with numbered reference IDs, so the agent can click, fill, and select by ref precisely without a vision model.

The plugin exposes 22 web_-prefixed tools covering navigation, interaction, observation, script execution, and multi-tab management. It supports Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit engines, and every behavioral knob such as timeouts, viewport, proxy, and persistent context can be tuned through WEB_BRIDGE_-prefixed environment variables or a JSON config file. The snapshot mechanism blanks password fields and caps node depth by default, balancing accuracy and safety.

It is a good fit for teams embedding real-browser steps into agent pipelines for automated testing, web data collection, or cross-site workflow orchestration, and for architects who prefer a single MCP protocol to manage all tools instead of maintaining separate Playwright scripts.

Use Cases

  • AI agents completing multi-step web page workflows
  • Vision-model-free page interaction and data collection
  • Test-driven form filling, navigation, and screenshot verification

Best For

  • Architects building agent pipelines
  • Teams adopting MCP protocol for unified tool management
  • Automation testing and web data engineers