browser-harness

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# Browser Harness ♞

Browser Harness lets Claude Code, Codex or Cursor use your real Chrome browser: open pages, click, type, read and download, logged in as you. Paste one prompt into your coding agent to set it up. It talks to Chrome over the DevTools Protocol (CDP), and the agent writes any missing helper as it works, so the harness gets better with each task. Open source, MIT licensed.

Try browser-harness in [Browser Use Cloud](https://cloud.browser-use.com/v4?utm_campaign=browser-harness-use-in-cloud&utm_source=github) or paste the setup prompt into your coding agent.

```
  ● agent: wants to upload a file
  │
  ● agent-workspace/agent_helpers.py → helper missing
  │
  ● agent writes it                         agent_helpers.py
  │                                                       + custom helper
  ✓ file uploaded
```

**You will never use the browser again.**

## See it work

**Task:** "Open my X profile, find my latest 20 video posts, and download them."

[![Download my latest 20 X videos](docs/download-latest-20-x-videos.gif)](https://browser-use.com/showcase/videos/download-latest-20-x-videos.mp4)

## Setup prompt

Paste into Claude Code or Codex (Cursor: use the [MCP config](#cursor) below):

```text
Install or upgrade browser-harness to the latest stable version with uv using Python 3.12, register the skill from `browser-harness skill`, and connect it to my browser. Ask whether I want local browser recordings enabled; default to no and preserve my existing preference on upgrades. Follow https://github.com/browser-use/browser-harness/blob/main/install.md if setup or connection fails.
```

The agent will open `chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging`. On first setup, tick
the checkbox so the agent can connect to your browser:

<img src="docs/setup-remote-debugging.png" alt="Remote debugging setup" width="520" style="border-radius: 12px;" />

## How it works

- [`install.md`](install.md) connects the agent to your browser.
- [`SKILL.md`](SKILL.md) teaches it the browser workflow.
- [`src/browser_harness/`](src/browser_harness/) stays protected while the agent writes reusable helpers in its local workspace.

## Compared with other browser tools

| | Works with | Browser it drives | What you approve in your own Chrome |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Browser Harness** | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, any MCP client via `browser-harness-mcp` | Your running Chrome, logged in as you | Whole browser: on Chrome 144+, tick remote debugging in `chrome://inspect`, then click Allow |
| **Playwright MCP** | Any MCP client (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot and more) | Its own browser profile by default. Your Chrome with `--extension` (Playwright Extension) or `--cdp-endpoint` | Chosen tabs (one tab group per client) via the extension, approval skippable with a token; or whole browser via `--cdp-endpoint` |
| **Playwright CLI*