Hacker News with Generative AI: Browser Automation

Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code (browsermcp.io)
If you want to automate actions on a website, like repeatedly fill out a form, you normally can't do it with AI apps like Cursor or Claude because they don't have access to a web browser. With Browser MCP, you can connect AI apps to your browser so they can automate tasks on your behalf.
Browser Automation, AI, Web Development, Tools
616 points by namukang 19 days ago | 217 comments
Show HN: MCP Server to let agents control the browser (github.com/Skyvern-AI)
Skyvern's MCP server implementation helps connect your AI Applications to the browser. This allows your AI applications to do things like: Fill out forms, download files, research information on the web, and more.
AI, Browser Automation, Web Development, Software
14 points by suchintan 23 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: I Wrote an Open-Source Alternative to OpenAI Operator – For Any LLM (github.com/browser-use)
Enable AI to control your browser 🤖.
Open Source, Browser Automation, AI
15 points by MagMueller 93 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: Stagehand – an open source browser automation framework powered by AI (github.com/browserbase)
Stagehand is the easiest way to build browser automations. It is fully compatible with Playwright, offering three simple AI APIs (act, extract, and observe) on top of the base Playwright Page class that provide the building blocks for web automation via natural language. It also makes Playwright more accessible to non-technical users and less vulnerable to minor changes in the UI/DOM.
Browser Automation, Open Source, Artificial Intelligence, Software, Playwright
326 points by hackgician 108 days ago | 86 comments
Why Playwright Is Dominating Browser Automation: A Deep Dive (leapcell.io)
Browser Automation, Software Testing, Web Development, JavaScript
7 points by issac_0v0 126 days ago | 5 comments
Show HN: Lightweight browser automation powered by Claude 3.5 Sonnet (github.com/theredsix)
A lightweight browser using agent that accomplishes user-defined goals on webpages using keyboard and mouse actions.
Web Automation, Browser Automation, AI, Claude 3.5, GitHub
10 points by theredsix 178 days ago | 1 comments
Launch HN: Skyvern (YC S23) – open-source AI agent for browser automations (github.com/Skyvern-AI)
Hey HN, we’re Suchintan and Shu from Skyvern (https://www.skyvern.com). We’re building an open source tool to help companies automate browser-based workflows using LLMs.
Open Source, AI, Automation, Browser Automation, Y Combinator
327 points by suchintan 184 days ago | 74 comments
Show HN: Finic – Open source platform for building browser automations (github.com/finic-ai)
Finic is a cloud platform designed to simplify the deployment and management of browser-based automation agents, with a focus on fault-tolerant execution. It’s designed for quickly launching bots, scrapers, RPA integrationsm and other jobs that depend on multiple authenticated web services.
Open Source, Browser Automation, Cloud Platform, Web Scraping
143 points by jasonwcfan 221 days ago | 77 comments
Show HN: Crawlee for Python – a web scraping and browser automation library (crawlee.dev)
Python, Web Scraping, Browser Automation, Libraries
254 points by jancurn 291 days ago | 57 comments
Show HN: I built a small utility that handles multiple browser instances for you (github.com/amirkarimi)
Tools, Browser Automation, Open Source, Show HN
39 points by 4m1rk 372 days ago | 9 comments