vercel-labs/agent-browser
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Browser automation CLI for AI agents
18 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 6 stories, 12 comments · first 2026-01-12 · latest 2026-08-18
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agent-browser works fine, and it can use browser use as a provider: https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser#browser-use I invite the author to add agent-browser to the comparison table.
comment by esafak · 2026-08-18 · in NeoBrowser: An MCP server that drives real Chrome with your logged-in sessions -
How does this compare to raw https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser ?
comment by ting0 · 2026-03-24 · in Show HN: ProofShot – Give AI coding agents eyes to verify the UI they build -
…I don't think you need either, though, because agent-browser itself has a skill for this: https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser/blob/main/skill... Maybe the author would like to compare the three.
comment by esafak · 2026-03-24 · in Show HN: ProofShot – Give AI coding agents eyes to verify the UI they build -
you mean this one? https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser
comment by dsrtslnd23 · 2026-03-15 · in Chrome DevTools MCP (2025) -
Also works nicely together with agent-browser ( https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser ) using --auto-connect
comment by NiekvdMaas · 2026-03-15 · in Chrome DevTools MCP (2025) -
How does it compare to https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser ? Which also provides token efficient way to interact with the browser.
comment by el_isma · 2026-03-03 · in Show HN: Webact – token-efficient browser control for AI agents (GitHub) -
I think that's a fair argument. I'd push back a bit on that being unique to MCP. Agent browser ( https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser ) handles persistent sessions just fine as a CLI.
comment by ejholmes · 2026-03-02 · in When does MCP make sense vs CLI? -
Neato! https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser is a similar take here, and much better than the playwright MCP.
comment by ejholmes · 2026-03-01 · in When does MCP make sense vs CLI? -
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Show HN: cmux - Ghostty-based terminal with vertical tabs and notificationsstory by lawrencechen · 2026-02-19 · 77 comments
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Show HN: Skill that lets Claude Code/Codex spin up VMs and GPUsstory by austinwang115 · 2026-02-13 · 36 comments
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rodney seems to be pretty much the same as agent-browser: https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser
comment by simlevesque · 2026-02-10 · in Show HN: Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they've built -
Vercel also released a similar tool with a unique interface/dsl - https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser > agent-browser click "#submit" > agent-browser fill "#email" "test@example.com" > agent-browser find role button click --name…
comment by threecheese · 2026-02-06 · in Show HN: Smooth CLI – Token-efficient browser for AI agents -
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Show HN: Smooth CLI – Token-efficient browser for AI agentsstory by antves · 2026-02-05 · 74 comments
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Agent-Browser by Vercel Labsstory by franze · 2026-01-25 · 0 comments
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Thanks a lot, i wanted to ask about the headless agent use case: How does it compare to using https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser
comment by thawab · 2026-01-23 · in Show HN: BrowserOS – "Claude Cowork" in the browser -
This looks remarkably similar to https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-browser How is it different?
comment by philipbjorge · 2026-01-14 · in Show HN: Webctl – Browser automation for agents based on CLI instead of MCP -
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Agent-browser by Vercel: Browser automation CLI for AI agentsstory by handfuloflight · 2026-01-13 · 0 comments
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Headless browser automation CLI for AI agents from Vercelstory by nkko · 2026-01-12 · 0 comments