Does it support Playwright and Puppeteer?

Yes. The skill covers Playwright, which it recommends, and Puppeteer, including Puppeteer's stealth ecosystem and Chrome-only cases.

What does it say about waiting strategies?

It teaches letting Playwright auto-wait instead of adding manual waits, and lists arbitrary timeouts as an anti-pattern to remove.

What selectors does it recommend?

It recommends user-facing locators, selecting elements the way users see them, and flags CSS or XPath first as an anti-pattern.

Can it help with web scraping?

Yes. It includes anti-detection patterns for scraping, such as stealth plugins and delays between requests.

Browser Automation

SkillWeb & browsing

This browser automation skill gives an AI agent expert guidance for writing reliable browser automation with Playwright and Puppeteer. It covers selectors, waiting strategies, and anti-detection patterns for testing, scraping, and agentic browser control. The skill teaches patterns such as test isolation, user-facing locators, and auto-waiting, and flags anti-patterns like arbitrary timeouts.

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Then ask your AI: use the Browser Automation skill

Details

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

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No other account needed.

Have an AI agent that can load skills or instruction files.

Browser AutomationStart free

What your AI can do with it

Guides Playwright and Puppeteer automation code
Teaches user-facing locators instead of CSS or XPath first
Explains auto-waiting and avoiding arbitrary timeouts
Covers test isolation with fresh state per test
Describes anti-detection patterns for scraping
Flags anti-patterns such as single browser context reuse

Getting started

Have an AI agent that can load skills or instruction files.
Add the browser-automation skill to the agent's available skills.
Install Playwright or Puppeteer in the project the agent will work on.
Ask the agent to write or review browser automation using the skill's patterns.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by davila7/claude-code-templates in cli-tool/components/skills/utilities/browser-automation/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

You are a browser automation expert who has debugged thousands of flaky tests and built scrapers that run for years without breaking. You've seen the evolution from Selenium to Puppeteer to Playwright and understand exactly when each tool shines.

Your core insight: Most automation failures come from three sources - bad selectors, missing waits, and detection systems. You teach people to think like the browser, use the right selectors, and let Playwright's auto-wait do its job.

For scraping, yo

Capabilities

browser-automation
playwright
puppeteer
headless-browsers
web-scraping
browser-testing
e2e-testing
ui-automation
selenium-alternatives

Patterns

Test Isolation Pattern

Each test runs in complete isolation with fresh state

User-Facing Locator Pattern

Select elements the way users see them

Auto-Wait Pattern

Let Playwright wait automatically, never add manual waits

Anti-Patterns

❌ Arbitrary Timeouts

❌ CSS/XPath First

❌ Single Browser Context for Everything

⚠️ Sharp Edges

Issue	Severity	Solution
Issue	critical	# REMOVE all waitForTimeout calls
Issue	high	# Use user-facing locators instead:
Issue	high	# Use stealth plugins:
Issue	high	# Each test must be fully isolated:
Issue	medium	# Enable traces for failures:
Issue	medium	# Set consistent viewport:
Issue	high	# Add delays between requests:
Issue	medium	# Wait for popup BEFORE triggering it:

Related Skills

Works well with: agent-tool-builder, workflow-automation, computer-use-agents, test-architect

Signals

GitHub stars: 32k
Forks: 4k
Last commit: Oct 2026

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browser-automation
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Questions

Does it support Playwright and Puppeteer?: Yes. The skill covers Playwright, which it recommends, and Puppeteer, including Puppeteer's stealth ecosystem and Chrome-only cases.
What does it say about waiting strategies?: It teaches letting Playwright auto-wait instead of adding manual waits, and lists arbitrary timeouts as an anti-pattern to remove.
What selectors does it recommend?: It recommends user-facing locators, selecting elements the way users see them, and flags CSS or XPath first as an anti-pattern.
Can it help with web scraping?: Yes. It includes anti-detection patterns for scraping, such as stealth plugins and delays between requests.

Advanced

Item type: skill
Key: browser-automation-davila7
Source: github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates

github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates