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Everything you need to know about browser automation
Guides, insights, comparisons, and reviews across Playwright MCP, Browser Use, Chrome DevTools MCP, coding agents, and the browsers they drive.
Guides
Why LLM agents fail at web search & how to fix it
A bad answer can begin with a missing search call, a vague query, an inaccessible page or evidence the model ignored. Inspect each stage before changing the prompt.
Oct 29, 2026 · 11 min read
Guides
Claude in Chrome: setup, permissions, and safety
A current, security-first guide to installing Claude in Chrome, choosing Manual, Auto, or Skip, connecting other Claude surfaces, and diagnosing blocked sites.
Oct 29, 2026 · 11 min read
Guides
Hermes browser extension: connect agents to your browser
Hermes can reach a local browser through several layers. This guide separates the community extension from the Hermes runtime, then compares extension, gateway, CDP, CLI, and ego(lite) by setup, sessions, and tab ownership.
Oct 29, 2026 · 10 min read
Comparisons
Browser Use vs Browserbase: cloud browser comparison
Browser Use and Browserbase can work together, but their product surfaces now overlap. A firsthand setup test shows where local works and where cloud credentials enter.
Oct 29, 2026 · 12 min read
Comparisons
Crawl4AI vs Firecrawl: deployment and extraction choices
Choose an extraction route by operational ownership and verified records. A same-site, same-field protocol makes missing data, retries and cost visible.
Oct 27, 2026 · 14 min read
Guides
Playwright Test failure states: handling API 500s
A 500 is not one test outcome. Mock it when you own the error UI, fail immediately on a live contract, and never retry a deterministic server error until green.
Oct 27, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparisons
Playwright vs Puppeteer for PDF generation
For invoices, reports, and certificates at scale, the engine is identical; the APIs aren't. Where the two differ on options, templates, and deployment, with the wkhtmltopdf question answered on the way.
Oct 27, 2026 · 12 min read
Comparisons
Browser Use vs Playwright for AI browser automation
One fails loudly with stack traces, the other can fail silently with plausible data. Compare that trade-off with DOM resilience, production control, token cost, anti-bot boundaries, test stability, and LLM-assisted scripts.
Oct 27, 2026 · 16 min read
Guides
Browser automation agent skills: install and verify
Installing a browser skill gives an agent instructions. It doesn't supply a logged-in session or prove a write succeeded. We checked both questions on one owned task.
Oct 26, 2026 · 17 min read