ego(lite) articles
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.
Comparisons
Playwright MCP vs Puppeteer for Claude Code
Feature tables miss the point for coding agents: what matters is maintained integrations, code the agent can write without flaking, and where your logins live. All three, examined.
Oct 15, 2026 · 8 min read
Reviews & roundups
Is Playwright MCP good? An honest review (2026)
Worth installing, with conditions. We go through what Playwright MCP genuinely does well, three failure modes users keep reporting, and which kind of user should pick something else.
Oct 15, 2026 · 8 min read
Comparisons
DevTools MCP vs Playwright MCP: debugging or automation
Stop treating this as either-or: the two MCPs divide by verb, not by brand. Compare token context, performance, setup, debugging handoff, forms, auth, DOM versus screenshots, and QA tool selection before running both.
Oct 15, 2026 · 9 min read
Comparisons
Browser Use vs Computer Use: browser agent comparison
Anthropic now ships two first-party tools: a pixel-based computer use toolset and a DOM-native browser use tool. Here's how they compare with each other and with real-browser frameworks.
Oct 15, 2026 · 15 min read
Reviews & roundups
Best browser MCP for Claude Code: 6 tested options
Shortlist first: ego(lite) is a strong fit for provisioned login state, compact workflows, and isolated Spaces (it's the non-MCP entry); Chrome DevTools MCP suits debugging; Playwright MCP suits testing. Full scorecard with documented sources inside.
Oct 15, 2026 · 16 min read
Guides
How to reduce MCP token usage: 6 proven tactics
Most MCP optimization advice targets tool definitions. For browser servers, the real bill is page snapshots. Six tactics, each with before/after numbers and the situations where it applies.
Oct 15, 2026 · 15 min read
Comparisons
JavaScript vs Python for web scraping: a same-task guide
Hold browser behavior and output requirements constant, then compare development and maintenance. Paired examples collect the same records and fail on structural gaps.
Oct 13, 2026 · 12 min read
Guides
Debugging AI agent browser automation failures: a guide
Find the first unsupported transition in a browser task. This guide connects observations, actions, application errors and fresh result checks before a bounded recovery.
Oct 13, 2026 · 11 min read
Guides
Extract tables from PDFs without losing provenance
Choose an extraction route for your document, preserve raw cells and their source, and review the fields that determine an AI answer.
Oct 12, 2026 · 10 min read