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smithery/davila7

browser-automation

Browser automation powers web testing, scraping, and AI agent interactions. The difference between a flaky script and a reliable system comes down to understanding selectors, waiting strategies, and anti-detection patterns. This skill covers Playwright (recommended) and Puppeteer, with patterns for testing, scraping, and agentic browser control. Key insight: Playwright won the framework war. Unless you need Puppeteer's stealth ecosystem or are Chrome-only, Playwright is the better choice in 202

Installation

$ npx skills add smithery/davila7 --skill browser-automation
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Summary

  • Browser automation powers web testing, scraping, and AI agent interactions.
  • The difference between a flaky script and a reliable system comes down to understanding selectors, waiting strategies, and anti-detection patterns.
  • This skill covers Playwright (recommended) and Puppeteer, with patterns for testing, scraping, and agentic browser control.
  • Key insight: Playwright won the framework war.
  • Unless you need Puppeteer's stealth ecosystem or are Chrome-only, Playwright is the better choice in 202

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SKILL.md

Browser Automation

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