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Dev Browser

by SawyerHood

Dev Browser is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by SawyerHood in dev-browser.

6.5K stars426 forkson SawyerHood/dev-browserAdded 2026/08/15Repository updated 2026/07/15
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Install Dev Browser
Copy Dev Browser into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/SawyerHood/dev-browser/tree/main/skills/dev-browser ~/.claude/skills/dev-browser

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/SawyerHood/dev-browser.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
skills/dev-browser/SKILL.md in SawyerHood/dev-browser
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/dev-browser
Collection
The only skill cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation — 1523 skills

What Dev Browser does

Dev Browser controls browsers via sandboxed JavaScript scripts with persistent page state. Use it to navigate websites, fill forms, take screenshots, extract web data, test web apps, or automate browser workflows.

Dev Browser is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Dev Browser comes from a repository tagged claude-code, playwright and skills.

Documentation

README

Dev Browser

A CLI for controlling browsers with sandboxed JavaScript scripts.

Installation

npm install -g dev-browser
dev-browser install

Usage

Run dev-browser --help to learn more.

Named daemon-launched browsers persist by default. For unattended work, --idle-timeout 5m closes each launched browser after inactivity while preserving its profile and login state. The setting never closes Chrome attached with --connect; use --idle-timeout 0 to disable configured cleanup.

Frequently asked about Dev Browser

  • How does Dev Browser compare to other Automation skills?

    Dev Browser ranks #202 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Dev Browser against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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