browser-connect

A connection to a local Chromium browser through Chrome DevTools Protocol, a standard interface for controlling browser sessions. It supports page interaction, screenshots, and cookie management.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to automate web-page interactions, open pages, take screenshots, test the browser connection, or list and manage cookies.
Why use it?
It avoids manually performing browser tasks when an agent needs to inspect or operate web pages. It also provides a way to capture page images and access browser cookies.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/ssube/conclave/browser-connect
Any agent
npx skills add ssube/conclave --skill browser-connect
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ssube/conclave

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 44 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 514 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00044 $0.00514
Opus 5 $0.00022 $0.00257
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00103
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00051

Measured 2d ago against content hash 76f8688d58b0, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

browser-connect scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (browser_connect.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- Verify Chromium is running: `curl http://127.0.0.1:9222/json/version`
pi/skills/browser-connect/SKILL.md · 68 lines

What it actually says

Browser Connect Skill

Connect to the local Chromium browser via CDP for automation. The browser runs inside Conclave with CDP enabled on 127.0.0.1:9222.

Usage

Test the connection

python3 {baseDir}/browser_connect.py test

Take a screenshot

python3 {baseDir}/browser_connect.py screenshot [--output /path/to/screenshot.png]

List cookies

python3 {baseDir}/browser_connect.py cookies

Python API

from browser_connect import BrowserSession

with BrowserSession() as (browser, page):
    page.goto("https://example.com")
    page.screenshot(path="screenshot.png")

Environment Variables

  • CDP_HOST: CDP host (default: 127.0.0.1)
  • CDP_PORT: CDP port (default: 9222)

Responsible Browsing

When using browser-connect to interact with websites, be a responsible internet citizen:

  • Bookmark frequently visited pages — save and organize URLs you access often in your memory rather than navigating from scratch each time.
  • Pace your requests — wait 2-3 seconds between clicking buttons and loading pages. Do not rapid-fire navigations.
  • Avoid redundant loads — save screenshots or HTML content to analyze offline rather than loading the same page repeatedly.
  • You have a semi-stealth browser with a real display (N.eko desktop), but you may need help with CAPTCHAs if they appear. Alert the user if you encounter one.

These guidelines apply to ALL skills that use browser-connect, as well. By following them, you help ensure a smoother experience for yourself and others while browsing the web.

Troubleshooting

Connection refused

  • Verify Chromium is running: curl http://127.0.0.1:9222/json/version
  • Check the N.eko desktop service is started

Page not loading

  • The browser shares state with the N.eko desktop — if a user is active, pages may already be open
  • Use page.goto() to navigate to the desired URL
Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 68 lines · 44 tokens per session scan A 76f8688d58b0

Subscribe to this mod's changes

browser-connect is a skill published in the GitHub repository ssube/conclave (2 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 44 tokens to every session and 514 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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