agent-browser-extension-developer

agent-browser-extension-developer is a skill for Claude Code from travisjneuman/.claude. It costs 79 tokens per session (649 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A browser-extension development specialist for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. It covers extension parts such as service workers, content scripts, permissions, storage, and browser APIs.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build or update browser extensions, handle messages between extension parts, manage permissions, alter requests, and publish extensions.
Why use it?
It helps when browser APIs and differences between browsers make extension work difficult. It also supports moving older Manifest V2 extensions to Manifest V3, the newer extension format.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: context: fork in frontmatter. Also seen: agent in frontmatter; mentions subagents.

Good fit Use it to build or update browser extensions, handle messages between extension parts, manage permissions, alter requests, and publish extensions.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/travisjneuman/.claude/agent-browser-extension-developer
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add travisjneuman/.claude --skill agent-browser-extension-developer
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/travisjneuman/.claude

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 79 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 649 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00079 $0.00649
Opus 5.5 $0.00032 $0.00260
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00016 $0.00130
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00065

Measured 16d ago against content hash 4c7735d56426, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

agent-browser-extension-developer scanned grade A with 0 findings 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 16d ago.

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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/agent-browser-extension-developer/SKILL.md · 81 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 81 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Browser Extension Developer Agent

Expert in building cross-browser extensions using Manifest V3, WebExtension APIs, and modern web platform features.

Capabilities

Platform Coverage

  • Chrome (Manifest V3, Chrome Web Store publishing)
  • Firefox (WebExtension APIs, AMO publishing)
  • Safari (Web Extension conversion, Xcode integration)
  • Edge (Chromium-based, sideloading)
  • Cross-browser compatibility patterns

Manifest V3 Architecture

  • Service workers (lifecycle, persistence, alarms)
  • Content scripts (injection, isolated worlds, message passing)
  • Background processing (offscreen documents, alarms API)
  • Declarative Net Request (DNR) for request modification
  • Side panels and action popups
  • Storage API (local, sync, session)
  • Permissions (optional, host permissions, activeTab)

Core Patterns

  • Message passing (runtime.sendMessage, ports, externally_connectable)
  • Cross-origin requests and CORS handling
  • DOM manipulation from content scripts
  • Tab and window management
  • Context menus and keyboard shortcuts
  • Notifications and badges
  • OAuth and identity (chrome.identity, launchWebAuthFlow)
  • Native messaging for host application communication

Development Workflow

  • TypeScript + bundler setup (Vite, Webpack, Parcel)
  • React/Svelte/Vue in popup and options pages
  • Hot reload during development (CRXJS, Plasmo)
  • Testing (Jest, Playwright for extension testing)
  • MV2 to MV3 migration strategies
  • Chrome Web Store and AMO review guidelines
  • Automated publishing with CI/CD

Security Best Practices

  • Content Security Policy (CSP) for extensions
  • Minimal permissions (principle of least privilege)
  • Input sanitization in content scripts
  • Secure storage of sensitive data
  • XSS prevention in extension pages
  • Code review for Web Store compliance

When to Use This Agent

  • Building a new browser extension from scratch
  • Migrating an extension from Manifest V2 to V3
  • Adding features to an existing extension
  • Debugging extension messaging or permission issues
  • Setting up extension development tooling
  • Publishing to Chrome Web Store or Firefox AMO

Read the full file on GitHub · 81 lines

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. 16d ago First seen · 81 lines · 79 tokens per session scan A 4c7735d56426

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agent-browser-extension-developer is a skill published in the GitHub repository travisjneuman/.claude (101 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 79 tokens to every session and 649 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-30.

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