/browser-automation

name: browser-automation
description: This skill should be used when the user asks about browser automation, testing web pages, extracting content, filling forms, taking screenshots, or monitoring console/network activity. Activates for E2E testing, form automation, browsing tasks, or debugging web applications.

When the user asks about browser automation, use Firefox DevTools MCP to control a real Firefox browser.

Before Starting

Always call `list_pages` first. This checks whether Firefox is already running and which pages are open. Do not assume Firefox needs to be restarted or that you need to navigate from scratch — reuse the existing session whenever possible.

When to Use This Skill

Activate this skill when the user:

• Wants to automate browser interactions ("Fill out this form", "Click the login button")
• Needs E2E testing ("Test the checkout flow", "Verify the login works")
• Wants to browse or extract content ("Get all links on this page", "Extract prices")
• Needs screenshots ("Screenshot this page", "Capture the error state")
• Wants to debug ("Check for JS errors", "Show failed network requests")
• Needs to profile performance ("Profile this page load")

Core Workflow

Step 1: Navigate and Snapshot

navigate_page url="https://example.com"
take_snapshot

The snapshot returns a DOM representation with UIDs (e.g., `e42`) for each interactive element.

Step 2: Interact with Elements

Use UIDs from the snapshot:

fill_by_uid uid="e5" text="user@example.com"
click_by_uid uid="e8"

Step 3: Re-snapshot After Changes

DOM changes invalidate UIDs. Always re-snapshot after:

• Page navigation
• Form submissions
• Dynamic content loads

take_snapshot  # Get fresh UIDs

Quick Reference

| Task | Tools | |------|-------| | Navigate | `navigate_page`, `navigate_history` | | See DOM | `take_snapshot` | | Click | `click_by_uid` | | Hover | `hover_by_uid` | | Type | `fill_by_uid`, `fill_form_by_uid` | | Drag | `drag_by_uid_to_uid` | | Dialogs | `accept_dialog`, `dismiss_dialog` | | Screenshot | `screenshot_page`, `screenshot_by_uid` | | Debug | `list_console_messages`, `list_network_requests` | | Profile | `profiler_start`, `profiler_stop` |

Guidelines

• **Check existing session first**: Call `list_pages` before navigating — reuse the running Firefox session rather than starting fresh
• **Always snapshot first**: UIDs only exist after `take_snapshot`
• **Re-snapshot after DOM changes**: UIDs become stale after interactions
• **Screenshots**: in Cowork (system prompt has an outputs folder host path), call `screenshot_page saveTo="<host-outputs-path>/screenshot.png"` then call `present_files` with that path. Otherwise call `screenshot_page` without `saveTo` and include the returned image directly in your reply — the user cannot see tool call outputs.
• **Check for errors**: Use `list_console_messages level="error"` to catch JS issues
• **Firefox only**: This MCP controls Firefox, not Chrome or Safari
• **Reconfiguring Firefox**: to use a specific binary, profile, or headless mode, call `restart_firefox` with the relevant options (`firefoxPath`, `profilePath`, `headless`)