browser-automation

# Browser Automation - POWERFUL ## Overview The Browser Automation skill provides comprehensive tools and knowledge for building production-grade web automation workflows using Playwright. This skill covers data extraction, form filling, screenshot capture, session management, and anti-detection patterns for reliable browser automation at scale. **When to use this skill:** - Scraping structured data from websites (tables, listings, search results) - Automating multi-step browser workflows (login, fill forms, download files) - Capturing screenshots or PDFs of web pages - Extracting data from SPAs and JavaScript-heavy sites - Building repeatable browser-based data pipelines **When NOT to use this skill:** - Writing browser tests or E2E test suites — use **playwright-pro** instead - Testing API endpoints — use **api-test-suite-builder** instead - Load testing or performance benchmarking — use **performance-profiler** instead **Why Playwright over Selenium or Puppeteer:** - **Auto-wait built in** — no explicit `sleep()` or `waitForElement()` needed for most actions - **Multi-browser from one API** — Chromium, Firefox, WebKit with zero config changes - **Network interception** — block ads, mock responses, capture API calls natively - **Browser contexts** — isolated sessions without spinning up new browser instances - **Codegen** — `playwright codegen` records your actions and generates scripts - **Async-first** — Python async/await for high-throughput scraping ## Core Compet...