Browser Act

What this skill does

Browser automation CLI designed for AI Agents, running a full browser engine to provide comprehensive web interaction capabilities: navigation and interaction, data extraction and network interception, screenshots, automated CAPTCHA solving, anti-detection fingerprint spoofing, session persistence, built-in network proxies, multi-account isolation, and concurrent multi-browser execution.

Browser Act is part of the Developer Tools category — developer tools that help your agent write, review, debug, and ship code. You can install it on its own or alongside other developer tools skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Browser Act

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for browser-act-cli-skill and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Browser Act with a single command:

openclaw skills add browser-act-cli-skill

This pulls browser-act-cli-skill from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/browser-act-cli-skill/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Browser Act

Once installed, Browser Act activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Turning images into video

Browser Act works with images. Getting from there to something postable is a separate job: ViralMint — an open-source video pipeline — turns stills into motion — pans and transitions, synced captions, and a vertical export for short-form feeds.

It runs as an MCP server, so an OpenClaw agent can drive it from the same chat you already use: ask for a short, and the render comes back finished. See how to connect a video pipeline to your agent.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab browser-act-cli-skill-1.0.2.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/browser-act-cli-skill/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Browser Act?

Install Browser Act in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for browser-act-cli-skill, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add browser-act-cli-skill. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/browser-act-cli-skill/.

Is Browser Act free?

Yes. Browser Act is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Browser Act do?

Browser automation CLI designed for AI Agents, running a full browser engine to provide comprehensive web interaction capabilities: navigation and interaction, data extraction and network interception, screenshots, automated CAPTCHA solving, anti-detection fingerprint spoofing, session persistence…

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