Gbrow

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Full-featured headless browser for OpenClaw agents. Navigate, snapshot with accessibility tree (@ref clicks), tabs, JS execution, cookie import. No vision model needed — free, fast, reliable.

Install

openclaw skills install gbrow

Gbrow — The Browser Your AI Agent Actually Needs

A full-featured headless browser powered by Playwright and Bun. Uses the accessibility tree for page reading — not expensive vision models.

Why Gbrow?

Traditional (screenshots + vision)	Gbrow (accessibility tree)
Screenshot → upload to GPT-4o → wait → read	`ariaSnapshot()` → instant structured text
~$0.01 per page read	Free
3-10 seconds per page	< 100ms
Fails on API key issues	Always works
Click by fragile CSS selector	Click by @ref (`@e1`, `@e2`, etc.)

Quick Setup

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/ashish797/Gbrow.git ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/Gbrow
cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/Gbrow
bash setup.sh

Or one-liner:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ashish797/Gbrow/main/setup.sh | bash

How It Works

1. Start the server

cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/Gbrow
bun run src/server.ts

2. Read the page (accessibility tree)

The snapshot gives you a structured view with clickable refs:

@e1 [heading] "Welcome" [level=1]
@e2 [link] "Get Started"
@e3 [button] "Sign in"
@e4 [textbox] "Search"

3. Click by ref

click @e2     → clicks "Get Started"
fill @e4 "query"  → types into search box

Commands

Navigation

Command	Description	Example
`goto <url>`	Navigate to URL	`goto https://example.com`
`back`	History back	`back`
`forward`	History forward	`forward`
`reload`	Reload page	`reload`
`url`	Print current URL	`url`

Reading

Command	Description	Example
`snapshot`	Accessibility tree with @refs	`snapshot -i` (interactive only)
`text`	Cleaned page text	`text`
`html [selector]`	Raw HTML	`html .article`
`links`	All links as "text → href"	`links`
`forms`	Form fields as JSON	`forms`

Interaction

Command	Description	Example
`click <ref>`	Click element	`click @e3`
`fill <ref> <text>`	Fill input	`fill @e4 "hello"`
`select <ref> <value>`	Select dropdown	`select @e5 "option1"`
`type <ref> <text>`	Type with keyboard	`type @e4 "search term"`
`press <key>`	Press key	`press Enter`
`scroll <direction>`	Scroll page	`scroll down`

Inspection

Command	Description	Example
`js <expr>`	Run JavaScript	`js document.title`
`css <sel> <prop>`	Computed CSS	`css .box color`
`attrs <ref>`	Element attributes	`attrs @e1`
`is <prop> <ref>`	State check	`is visible @e3`

Tabs

Command	Description
`tabs`	List open tabs
`tab N`	Switch to tab N
`newtab`	Open new tab
`closetab`	Close current tab

Visual

Command	Description
`screenshot`	Take screenshot
`responsive <w> <h>`	Set viewport size
`pdf`	Save page as PDF

Snapshot Flags

Flag	Description
`-i`	Interactive elements only (buttons, links, inputs)
`-c`	Compact (remove empty structural nodes)
`-d N`	Limit tree depth
`-s <sel>`	Scope to CSS selector
`-D`	Diff against previous snapshot
`-a`	Annotated screenshot with ref overlays

HTTP API

All commands go through the HTTP API:

# Get port and token from state file
PORT=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('.gstack/browse.json'))['port'])")
TOKEN=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('.gstack/browse.json'))['token'])")

# Send command
curl -s -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}/command" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"command":"goto","args":["https://example.com"]}'

Architecture

┌─────────────┐     HTTP      ┌──────────────────┐
│  OpenClaw   │ ──────────▶  │  Gbrow Server    │
│  Agent      │              │  (Bun + Playwright)│
└─────────────┘              └────────┬─────────┘
                                      │
                                      ▼
                              ┌──────────────────┐
                              │  Chromium         │
                              │  (headless)       │
                              └──────────────────┘
                                      │
                                      ▼
                              ┌──────────────────┐
                              │ Accessibility     │
                              │ Tree (ariaSnapshot)│
                              └──────────────────┘

No vision models. No API calls. Just structured text from the browser's accessibility layer.

Credits

Built on top of gstack by Gary Tan (Y Combinator). Adapted for OpenClaw with permission under MIT license.

License

MIT