Case 00417

Skill knownasnaffy/prompthound/dataset/case_00417

Cloud browser automation via Browser Use API. Use when you need AI-driven web browsing, scraping, form filling, or multi-step web tasks without local browser control. Triggers on "browser use", "cloud browser", "scrape website", "automate web task", or when local browser isn't available/suitable.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add knownasnaffy/prompthound --skill case_00417

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SKILL.md

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Browser Use

Cloud-based AI browser automation. Send a task in plain English, get structured results.

Quick Start

# Submit task
curl -s -X POST https://api.browser-use.com/api/v2/tasks \
  -H "X-Browser-Use-API-Key: $BROWSER_USE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"task": "Go to example.com and extract the main heading"}'

# Poll for result (replace TASK_ID)
curl -s "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v2/tasks/TASK_ID" \
  -H "X-Browser-Use-API-Key: $BROWSER_USE_API_KEY"

Helper Script

Use scripts/browser-use.sh for simpler execution:

# Run task and wait for result
./scripts/browser-use.sh "Go to hacker news and get the top 3 stories"

# Just submit (don't wait)
./scripts/browser-use.sh --no-wait "Search Google for AI news"

API Reference

Create Task

POST https://api.browser-use.com/api/v2/tasks

Body:

{
  "task": "Plain English description of what to do",
  "llm": "gemini-3-flash-preview"  // optional, default is fast model
}

Response:

{
  "id": "task-uuid",
  "sessionId": "session-uuid"
}

Get Task Status

GET https://api.browser-use.com/api/v2/tasks/{taskId}

Response fields:

status: pending | started | finished | failed
output: Result text when finished
steps: Array of actions taken (with screenshots)
cost: Cost in dollars (e.g., "0.02")
isSuccess: Boolean result

Stop Task

POST https://api.browser-use.com/api/v2/tasks/{taskId}/stop

Pricing

~$0.01-0.05 per task depending on complexity. Check balance:

curl -s https://api.browser-use.com/api/v2/credits \
  -H "X-Browser-Use-API-Key: $BROWSER_USE_API_KEY"

When to Use

Complex multi-step web workflows
Sites that block simple scraping
Form filling and submissions
When you need screenshots of steps
When local browser control isn't available

When NOT to Use

Simple page fetches (use web_fetch instead)
When you have local browser access (use browser tool)
Rapid/high-volume scraping (use Code Use or local scraping)

What ships with it: 1 file

2.0 KB alongside SKILL.md, 1 of them executable

scripts/

browser-use.shruns2.0 KB