cli-anything-browser
Browser automation CLI using DOMShell MCP server. Maps Chrome's Accessibility Tree to a virtual filesystem for agent-native navigation.
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Apr 18, 2026
✦overview.md
Key Features
- ·Navigate web pages using familiar filesystem commands
- ·Map Chrome's Accessibility Tree to a virtual filesystem
- ·Click elements and perform actions via CLI
- ·Search page content with grep-like functionality
- ·Open, reload, and navigate browser history
Use Cases
- →Automate browser interactions in CI/CD pipelines without GUI
- →Debug web page accessibility and DOM structure from terminal
- →Script repetitive browser tasks like form filling or navigation
- →Extract text content from web pages for processing
Best for
- ✓Automation engineers
- ✓CI/CD pipelines
- ✓Accessibility testing
Not ideal for
- !Visual testing
- !JavaScript-heavy dynamic interactions
- !Cross-browser testing
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name
cli-anything-browser
description
Browser automation CLI using DOMShell MCP server. Maps Chrome's Accessibility Tree to a virtual filesystem for agent-native navigation.
cli-anything-browser
A command-line interface for browser automation using DOMShell's MCP server. Navigate web pages using filesystem commands: ls, cd, cat, grep, click.
Installation
Prerequisites
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Node.js and npx (for DOMShell MCP server):
# Install Node.js from https://nodejs.org/ npx --version -
Chrome/Chromium with DOMShell extension:
- Install extension in Chrome
- Ensure Chrome is running before using CLI
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Python 3.10+
Install CLI
cd browser/agent-harness
pip install -e .
Command Groups
page — Page Navigation
page open <url>— Navigate to URLpage reload— Reload current pagepage back— Navigate back in historypage forward— Navigate forward in historypage info— Show current page info
fs — Filesystem Commands (Accessibility Tree)
fs ls [path]— List elements at pathfs cd <path>— Change directoryfs cat [path]— Read element contentfs grep <pattern> [path]— Search for text pattern
$install
1-click copynpx skills add HKUDS/CLI-Anything --skill cli-anything-browserSafety assessment
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