A comprehensive skill for automating complex web interactions, form filling, and data extraction via a cloud-based REST API.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install web-browser-automation
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install web-browser-automation using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Web Automation & Browser Workflows?
The Web Automation & Browser Workflows skill empowers your AI agent to bridge the gap between static data processing and active web engagement. By utilizing cloud-based browser engines, this skill enables the execution of sophisticated tasks such as form filling, dynamic data scraping, and automated UI testing without requiring local browser installations.
Integrating this into your collection of Openclaw Skills allows your agent to interact with modern, JavaScript-heavy websites exactly like a human user. Whether you need to navigate complex login flows or extract real-time information from across the web, this skill provides the infrastructure to handle it reliably and at scale.
Web Automation & Browser Workflows Use Cases
- Automating repetitive data entry and form submissions across multiple web platforms.
- Scraping structured information from dynamic websites for market research or data analysis.
- Running automated end-to-end UI tests to ensure web application stability.
- Executing multi-step browser workflows that require user-like interaction and navigation.
- Monitoring web pages for changes and capturing screenshots for visual debugging.
How Web Automation & Browser Workflows Works
- The user provides a natural language description of a web task or interaction.
- The AI agent evaluates the requirements and selects the most efficient automation actor, such as Puppeteer or Playwright.
- A structured API request is generated and sent to the cloud automation platform using your secure credentials.
- The cloud environment launches a browser instance to perform the clicks, typing, and navigation required.
- Upon completion, the resulting data or status confirmation is returned to the agent to finalize the workflow.
Web Automation & Browser Workflows Setup
To get started with this skill, follow these steps:
- Create an account at the cloud automation provider to obtain your credentials.
- Navigate to your account settings to find your Personal API Token.
- Save the token as an environment variable in your terminal:
export AUTOMATION_TOKEN=api_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Ensure your environment has access to an HTTP client like
fetchorcurlto interact with the API.
Web Automation & Browser Workflows Data Schema & Taxonomy
This skill organizes data through actors and datasets. Below is a breakdown of the primary data components:
| Component | Description | Data Format |
|---|---|---|
| Actor ID | Unique identifier for the specific automation script being executed | String |
| Dataset | The collection of items extracted during a scraper run | JSON Array |
| Page Function | The JavaScript logic executed within the browser context | String |
| Run Results | Metadata regarding the execution status and resource usage | JSON Object |
Web Automation & Browser Workflows Advanced Features
- Support for multiple browser engines including Playwright, Puppeteer, and Cheerio for optimized performance.
- Integrated error handling with configurable retry logic for unstable web pages.
- Visual debugging support via automated page screenshots at any point in the workflow.
- Seamless data hand-off to other Openclaw Skills for further processing and analysis.
- Ability to handle complex web states using specialized wait functions like
waitForSelectorandwaitForNavigation.
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