{
  "slug": "browse-cli-initial-release-d992ca4ba08b",
  "title": "browse CLI initial release",
  "tools": [
    "browse"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-03-18T21:40:48.945Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-03-18T21:40:48.945Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When implementing or debugging repository code requires browser interaction, install and use the `browse` CLI to navigate, inspect, act, and verify page state. The official workflow documents snapshot refs and browser commands for these steps.",
    "examples": [
      "browse open <url>\nbrowse snapshot -c\nbrowse click <ref>\nbrowse type \"<text>\"\nbrowse screenshot ./page.png\nbrowse stop",
      "browse open <url>\nbrowse snapshot -c\nbrowse fill <selector-or-ref> \"<value>\"\nbrowse click <ref>\nbrowse snapshot -c\nbrowse stop"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: 0.2.0",
      "open <url> (required): Navigate to a URL; first command auto-starts the browser daemon.",
      "snapshot -c / --compact: Print the accessibility tree with element refs in compact form.",
      "click <ref> (required): Click an element by its snapshot ref, such as `@0-5`.",
      "type <text> (required): Type text; optional `-d` delay and `--mistakes` flags are documented.",
      "fill <selector> <value> (required): Fill a form field; optional `--no-press-enter` disables pressing Enter.",
      "screenshot [path]: Capture a screenshot; optional `-f|--full-page` and `-t png|jpeg`.",
      "stop (required): Stop the browser daemon.",
      "Prerequisite: Install with `npm install -g @browserbasehq/browse-cli`. Chrome/Chromium must be installed on the system."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Automate browser interactions while implementing or debugging repository code.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand/blob/@browserbasehq/browse-cli@0.6.0/packages/cli/CHANGELOG.md#020",
    "https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand/blob/e38c13b7526b140b693152ef1ffda88a74e9c425/packages/cli/README.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.93038,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3-rejudge+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "browsecli-20261017",
    "verdict_id": "browsecli-20261017:browsecli-20261017-2deb2b1181747451-1:rescue",
    "evidence_hash": "36b18fdf4b525e18ed61ff20f340b56f4ccce0feaf1a863a7c1559d5d1664f1d"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "41729844a0515b79913606ab46dce30a83441e37242cec074ccf10b96069b562",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "browsecli-20261017:rescue",
    "reason": "Rescue path: first rejected only because the extracted card lacked usage; judged again on the enriched card, 3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.93 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.69 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}