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Installing OpenBrowser for Codex

Browser automation skills for Codex via native skill discovery. Clone and symlink.

Prerequisites

  • Git
  • Chrome or Chromium installed
  • Python 3.12+ with uv

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/billy-enrizky/openbrowser-ai.git ~/.codex/openbrowser

  2. Create the skills symlink:

    mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills
ln -s ~/.codex/openbrowser/plugin/skills ~/.agents/skills/openbrowser

    Windows (PowerShell):

    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.agents\skills"
cmd /c mklink /J "$env:USERPROFILE\.agents\skills\openbrowser" "$env:USERPROFILE\.codex\openbrowser\plugin\skills"

  3. Install OpenBrowser CLI:

    uv tool install openbrowser-ai
openbrowser-ai install

  4. Restart Codex to discover the skills.

Verify

ls -la ~/.agents/skills/openbrowser

You should see a symlink pointing to the openbrowser plugin skills directory.

Available Skills

Skill Description
web-scraping Extract structured data from websites, handle pagination
form-filling Fill forms, login flows, multi-step wizards
e2e-testing Test web apps by simulating user interactions
page-analysis Analyze page content, structure, metadata
accessibility-audit Audit pages for WCAG compliance
file-download Download files (PDFs, CSVs) using browser session

Updating

cd ~/.codex/openbrowser && git pull

Skills update instantly through the symlink.

Uninstalling

rm ~/.agents/skills/openbrowser

Optionally delete the clone: rm -rf ~/.codex/openbrowser