Tools/pasky/chrome-cdp-skill

chrome-cdp-skill

Give your AI agent access to your live Chrome session — works out of the box, connects to tabs you already have open

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The Lens

By Erik Loyd, SaaS CEO and former COO/CFO of an AWS Premier Partner.

Updated Mar 2026

This skill connects your agent to your live Chrome via the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP). Your agent can read pages, click buttons, fill forms, and navigate, in the browser you're already using.

The difference from tools like Playwright is that this connects to existing tabs. Your agent can interact with pages where you're already authenticated, see what you see, and do what you'd do manually. MIT licensed, JavaScript.

The catch: giving an AI agent access to your live browser session with all your logged-in accounts is a real security consideration. The agent can see everything you can see, including sensitive data in open tabs. There's no permission model beyond 'full access.' And CDP connections can be fragile; Chrome updates can break the protocol.

Free vs Self-Hosted vs Paid

fully free

Fully open source under MIT. No paid tier, no hosted version. Install as a skill and connect to your local Chrome. No cost beyond the Claude Code API usage.

Free. Consider the security implications of full browser access.

Self-hosting ops:trivial

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Score

67/100 · B

Adoption17/30

Maintenance15/25

Community10/20

License15/15

Analysis10/10

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Trust Signals

Author also built: pasky/pi-side-agents (108 stars)

License: MIT License

Use freely, including commercial. Just keep the license.

Commercial use: ✓ Yes

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Owner: Petr Baudis (User)
Stars: 3,209
Forks: 200
Reddit: discussed

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