Self-healing Python harness (~592 lines) connecting LLMs directly to Chrome via CDP, where the agent writes missing helpers mid-task.
Key Takeaways
Built on raw CDP with one WebSocket to Chrome; no framework, no recipes, no abstraction layer between agent and browser.
Self-healing means the agent edits helpers.py itself when a needed function is missing – e.g. upload_file() gets written live during a run.
Core files are thin by design: run.py (~36 lines), helpers.py (~195 lines), daemon/CDP bridge (~361 lines).
Domain skills under domain-skills/ (GitHub, LinkedIn, Amazon) are agent-generated, not hand-authored – the harness files them automatically after solving a non-obvious flow.
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Hacker News Comment Review
Sparse discussion with only two live comments; no deep technical debate on CDP internals, self-healing reliability, or comparison to Playwright/Puppeteer-based stacks.
One commenter confirmed similar results using Vercel’s agent-browser and Playwright for scraping and automation, suggesting the approach is replicable with other drivers.
“Open washing” skepticism surfaced – the project’s openness or licensing framing drew mild critique, though no specific closed component was identified.
Notable Comments
@syl5x: Achieved comparable results with Vercel agent-browser and Playwright; calls it good for scraping and browser automation.
@Amekedl: Flags possible “open washing” while calling the project cool.