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Oxylabs Headless Browser

Connect Playwright or Puppeteer to Oxylabs' remote headless browsers over CDP for stealth automation, geo-targeted proxies and automatic CAPTCHA solving.

Web & APIIntermediate★ 454⑂ 1AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 12, 2026

What it does

  • Teaches Claude how to connect to Oxylabs remote headless browsers (Chrome, legacy Firefox) via the Chrome DevTools Protocol.
  • Ships copy-paste connection snippets for Playwright (Python & JavaScript) and Puppeteer — no local browser install needed.
  • Documents connection query parameters: country/city/US-state targeting (p_cc, p_city, p_state), device fingerprint emulation (p_device), VNC session inspection (o_vnc) and Chrome bargs.
  • Explains CAPTCHA handling: listening for oxylabs-captcha-solve-* window messages and manually triggering hcaptcha/recaptcha/turnstile solving via window.postMessage.
  • States the constraints up front: 100 concurrent sessions, 10 launches/sec, and a decision table telling you to use Web Scraper API for simple HTML scraping.

Who it's for

  • Data-collection and scraping engineers already on an Oxylabs plan.
  • Developers who must render JavaScript-heavy or anti-bot protected pages.
  • Teams running browser automation in CI where local browsers aren't practical.

Examples

  1. "Load this product page from a Texas IP and extract the price" → generates a wss URL with ?p_state=texas plus Playwright code.
  2. "Screenshot and PDF this page as a mobile device" → adds p_device=mobile and writes the capture script.
  3. "Handle the Turnstile CAPTCHA that appears after login" → registers solve listeners before navigation, then posts the solve_captcha message.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the skills/headless-browser folder from the GitHub repo oxylabs/agent-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/headless-browser/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/oxylabs/agent-skills.git /tmp/oxylabs-agent-skills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/oxylabs-agent-skills/skills/headless-browser ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/oxylabs/agent-skills.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r agent-skills/skills/headless-browser ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Export your Oxylabs credentials: export OXY_UNBLOCKER_USERNAME=... and export OXY_UNBLOCKER_PASSWORD=... (add them to your shell profile to persist).
  6. Install a client library: pip install playwright or npm i playwright / npm i puppeteer.
  7. Restart Claude Code and prompt something like "use the Oxylabs headless browser to render this page".
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT