# Build Reliable Browser Automation in Go

Dynamic websites are difficult to test and automate reliably with basic HTTP tools. This skill guides Playwright Go architecture, logging, cleanup, timeouts, and browser interactions.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add sickn33/go-playwright
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: sickn33-go-playwright
- Skillstore revision: r2
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: 46b1437c749d48af4be74901ae4b8b6343f696bf9618b49c21d7254550eccc05
- Author: sickn33
- GitHub username: sickn33
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/go-playwright
- Ref: 88a8e9a07f4c54ab105c1c41b6267c287146b07b
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: confirmation\_required
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: scripts, network, external\_commands
- Quality score: 38
- Quality tier: warning
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/sickn33-go-playwright
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/sickn33-go-playwright/manifest

## Capabilities

- Structures Playwright Go programs around one browser and isolated contexts.
- Adds Zap logging for navigation, interaction, and error events.
- Applies explicit timeouts, panic recovery, and deferred cleanup.
- Provides examples for initialization, typing, clicking, and session persistence.
- Supports debugging with visible browsers and slowed interactions.

## Use Cases

- Test Dynamic Web Applications: Create repeatable browser tests for navigation, forms, and JavaScript-rendered interfaces.
- Automate Internal Browser Workflows: Build authorized browser tasks with isolated sessions, structured logs, and reliable cleanup.
- Debug Playwright Go Scripts: Review failing automation and add visible execution, timeouts, error handling, and diagnostics.

## Prompt Templates

### Create a Basic Browser Test

```
Create a Playwright Go test for [URL] that verifies [expected result]. Use explicit timeouts and close all resources.
```

### Add Structured Logging

```
Update this Playwright Go workflow to use Zap logging for navigation, clicks, failures, and cleanup: [workflow].
```

### Design Concurrent Sessions

```
Design a Playwright Go service for [session count] isolated sessions using one browser. Include lifecycle management, limits, and error handling.
```

### Harden a Production Workflow

```
Audit this authorized Playwright Go workflow: [workflow]. Address timeouts, retries, logging privacy, session isolation, dependency pinning, and graceful shutdown.
```

## Limitations

- Requires Playwright drivers, browser binaries, and Go dependencies.
- Full browser automation can consume substantial memory and processor capacity.
- Examples omit complete cookie serialization and restoration code.
- The skill does not solve CAPTCHAs or guarantee access to protected sites.

## Best Practices

- Use one browser with separate contexts for independent sessions.
- Set explicit timeouts and close pages, contexts, browsers, and Playwright.
- Pin dependencies and protect credentials, cookies, and form values in logs.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not launch a new browser process for every small task.
- Do not ignore Playwright errors or depend only on default timeouts.
- Do not use stealth techniques to bypass access controls or site policies.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-24T00:27:04.599\+00:00
- Summary: Most static alerts are parser artifacts caused by Go import blocks, Markdown code spans, documentation links, and browser configuration values. The dependency setup command is a confirmed medium risk because it runs an unpinned remote Go package and installs system dependencies. The main concern is explicit guidance for bypassing anti-bot controls through stealth and human-emulation techniques.

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