# Use Your Browser Safely

Web tasks often need different access paths, from public sources to signed-in browser sessions. This skill helps Claude, Codex, and Claude Code choose the least intrusive workflow.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add xixu-me/use-my-browser
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: xixu-me-use-my-browser
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: 217aef7be597ce2cc10b8313f33487775a680a950487726ff352bdfc52f74366
- Author: xixu-me
- GitHub username: xixu-me
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/xixu-me/skills/tree/main/skills/use-my-browser/
- Ref: 64ca8af0f54a325752f08bd54e52151061ea659a
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: env\_access, external\_commands, network
- Quality score: 72
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/xixu-me-use-my-browser
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/xixu-me-use-my-browser/manifest

## Capabilities

- Routes tasks between public web tools, raw fetches, Chrome DevTools, and clean browser contexts.
- Guides safe use of logged-in Chrome state when cookies or current app context matter.
- Explains DOM snapshots, selected network requests, console messages, screenshots, and performance evidence.
- Supports DevTools handoff from selected elements or highlighted requests.
- Stores reusable site notes for confirmed URL patterns, login needs, extraction tactics, and known traps.

## Use Cases

- Debug a Signed-In Web App: Inspect current page state, selected requests, console errors, and rendering issues without recreating the session.
- Research Dynamic Public Pages: Start with public sources, then use browser inspection when static reads miss rendered content.
- Extract Real Page Assets: Find image, video, or metadata sources from lazy-loaded pages with minimal browser disruption.

## Prompt Templates

### Choose the Browser Path

```
Use the browser strategy for this page task. First choose public web, raw fetch, live Chrome DevTools, or a clean browser context.
```

### Inspect My Current Tab

```
I have the relevant page open in Chrome. Use the live browser only as needed, preserve my tab state, and explain the evidence.
```

### Debug a Selected Request

```
I selected a failing request in DevTools. Inspect that request first, then compare nearby network activity only if needed.
```

### Compare Several Sites

```
Compare these sites with the cheapest reliable layer for each one. Batch public research, and use browser inspection only for dynamic evidence.
```

## Limitations

- It is a strategy skill, not a standalone browser automation runtime.
- Live session work needs Chrome DevTools, web, shell, or browser tools in the host environment.
- Authenticated access can expose sensitive pages, requests, cookies, and user data.
- It does not guarantee access to private, anti-bot-heavy, or rapidly changing sites.

## Best Practices

- Define the success condition before choosing public web, raw fetch, live browser, or clean browser tooling.
- Use the least intrusive layer that can answer the question, and escalate only when evidence requires it.
- Protect the user session by avoiding unrelated tabs, destructive actions, and unnecessary browser interaction.

## Anti Patterns

- Opening or modifying the user browser when public sources already answer the request.
- Treating screenshots or not-found pages as final evidence before checking DOM, network, or source data.
- Using raw fetches, DevTools scripts, or file uploads without confirming the goal and user intent.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-08T10:09:17.689\+00:00
- Summary: Static alerts were mostly false positives caused by Markdown inline code, browser tool names, and a Chinese translation file. The real risk is contextual: the skill intentionally guides access to live authenticated browser sessions, DevTools inspection, page script evaluation, and raw fetch workflows.

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