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/install persistent-browser
Description
用 Playwright 持久化上下文（main-identity）抓取需要登录态的网站（YouTube、GitHub、HuggingFace、Reddit、Kaggle、X/Twitter）。当用户要求外网搜索或指定这些网站时自动触发。
Usage Guidance
This skill instructs the agent to open and modify a hard-coded local browser profile (including deleting a lock file) to scrape logged-in content. That profile can contain cookies, sessions, and other sensitive data. Before installing: (1) do not install unless you fully trust the skill author and understand why it needs your browser profile; (2) prefer a design that uses explicit API tokens or a dedicated, sandboxed browser profile rather than your main identity; (3) require the skill to declare dependencies (Playwright, browser) and the config path it will use, and change the path to a profile you control; (4) avoid running with --no-sandbox and headful flags on untrusted code; (5) if you test it, run inside an isolated VM/container with a throwaway profile and monitor file access; (6) consider disabling autonomous invocation so the skill runs only with explicit user approval.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: persistent-browser
Version: 1.0.0
The skill is designed to access a persistent browser profile located at a hardcoded path (/home/kncao/.openclaw/browser-profiles/main-identity), which contains sensitive session data and login credentials for platforms like GitHub, X/Twitter, and YouTube. It explicitly disables security features (--no-sandbox) and requires non-headless mode to bypass bot detection. While the stated purpose is scraping, the access to a persistent 'main-identity' profile poses a high risk of session hijacking or unauthorized access to private user data if the agent is misdirected. (SKILL.md)
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The described purpose (scraping sites that require login via a persistent Playwright context) is coherent with using launch_persistent_context. However, the SKILL.md hardcodes a specific user_data_dir (/home/kncao/.openclaw/browser-profiles/main-identity) and instructs manipulating its files. The skill metadata declares no required config paths or credentials, so the instructions demand access beyond what was declared and beyond a typical scraper's minimal needs.
Instruction Scope
The runtime instructions explicitly tell the agent to read/write a local browser profile and to rm -f the SingletonLock before each run. That is file-system access and modification of another profile on disk (potentially containing cookies, sessions, credentials). The instructions also require running Playwright headful with args (including --no-sandbox and anti-detection flags), which expands runtime privileges and evasion tactics. These actions go beyond simple page fetching and implicate sensitive local data and destructive operations.
Install Mechanism
This is instruction-only (no install spec), which limits installation-time risk. However, the SKILL.md assumes Playwright (and a browser) are available but does not declare required binaries or packages. The missing dependency declarations are an incoherence: the skill will fail or behave unpredictably unless Playwright and appropriate browsers are present.
Credentials
No environment variables or credentials are requested, yet the skill asks to use a persistent browser profile that likely contains cookies, tokens, and session state. Access to that profile is disproportionate and privacy-sensitive. The skill gives no guidance for using a dedicated/sandboxed profile or requesting explicit user consent for accessing such data.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is not marked always:true, but disable-model-invocation is false (normal), meaning the agent could autonomously invoke this skill when triggered by web-search intents. Autonomous invocation combined with the ability to read/modify a local logged-in browser profile increases the blast radius and privacy risk if invoked without explicit user confirmation.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install persistent-browser - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/persistent-browser - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release: Enables persistent browser context scraping for login-required websites.
- Uses Playwright with a persistent user profile for sites needing authentication (YouTube, GitHub, HuggingFace, Reddit, Kaggle, X/Twitter).
- Automatically triggers when accessing specified sites or when "external web search" is requested.
- Ensures headless mode is disabled for proper page rendering, especially on X/Twitter.
- Cleans up browser profile lock files before scraping to avoid errors.
- Customizes waiting times per site for reliable JavaScript/SPAs rendering.
- Extracts plain text content, avoiding screenshots.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Persistent Browser Scraper?
用 Playwright 持久化上下文（main-identity）抓取需要登录态的网站（YouTube、GitHub、HuggingFace、Reddit、Kaggle、X/Twitter）。当用户要求外网搜索或指定这些网站时自动触发。 It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 219 downloads so far.
How do I install Persistent Browser Scraper?
Run "/install persistent-browser" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Persistent Browser Scraper free?
Yes, Persistent Browser Scraper is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Persistent Browser Scraper support?
Persistent Browser Scraper is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Persistent Browser Scraper?
It is built and maintained by ckncg (@ckncg); the current version is v1.0.0.
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