Stagehand Ai Browser Automation Framework

---
name: "Stagehand AI Browser Automation Framework"
slug: "stagehand-ai-browser-automation-framework"
description: "Stagehand is an open-source browser automation framework that combines natural language instructions with code for reliable web automation. Built on top of Playwright, it lets developers use AI when navigating unfamiliar pages and code when they know exactly what to do."
github_stars: 21782
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand"
category: "Browser Automation"
framework: "Custom Agents"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "browserbase/stagehand"
  github_stars: 21782
  npm_package: "@browserbasehq/stagehand"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 3394138
---

# Stagehand AI Browser Automation Framework

Stagehand is an open-source browser automation framework that combines natural language instructions with code for reliable web automation. Built on top of Playwright, it lets developers use AI when navigating unfamiliar pages and code when they know exactly what to do.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npx create-browser-app
- git clone https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand.git
- pnpm install
- pnpm run build

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- If you're looking for the Python implementation, you can find it
- <a href="https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand-python"> here</a>
- Most existing browser automation tools either require you to write low-level code in a framework like Selenium, Playwright, or Puppeteer, or use high-level agents that can be unpredictable in production. By letting de...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- **Write once, run forever**: Stagehand's auto-caching combined with self-healing remembers previous actions, runs without LLM inference, and knows when to involve AI whenever the website changes and your automation br...
- Start with Stagehand with one line of code, or check out our [Quickstart Guide](https://docs.stagehand.dev/v3/first-steps/quickstart) for more information:
- bash

- Source: https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/browserbase/stagehand/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/stagehand-ai-browser-automation-framework/)