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Enabling agent autonomy · Intermediate

Implement Browser Automation for AI Agents

Give agents the ability to use the web. Learn how browsers are automated, how to show a page to a model, how to design the agent loop, and how to make runs reliable, safe and respectful.

7 lessons · 15 hr 15 min · Free

You will learn to

  • ▸Decide when a browser agent is justified, and at which level of control
  • ▸Automate a browser with Playwright using locators, contexts and auto-waiting
  • ▸Choose between accessibility snapshots, screenshots and hybrid page views
  • ▸Design the observe, think and act loop with a small, reliable action set
  • ▸Defend against page-borne prompt injection and automate respectfully

Before you start

  • ·Comfortable with Python or TypeScript
  • ·Basic HTML and how web pages work
  • ·You have built a tool-calling agent, or read the Production Agents course

Syllabus

  1. 01Why give agents a browser?When to use one, when not to, and three levels of control.45 min
  2. 02Browser automation fundamentalsProtocols, Playwright, contexts, locators and auto-waiting.2 hr
  3. 03How agents see pagesHTML, accessibility trees, screenshots and hybrids.1 hr 30 min
  4. 04The agent loop and action designTools, failure modes, and mixing scripts with AI.2 hr 30 min
  5. 05Making runs reliableWaits, obstacles, isolation, traces and scaling out.2 hr
  6. 06Safety, ethics and respectful automationPrompt injection, isolation, approvals, robots.txt and terms.1 hr 30 min
  7. 07Capstone projectShip a reliable, safe browser agent for a real task.5 hr