What is browser-act?
browser-act is a Claude skill by browser-act that automate authenticated browsers with extraction and human handoff. It is listed under Security and has 6,156 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | browser-act |
| Repository | browser-act/skills |
| Popularity | 6,156 GitHub stars |
| Category | Security |
| Security | Low risk (88/100) |
| Rank | #436 of 1,262 Claude skills; #10 in Security |
| SKILL.md length | 55 lines |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-08-24 |
| Stars this week | +25 |
Is browser-act safe to install?
browser-act scores 88/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 6 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Reads keys or credentials | Note |
| Makes network requests | Note |
| Runs shell commands | Note |
| Installs no packages | Pass |
What the scan matched
- credentials:
credentials - network:
https:// - shell:
```bash
How do I install browser-act?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/browser-act/skills --skill browser-act
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/browser-act/skills cp -r skills/browser-act ~/.claude/skills/browser-act
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the browser-act skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs browser-act for you:
Install the "browser-act" skill from https://github.com/browser-act/skills/tree/main/browser-act into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.