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Stagehand

AI-native browser automation framework by Browserbase

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About

TypeScript framework for AI browser automation built on Playwright. Introduces act/extract/observe primitives that let LLMs control browsers with natural language. Action caching (v3) makes repeated flows deterministic and cheap.

Choose Stagehand when…

•You're building in TypeScript and want idiomatic browser automation
•You need action caching to make LLM-driven flows deterministic
•You want Browserbase's managed browser infrastructure under the hood

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How does your AI navigate the web?Optional for most stacks

AI-powered browser control for agents that need to navigate, extract, fill forms, and interact with any website

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Stack Genome Detection

AIchitect's Genome scanner detects Stagehand in your project via these signals:

npm packages

@browserbasehq/stagehand

env vars

BROWSERBASE_API_KEYBROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID

Integrates with (2)

Playwright MCPMCP Servers

Stagehand runs on Playwright engine and exposes MCP-compatible tools for AI browser control.

→ Connect Stagehand AI browser actions to any MCP client for structured browser automation.

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BrowserbaseBrowser Automation

Stagehand is built on Browserbase — Browserbase is the managed headless-browser runtime and Stagehand is the high-level AI-native scripting layer that runs on top of it.

→ Run Stagehand scripts at scale on Browserbase's managed browser fleet without operating Chromium yourself.

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