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Open-Source SDK Gives AI Agents Efficient Browser Control

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Hacker News ·

Browser Tools SDK is a new open-source TypeScript package that lets AI agents control real browsers with minimal code. In benchmarks, it achieved a 92% pass rate on 26 live-site tasks while costing 55% less per success than alternatives. The SDK exposes only six tools, focusing on context-efficient snapshots and raw Playwright execution.

Meridian48 take
The cost and token savings are impressive, but the real test will be how well it handles anti-bot protections and complex real-world workflows at scale.
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