Technical & DevelopmentIntermediate

functions

Deploy browser automation as cloud serverless webhooks.

Developer Setup

Setup & Installation

bash

npx skills add https://github.com/browserbase/skills --skill functions

npx skills add https://github.com/browserbase/skills --skill functions

Or paste this URL into your assistant to install:

Overview

Deploys browser automation scripts as scalable cloud functions that run via webhooks or crons.

Application

When you want to deploy Puppeteer or Playwright scripts as serverless cloud functions.
When you need to schedule browser automation tasks using crons or periodic triggers.
When exposing browser scraping or automation logic via secure webhook endpoints.
When running automated workflows in the cloud instead of managing local server resources.
When you want to easily scale browser tasks horizontally without server orchestration.

Documentation

Deploy serverless browser automation using the official browse CLI.

export BROWSERBASE_API_KEY="your_api_key"

browse functions init my-function
cd my-function

This creates:

my-function/
├── package.json
├── index.ts        # Your function code
└── .env            # Add credentials here

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