Stagehand
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The facts
Each one read from Stagehand's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional features
- The site lists WebMCP, clipboard support, batched commands, deep locators for nested iframes, and OTel support.checked 5 Oct 2026
- AI primitives
- Act, Observe, and Extract let agents use natural-language instructions to automate pages.checked 5 Oct 2026
- CLI agents
- The integrations guide documents connections for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, fx, and Pi.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Control
- Scripts can mix AI-powered actions with deterministic page APIs such as goto, click, type, locator, and screenshot.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Core actions
- Its natural-language primitives are Act, Extract, and Observe.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- The installation guide says local runs require Chrome installed, while cloud browser sessions do not.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Documented integrations include Claude Toolset, Eve by Vercel, Deep Agents, CrewAI, Mastra, and Vercel AI SDK.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Languages
- Stagehand provides SDKs for TypeScript, Python, and Go.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Observability
- The homepage lists built-in OTel tracing, and the introduction says Stagehand exposes per-method token usage and inference timing through metrics().checked 11 Oct 2026
- Page support
- The site lists support for nested iframes and closed Shadow DOMs.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Product
- Stagehand is an SDK for browser agents that combines familiar Playwright-style APIs with self-healing actions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Stagehand is an open-source SDK for browser agents.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- The installation guide recommends Node.js and lists Node.js 22.18 or later, Python 3.11 or later, and Go 1.26 or later as requirements; it also says Bun is supported.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security controls
- The site lists network-level security and domain allowlists and blocklists.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security feature
- The Stagehand homepage lists network-level security and domain allowlists and blocklists among its capabilities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-healing
- The site says Stagehand detects site changes and refreshes how actions happen on the page automatically.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The documentation lists community help through Discord and provides [email protected].checked 11 Oct 2026
- Use locally
- Browserbase says Stagehand works locally with any Chromium browser and does not require Browserbase.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Application workflow
- The integrations guide includes a Stripe example that uses WebMCP tools with Stagehand to fill and submit Stripe Checkout.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Browser compatibility
- Stagehand is compatible with Chromium-based browsers including Chrome, Edge, Arc, and Brave.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Browser control
- Stagehand combines Playwright-style page methods such as goto, click, locator, and screenshot with AI primitives.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- Stagehand is created and maintained by Browserbase.checked 11 Oct 2026
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