patchright-cli

patchright-cli

Anti-detect browser automation CLI. Same command interface as Microsoft's playwright-cli but using Patchright (undetected Playwright fork) to bypass bot detection.

Install · Quick Start · Commands · Snapshots · Agent Integration

Highlights

Install

[!TIP] Just paste this into your AI coding agent — it will do the rest:

Install and set up patchright-cli by following the instructions here:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AhaiMk01/patchright-cli/main/docs/installation.md

Your agent handles the install, browser setup, and skill configuration automatically.

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AhaiMk01/patchright-cli/main/docs/installation.md

[!IMPORTANT] Requirements: Python 3.10+ and Google Chrome

# Recommended — always runs latest version, no install needed
uvx patchright-cli open https://example.com

# Via pip
pip install patchright-cli
patchright-cli open https://example.com
patchright-cli close

# Update
pip install --upgrade patchright-cli

git clone https://github.com/AhaiMk01/patchright-cli.git
cd patchright-cli
uv venv && uv pip install -e .
python -m patchright install chromium

Quick Start

# Launch undetected Chrome and navigate
patchright-cli open https://example.com

# Take a snapshot to see interactive elements with refs
patchright-cli snapshot

# Interact using refs from the snapshot
patchright-cli click e2
patchright-cli fill e5 "search query"
patchright-cli press Enter

# Take a screenshot
patchright-cli screenshot

# Close the browser
patchright-cli close

Architecture

graph LR
    A[CLI] -->|TCP:9321| B[Daemon]
    B -->|Patchright| C[Chrome]