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lightpanda
Lightpanda browser, drop-in replacement for Chrome-based browsing in any AI agent - faster and lighter for tasks without graphical rendering like data retrieval. Use it via MCP server, CLI fetch, or CDP with Playwright/Puppeteer — or run/save automations as deterministic, token-free replay scripts (PandaScript) via its own agent mode.
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// README
Lightpanda Skill for LLM Agents
Teach your LLM agent to use Lightpanda, a fast headless browser optimized for data extraction and web automation, as a drop-in replacement for Chrome/Chromium.
What is this?
This skill covers Lightpanda's interfaces and when to use them:
| Interface | Best for |
|---|---|
| MCP server | Agent workflows, interactive browsing, form filling |
| CLI fetch | Quick one-off page extraction |
| CDP server | Custom automation with Playwright/Puppeteer |
| Agent mode | Natural-language tasks, or authoring a PandaScript to save |
| Saved scripts (PandaScript) | Repeating a task deterministically, token-free |
A companion sub-skill, pandascript, covers writing PandaScript — the deterministic replay-script format run with lightpanda run (no LLM call).
SKILL.md and lightpanda.io/docs are the full reference — every tool, flag, and caveat.
Installation
1. Add the skill to your agent
Via skills.sh — works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Copilot, opencode, OpenClaw, Hermes, and more:
npx skills add lightpanda-io/agent-skill
It prompts for the skills and target agent — pick lightpanda, plus pandascript if you'll write replay scripts.
Claude Code users can instead install the plugin, which also wires in the MCP server:
/plugin marketplace add lightpanda-io/agent-skill
/plugin install lightpanda@lightpanda
2. Install the Lightpanda binary
With the skill loaded, ask the agent to do it — it knows the install script, the package-manager options, and the platform quirks. Or run it yourself:
bash scripts/install.sh
Homebrew, AUR, and .deb builds: see the install docs.
MCP server (optional)
The MCP server gives your agent live, interactive browsing — structured tools it calls mid-task (navigate, click, extract, wait, …) against a persistent session. It's one of the five interfaces above, not a requirement.
Claude Code plugin users already have it. For any other MCP client, add this to your config:
{ "mcpServers": { "lightpanda": { "command": "lightpanda", "args": ["mcp"] } } }
Platform Support
- Linux (x86_64, aarch64)
- macOS (x86_64, arm64)
- Windows via WSL2
License
Apache 2.0
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