PowerSkills — Browser

Edge browser automation via CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol).

Requirements

• Microsoft Edge running with remote debugging:

  Start-Process "msedge" -ArgumentList "--remote-debugging-port=9222"
  

• Default port configurable in config.json (edge_debug_port)

Actions

.\powerskills.ps1 browser <action> [--params]

Action	Params	Description
tabs		List open browser tabs
navigate	--url URL	Navigate to URL
screenshot	--out-file path.png [--target-id id]	Capture page as PNG
content	[--target-id id]	Get page text content
html	[--target-id id]	Get full page HTML
evaluate	--expression "js"	Execute JavaScript expression
click	--selector "#btn"	Click element by CSS selector
type	--selector "#input" --text "hello"	Type into element
new-tab	--url URL	Open new tab
close-tab	--target-id id	Close tab by ID
scroll	--scroll-target top|bottom|selector	Scroll page
fill	--fields-json '[{"selector":"#a","value":"b"}]'	Fill multiple form fields
wait	--seconds N	Wait N seconds (default: 3)

Examples

# List open tabs
.\powerskills.ps1 browser tabs

# Navigate and screenshot
.\powerskills.ps1 browser navigate --url "https://example.com"
.\powerskills.ps1 browser screenshot --out-file page.png

# Extract page text
.\powerskills.ps1 browser content

# Run JavaScript
.\powerskills.ps1 browser evaluate --expression "document.title"

# Fill a login form
.\powerskills.ps1 browser fill --fields-json '[{"selector":"#user","value":"alex"},{"selector":"#pass","value":"secret","submit":"#login"}]'

Multi-Tab Support

Pass --target-id (from tabs output) to operate on a specific tab. Without it, actions target the first page.

Fill Fields Format

JSON array of objects with selector, value, and optional submit:

[
  {"selector": "#search-input", "value": "PowerShell automation"},
  {"selector": "#filter-type", "value": "recent", "submit": "#apply-btn"}
]

Supports text inputs, selects, and checkboxes. Last field can include submit to click a button.