Puppeteer Browser Automation Library

A practical guide to Puppeteer for browser automation, scraping, and testing. It tracks the official install flow, the Chrome/Firefox control API, and the docs you need to get started quickly.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• npm i puppeteer # Downloads compatible Chrome during installation.
• npm i puppeteer-core # Alternatively, install as a library, without downloading Chrome.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• bash npm2yarn

• MCP

• a Puppeteer-based MCP server for browser automation and debugging.

• Source: https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://pptr.dev/

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange