Add webpilot skill — CDP-free browser automation by hugopalma17 · Pull Request #243 · openai/skills

hugopalma17 · 2026-03-09T08:48:22Z

Summary

Adds the webpilot skill for Codex CLI and compatible agent platforms
CDP-free browser automation — no Playwright, no Puppeteer, no detectable debugging port
Drives a real browser through a Chrome extension + WebSocket bridge
Ships two npm packages: h17-webpilot (runtime + CLI) and webpilot-mcp (MCP adapter)

What the skill teaches

The inspect → act → verify operating loop
DOM-first page inspection (html, discover, q) before acting — not screenshots
Full CLI shorthand surface (click, type, html, discover, ss, etc.)
Raw WebSocket protocol for advanced use cases
MCP server setup for Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf

Install

```bash
npm install -g h17-webpilot
```

```bash
npx h17-webpilot start
npx h17-webpilot -c 'go example.com'
npx h17-webpilot -c 'discover'
npx h17-webpilot -c 'click h1'
```

Links

npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/h17-webpilot
GitHub: https://github.com/hugopalma17/webpilot
License: Apache 2.0

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Pull request overview

Adds a new curated webpilot skill to the skills catalog, intended to enable CDP-free browser automation via a Chrome extension + WebSocket runtime and expose it to compatible agent platforms.

Changes:

Added webpilot OpenAI agent manifest referencing an MCP tool.
Added SKILL.md with usage guidance, operating loop, and MCP setup instructions.
Added an Apache 2.0 LICENSE.txt for the skill.

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File	Description
skills/.curated/webpilot/agents/openai.yaml	Declares the skill’s agent manifest and MCP dependency wiring.
skills/.curated/webpilot/SKILL.md	Documents Webpilot runtime usage, CLI command surface, and MCP server configuration.
skills/.curated/webpilot/LICENSE.txt	Adds licensing text for the new curated skill.

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Copilot · 2026-03-09T08:53:44Z

skills/.curated/webpilot/agents/openai.yaml

+  name: Webpilot
+  description: CDP-free browser automation — drive a real browser via Chrome extension + WebSocket. No Playwright, no Puppeteer, no detectable debugging port.
+policy:
+  invocation: implicit


agents/openai.yaml doesn’t match the repo’s OpenAI agent YAML schema: other skills use interface.display_name, interface.short_description, and almost always include interface.default_prompt. Using interface.name/interface.description will likely be ignored or break downstream tooling (see skills/.system/skill-creator/scripts/generate_openai_yaml.py). Also, policy.invocation: implicit doesn’t match the existing policy.allow_implicit_invocation: true convention used in curated skills.

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name: Webpilot

description: CDP-free browser automation — drive a real browser via Chrome extension + WebSocket. No Playwright, no Puppeteer, no detectable debugging port.

policy:

invocation: implicit

display_name: Webpilot

short_description: CDP-free browser automation — drive a real browser via Chrome extension + WebSocket. No Playwright, no Puppeteer, no detectable debugging port.

default_prompt: CDP-free browser automation — drive a real browser via Chrome extension + WebSocket. No Playwright, no Puppeteer, no detectable debugging port.

policy:

allow_implicit_invocation: true

Copilot · 2026-03-09T08:53:44Z

skills/.curated/webpilot/agents/openai.yaml

+    - type: mcp
+      name: webpilot


The MCP dependency block uses different keys than the other curated skills (name vs value, unquoted type, and no transport/url/description fields). For consistency with existing skill manifests (e.g. skills/.curated/figma/agents/openai.yaml), switch to the same dependencies.tools[*] shape so the MCP server is discoverable by the host runtime.

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- type: mcp

name: webpilot

- type: "mcp"

value: webpilot

Copilot · 2026-03-09T08:53:45Z

skills/.curated/webpilot/LICENSE.txt

+   Copyright 2025 Hugo Palma
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.


This Apache 2.0 license text deviates from the standard template used by other curated skills: it omits the “APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work” section and replaces the placeholder copyright line with a specific copyright statement. If the repo expects the standard Apache 2.0 template (see e.g. skills/.curated/aspnet-core/LICENSE.txt), consider aligning this file to that same template for consistency/compliance checks.

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Copyright 2025 Hugo Palma

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

limitations under the License.

APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work

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-  name: Webpilot
-  description: CDP-free browser automation — drive a real browser via Chrome extension + WebSocket. No Playwright, no Puppeteer, no detectable debugging port.
-policy:
-  invocation: implicit
+  display_name: Webpilot
+  short_description: CDP-free browser automation — drive a real browser via Chrome extension + WebSocket. No Playwright, no Puppeteer, no detectable debugging port.
+  default_prompt: CDP-free browser automation — drive a real browser via Chrome extension + WebSocket. No Playwright, no Puppeteer, no detectable debugging port.
+policy:
+  allow_implicit_invocation: true

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