Raw browser control is a commodity. Reliable, reviewable, resumable execution under concurrency is the durable advantage.

Learn 7 headless browser automation patterns that hold up in production, plus the retries, state handling, and debugging practices that keep them reliable.

Today we are launching the Steel Browser CLI and the steel-browser skill so agents can run browser workflows and return clear outcomes with markdown, screenshots, or PDFs.

Automate real web workflows fast with Steel’s managed cloud Chrome sessions. Create a session, connect Puppeteer, run steps, extract data, and release reliably.

The Web Is a Busy Place (and Not All Traffic Walks on Two Legs)

Connect Notte agents to Steel browser infrastructure via CDP. One line of code gives you cloud browsers with session replay and built-in CAPTCHA solving.

Modern anti-bot systems use layered network, device, behavioral, and challenge-based defenses to distinguish humans from increasingly sophisticated malicious bots.

Steel and Kernel both provide remote browser infrastructure for automation and agent workflows.

Steel and Kernel both provide remote browser infrastructure for automation and agent workflows.

Learn what a CAPTCHA solver is, how Steel handles CAPTCHAs, supported services, setup patterns, and production limits before automating verification reliably.

How to run headless browsers in the cloud for web scraping, what the options are, where they differ, and why Steel.dev is built for this workload.

How fast is "Hello, browser?"

Five features that make AI agents work in production.

You get a browser! you get a browser!

A complete rework of how you view and replay sessions.

Debug, trace and observe the actions you Agents take better with Agent Logs.

Run sessions with mobile UA and viewport for simpler DOMs, faster vision agents, and mobile-only auth paths. Keep separate profiles for clean context.

Persistent browser identities to keep auth, cookies, cache across sessions.

Next week we're shipping five upgrades that eliminate the infrastructure headaches keeping your AI agents from production.

Learn to self-host Steel Browser for AI web agents. Complete guide with 1-click deploy, Docker setup, and bare metal installation options.

Steel Node SDK: Cloud browsers in 3 lines of code. Works with Puppeteer, Playwright. No Docker hell. TypeScript-first. Free 100hrs/mo.

Tired of wrestling with Selenium and Playwright infrastructure? Steel's Python SDK gives you cloud browsers in 3 lines of code. No Docker, no proxies, no pain.

From soldering circuits in NZ to building AI browser infrastructure at Steel: Meet Dane Wilson, the maker wiring tomorrow's web, one startup at a time.

Steel.dev: AI-first browser automation with anti-bot protection, session persistence, and seamless integration. Free tier: 100 hours/month.