hanzi-browse

Overview

Hanzi Browse is a context layer for browsing agents that provides site playbooks to help AI navigate complex websites. It offers two modes: MCP integration for AI agents and API access for building applications. The server exposes tools for browser automation including browser_start, browser_message, browser_status, browser_stop, and browser_screenshot. It supports 24 major websites including X, LinkedIn, Gmail, GitHub, and others with specialized interaction hints rather than brittle scripts.

Try asking AI

After installing, here are 5 things you can ask your AI assistant:

• browser_start

  Run a browser automation task. Blocks until complete.

  Try:Go to Gmail and unsubscribe from all marketing emails from the last weekTry:Apply for the senior engineer position on careers.acme.com
• browser_message

  Send a follow-up message to an existing browser session.

  Try:Now click on the download button for the monthly statementTry:Find the contact information for the hiring manager on this page
• browser_status

  Check the progress of an ongoing browser automation task.

  Try:What's the status of my current browser task?Try:Is the LinkedIn search complete yet?
• browser_stop

  Stop a currently running browser automation task.

  Try:Cancel the current browser taskTry:Stop the automation on the current page
• browser_screenshot

  Capture the current browser page as an image.

  Try:Take a screenshot of the current pageTry:Capture the error message that's showing

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Installation

# Install via npx
npx hanzi-browse setup

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hanzi-browse": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["hanzi-browse", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

FAQ

What sites are supported?

Hanzi Browse currently supports 24 sites including X, LinkedIn, Gmail, GitHub, Notion, Figma, Slack, Reddit, Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Target, Zillow, Apartments.com, Craigslist, Indeed, Google Docs, Sheets, Calendar, Drive, ChatGPT, Claude.ai, and Stack Overflow.

How does it handle anti-bot detection?

Instead of brittle scripts that break when websites change, Hanzi Browse provides hints to the LLM about how to navigate specific sites. The model stays in control and can adapt when the DOM changes, without requiring rebuilding of adapters.

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