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Stagehand is the SDK for browser agents

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Stagehand homepage showing browser automation in TypeScript, Python, and Go and a speed comparison with Playwright

AI that uses the browser like humans.

Sign in once, keep the session, and pull structured data out the other side.

import { localBrowser, Stagehand } from "@browserbasehq/stagehand";
import { z } from "zod/v4";

// Cookies persist in ./browser-data, so the next run starts already signed in const browser = await localBrowser.launch({ userDataDir: "./browser-data" }); const stagehand = await Stagehand.create({ browser, model: { modelName: "openai/gpt-5.4-mini", apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY }, });

const [page] = await browser.context.pages(); await page.goto("https://app.example.com/login");

// observe() returns real selectors, so credentials never reach the model const { data: email } = await stagehand.observe("find the email input"); const { data: password } = await stagehand.observe("find the password input"); await page.locator(email[0].selector).fill(process.env.APP_EMAIL!); await page.locator(password[0].selector).fill(process.env.APP_PASSWORD!);

// act() self-heals when the site redesigns its form await stagehand.act("click the sign in button"); await stagehand.act("open the billing page");

// extract() returns schema-validated data const { data } = await stagehand.extract( "extract every invoice in the table", z.object({ invoices: z.array(z.object({ number: z.string(), amount: z.number(), paid: z.boolean() })), }), );

console.log(data.invoices);

await stagehand.close(); await browser.close();

Python

import asyncio
import os

from pydantic import BaseModel from stagehand import Stagehand, local_browser

class Invoice(BaseModel): number: str amount: float paid: bool

class Invoices(BaseModel): invoices: list[Invoice]

async def main() -> None: # Cookies persist in ./browser-data, so the next run starts already signed in browser = await local_browser.launch(user_data_dir="./browser-data") try: stagehand = await Stagehand.create( browser=browser, model="openai/gpt-5.4-mini", model_api_key=os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"], ) try: page = (await browser.context.pages())[0] await page.goto("https://app.example.com/login")

# observe() returns real selectors, so credentials never reach the model email = await stagehand.observe("find the email input") password = await stagehand.observe("find the password input") await page.locator(email.data[0].selector).fill(os.environ["APP_EMAIL"]) await page.locator(password.data[0].selector).fill(os.environ["APP_PASSWORD"])

# act() self-heals when the site redesigns its form await stagehand.act("click the sign in button") await stagehand.act("open the billing page")

# extract() returns schema-validated data result = await stagehand.extract( "extract every invoice in the table", Invoices, ) print(result.data.invoices) finally: await stagehand.close() finally: await browser.close()

asyncio.run(main())

Go

package main

import ( "context" "errors" "fmt" "log" "os"

stagehand "github.com/browserbase/stagehand/packages/sdk-go/v4" )

type invoice struct { Number string json:"number" Amount float64 json:"amount" Paid bool json:"paid" }

type invoices struct { Invoices []invoice json:"invoices" }

func main() { if err := run(context.Background()); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } }

func run(ctx context.Context) (err error) { // Cookies persist in ./browser-data, so the next run starts already signed in browser, err := stagehand.LaunchLocalBrowser(ctx, &stagehand.LocalBrowserLaunchOptions{ UserDataDir: "./browser-data", }) if err != nil { return err } defer func() { err = errors.Join(err, browser.Close(ctx)) }()

modelAPIKey := os.Getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY") client, err := stagehand.Create(ctx, stagehand.CreateOptions{ Browser: browser, Model: &stagehand.ModelConfig{ ModelName: "openai/gpt-5.4-mini", APIKey: &modelAPIKey, }, }) if err != nil { return err } defer func() { err = errors.Join(err, client.Close(ctx)) }()

browserContext, err := browser.Context() if err != nil { return err } pages, err := browserContext.Pages(ctx) if err != nil { return err } page := pages[0] if _, err := page.Goto(ctx, "https://app.example.com/login", nil); err != nil { return err }

// Observe returns real selectors, so credentials never reach the model emailInstruction := "find the email input" email, err := client.Observe(ctx, &emailInstruction, nil) if err != nil { return err } if err := page.Locator(email.Data[0].Selector).Fill(ctx, os.Getenv("APP_EMAIL")); err != nil { return err }

passwordInstruction := "find the password input" password, err := client.Observe(ctx, &passwordInstruction, nil) if err != nil { return err } if err := page.Locator(password.Data[0].Selector).Fill(ctx, os.Getenv("APP_PASSWORD")); err != nil { return err }

// Act self-heals when the site redesigns its form if _, err := client.Act(ctx, stagehand.ActInstruction("click the sign in button"), nil); err != nil { return err } if _, err := client.Act(ctx, stagehand.ActInstruction("open the billing page"), nil); err != nil { return err }

// Extract returns data decoded into a Go type extracted, err := stagehand.Extractinvoices if err != nil { return err } fmt.Println(extracted.Data.Invoices)

return nil }

Install

pnpm add @browserbasehq/stagehand 'zod@~4.4.3'

Python

pip install stagehand

Go

go get github.com/browserbase/stagehand/packages/sdk-go/[email protected]

Local runs need Chrome installed. Full setup: Quickstart.

Why Stagehand

Familiar APIs The Playwright-style methods you and your agents already know: goto, click, locator, screenshot.
Token efficiency Hybrid accessibility-tree trimming gives agents exactly the page context they need and nothing more.
Faster in production Stagehand runs as an extension next to the browser, cutting round-trip latency on every action.
Self-healing act, observe, and extract refresh how an action happens when the site changes underneath it.
Built for agents WebMCP, clipboard support, batch commands, deep locators for nested iframes and closed Shadow DOMs, OTel traces.
Three languages One complete browser driver across TypeScript, Python, and Go.

Run it on Browserbase

Point the same script at Browserbase and get 2x faster execution than Playwright cloud equivalent browsers. Configure the Model Gateway so you never wire up a provider, and enable server-side caching to cache repeated actions.

import { browserbase, Stagehand } from "@browserbasehq/stagehand";

const browser = await browserbase.launch({ apiKey: process.env.BROWSERBASE_API_KEY! });

// No model configuration: the Model Gateway picks the cheapest model for each action // cache: true: identical calls come back from Browserbase, no tokens spent const stagehand = await Stagehand.create({ browser, cache: true });

Python

import os

from stagehand import Stagehand, browserbase

browser = await browserbase.launch(api_key=os.environ["BROWSERBASE_API_KEY"])

No model configuration: the Model Gateway picks the cheapest model for each action

cache=True: identical calls come back from Browserbase, no tokens spent

stagehand = await Stagehand.create(browser=browser, cache=True)

Go

browser, err := stagehand.LaunchBrowserbase(ctx, stagehand.BrowserbaseLaunchOptions{
	APIKey: os.Getenv("BROWSERBASE_API_KEY"),
})
if err != nil {
	return err
}

// No model configuration: the Model Gateway picks the cheapest model for each action // CacheEnabled(true): identical calls come back from Browserbase, no tokens spent cache := stagehand.CacheEnabled(true) client, err := stagehand.Create(ctx, stagehand.CreateOptions{ Browser: browser, Cache: &cache, }) if err != nil { return err }

Verified mode, residential proxies, persistent contexts, and session recordings come with it. Get an API key and learn how to configure your browser here.

Give your coding agent a browser

The hosted Browserbase MCP server puts navigate, act, observe, and extract in any MCP client — no install, no local browser.

claude mcp add --transport http browserbase https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $BROWSERBASE_API_KEY"

Cursor, Codex, and other MCP clients

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browserbase": {
      "url": "https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_BROWSERBASE_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

Search and fetch without a browser

Fetch lets you grab the content of any URL as markdown. Search provides fast, token-efficient web search results. Both as a lightweight complement to browser sessions.

import { browserbase } from "@browserbasehq/stagehand";

const { results } = await browserbase.search({ apiKey: process.env.BROWSERBASE_API_KEY!, query: "browser agent frameworks", numResults: 5, });

const fetched = await browserbase.fetch({ apiKey: process.env.BROWSERBASE_API_KEY!, url: results[0].url, format: "markdown", });

console.log(fetched.content);

Docs and resources

Quickstart Empty directory to working automation in three steps
page · locator Playwright-style browser and element APIs
WebMCP Discover and invoke WebMCP tools exposed by web pages
act · extract · observe Browser actions and data extraction with natural language
Search · Fetch Web search and page content without a browser
Migrate from Playwright Port an existing suite
Integrations CrewAI, Mastra, Deep Agents, Vercel AI SDK, Claude Code, Codex
Python SDK · Go SDK Language-specific guides
Ask DeepWiki Ask questions about this codebase

Join the community

Stagehand is built in the open, and the fastest way to shape it is to show up.

Contributing

We're focused on improving reliability, extensibility, speed, and cost, in that order. Bug fixes and small improvements are the best way to get started. For anything larger, reach out to Miguel Gonzalez or Paul Klein on Discord first so we can make sure it lands.

Stagehand is a TypeScript, Python, and Go monorepo driven by just:

git clone https://github.com/browserbase/stagehand.git
cd stagehand
just install
just generate
just build

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key" just example act # runs packages/sdk-ts/examples/act.ts

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full TypeScript, Python, and Go setup.

Acknowledgements

We'd like to thank the following people for their major contributions to Stagehand:

License

Licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright 2026 Browserbase, Inc.

"Stagehand" is a trademark of Browserbase, Inc.

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