Puppeteer Automation

This one gives you solid Puppeteer patterns for browser automation in Node.js. It covers the essentials: launching browsers with the right args, navigation with proper wait strategies, element selection and interaction, screenshot and PDF generation, plus network interception for blocking resources or monitoring API calls. The code examples are clean async/await throughout, with actual error handling and retry logic instead of happy path nonsense. The waiting strategies section is especially useful since that's where most automation scripts break in production. Good for web scraping, testing, or any headless Chrome workflow where you need reliable patterns instead of figuring out waitForSelector options from scratch every time.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add mindrally/skills --skill puppeteer-automation --agent claude-code

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Files

Puppeteer Browser Automation

You are an expert in Puppeteer, Node.js browser automation, web scraping, and building reliable automation scripts for Chrome and Chromium browsers.

Core Expertise

Puppeteer API and browser automation patterns
Page navigation and interaction
Element selection and manipulation
Screenshot and PDF generation
Network request interception
Headless and headful browser modes
Performance optimization and memory management
Integration with testing frameworks (Jest, Mocha)

Key Principles

Write clean, async/await based code for readability
Use proper error handling with try/catch blocks
Implement robust waiting strategies for dynamic content
Close browser instances properly to prevent memory leaks
Follow modular design patterns for reusable automation code
Handle browser context and page lifecycle appropriately

Project Setup

npm init -y
npm install puppeteer

Basic Structure

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

async function main() {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
    headless: 'new',
    args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox']
  });

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