Unbrowse — The API-native browser agent

Unbrowse is an open-source CLI tool that reverse-engineers the shadow APIs behind any website, allowing AI agents to make direct API calls instead of automating headless browsers. It reduces page interaction time from 5-30 seconds to 50-200 milliseconds and cuts token usage from ~8,000 to ~200 tokens per action. Skills discovered by one agent are shared in a public registry for all agents to reuse.

MCP setup (default): npx unbrowse setup --mcp

Claude Code: claude mcp add unbrowse -- npx -y unbrowse mcp

Manual MCP wiring: add to mcp.json with command "npx" args ["-y", "unbrowse", "mcp"]

Community: https://discord.gg/VWugEeFNsG

Full documentation: https://www.unbrowse.ai/skill.md

The API-native browser agent.

Ask it anything below. It answers through the site's real APIs — no browser window, no pixel-clicking. Capture once, replay everywhere.

Runs on your own browser first · run it in ElizaOS, Claude, or Cursor →

·join discord·read the paper

## MCP Install

$ unbrowse setup --mcp

Wires the Unbrowse MCP server into your agent host. One command per client.

unbrowse mcp
○ anonymous install — the cli will prompt for an email on first runsign in to bake your api key into the install →
## already installed?
npm install -g unbrowse@latest&&unbrowse setup

Plugs into the agent stack you already use

Claude CodeClaude DesktopCursorCodexWindsurfOpenClawAny MCP framework

$ Earn from discovered routes — set up Crossmint lobster.cash during setup.

## After You Install

Bypass the DOM completely.

Speed

Skip the rendering engine

Headless browsers are slow and flaky. Unbrowse taps directly into the hidden shadow APIs that power the frontend, returning data instantly.

100xfaster per page
5-30s headless50-200ms API
Tokens

40x fewer tokens

Why burn context on 8,000 tokens of HTML? Your agent gets the exact JSON data it needs — nothing else.

Scraping HTML~8,000t
Direct API~200t
Discovery

Auto-discovers APIs

Your agent calls Unbrowse over MCP and the right shadow endpoint comes back — schemas, parameters, sample values, all ready to call.

Zero config needed
Shared skill registry
Security

Integrate with anything. Behind auth.

No cloud proxies, no expensive credits. Unbrowse runs locally, leveraging your actual browser sessions to securely access auth-protected content.

Security Check Passed
Proxy ServerNone
MITMDisabled
Cookies leave deviceFalse
ExecutionLocal Only

## The Problem

Three ways to see the same website

0.0s
128,500
$0.386
travelbooker.com
travelbooker
AnywhereAny week • Add guests
Tokyo, Japan
★ 4.98
Oct 15 - 22
$89 night
Paris, France
★ 4.92
Nov 2 - 7
$112 night

What Humans See

Beautiful, interactive UI

view-source:travelbooker.com
<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"/><script>var _0x3f2a=function(_0x2b1c){var _0x4e3d=_0x2b1c.split("").reverse().join("");return atob(_0x4e3d)};window.__CF={};(function(){var a="x3f",b=document.createElement("div");b.className="x3f"+a;b.id="_0x"+Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,9);</script><link rel="stylesheet" href="/_next/static/css/a3b2c1d.css"/><style>.x3f{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.x3f>div{padding:0}.x3f .k9m{background:linear-gradient(135deg,#667eea 0%,#764ba2 100%)}.x3f .q7p{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:1}.x3f .r2w{font-size:clamp(1.5rem,4vw,3rem);font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-.02em;line-height:1.1}</style></head><body><div id="__next"><div class="x3f"><div class="x3f q7p"><nav class="x3f k9m"><div class="x3f"><a href="/" class="x3f r2w">TravelBooker</a><div class="x3f"><a href="/flights" class="x3f">Flights</a><a href="/hotels" class="x3f">Hotels</a></div></div></nav><main class="x3f"><div class="x3f k9m"><h1 class="x3f r2w">Find your perfect getaway</h1><form class="x3f" action="/search" method="GET"><input class="x3f" name="q" placeholder="Anywhere" value=""/><button type="submit" class="x3f">Search</button></form></div><div class="x3f"><div class="x3f"><div class="x3f"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1540959733332-eab4deabeeaf?auto=format&fit=crop&w=400&q=80" alt="Tokyo, Japan" class="x3f"/></div><div class="x3f"><div class="x3f">Tokyo, Japan</div><div class="x3f">★ 4.98</div></div><div class="x3f">2,410 kilometers away</div><div class="x3f">Oct 15 - 22</div><div class="x3f"><span class="x3f">$89</span> night</div></div><div class="x3f"><div class="x3f"><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1499856871958-5b9627545d1a?auto=format&fit=crop&w=400&q=80" alt="Paris, France" class="x3f"/></div><div class="x3f"><div class="x3f">Paris, France</div><div class="x3f">★ 4.92</div></div><div class="x3f">View of Eiffel Tower</div>

What Agents See Today

Image + 847KB DOM × 1 passes

0.00s
0
$0.0000
agent_session API
unbrowse.search{ query: 'Tokyo' }
Executing...

What Unbrowse Does

1KB JSON × 0 calls

live total calls endpoints domainspolls every 30s