Browserless

· #391 most-used

Run headless browsers in the cloud — screenshots, PDFs, scraping, and automation via REST

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Browserless is a cloud headless browser platform that turns every browser automation task into a single REST API call. It runs real Chromium instances in the cloud to render JavaScript-heavy pages, capture full-page screenshots, generate PDFs, scrape structured data, bypass bot detection, execute custom Puppeteer or Playwright code, and crawl entire websites at scale. Connect Browserless to Actionist and your agents can monitor competitor pages, archive legal evidence, audit your website for broken links, generate PDF reports from web-based tools, and extract structured data from any public page — all without managing browser infrastructure.

Average time saved
10 hours
per person · per month
≈ 1 workdays back

Eliminates manual work. Agents eliminate the manual cycle of opening browsers to scrape, screenshot, and PDF pages — tasks that happen daily across sales research, marketing monitoring, support documentation, and legal evidence capture.

Schedule

What your Browserless agent runs on autopilot

A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.

28Scheduled jobs
7Agents at work
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Multi-app workflows

Browserless × every other app you use

End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.

6Workflows
6Apps spanned
~11 hrsSaved / week
6Personas served
For operations
Featured3 apps

Weekly website broken link audit and report

Every Monday the Operations Agent crawls the public website, captures screenshots of any broken or error pages, writes the full report to Google Sheets, and posts a summary to the web team Slack channel — all before the morning standup.

~2 hrs

Time saved for your team — every week, on autopilot

The flow
Trigger·When the weekly audit row is added to the web monitoring sheet
Result
Write broken link report with URL, error code, and screenshotPost broken link summary to #web-team channel
The win
Saved per run
~2 hrs
Runs / week
~1×
Broken links caught before customers hit them
Driven byOperations Agent
ROI

Savings

What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

  • Sales
    25 min / week
    Manual competitor research before calls

    Reps manually open competitor sites, scan pricing pages, and update the comparison spreadsheet themselves — 20-30 minutes of research that often gets skipped when the pipeline is busy.

    Sales Agent
    0 min
    Agent scrapes competitor prices before every call

    The Sales Agent runs a structured scrape of competitor pricing pages each Monday and writes current plan names and prices to the competitive tracking sheet before the first outbound call of the week.

  • Marketing
    45 min / week
    Manual competitor site monitoring

    The marketing team manually visits competitor sites to check for new pages, pricing updates, or messaging changes — an informal process that misses changes between visits.

    Marketing Agent
    0 min
    Agent crawls and screenshots competitor sites weekly

    The Marketing Agent crawls competitor sites for new content and captures homepage screenshots each week, delivering a digest of changes and a visual diff to the team without anyone touching a browser.

  • Customer Support
    40 min / week
    Manual screenshot and bug report creation

    Support agents manually visit the reported URL, take a screenshot, write a bug description, attach it to a Notion page, and share it with engineering — taking 15-20 minutes per report.

    Customer Support Agent
    0 min
    Agent screenshots and routes bug evidence automatically

    When a customer reports an error URL, the Support Agent captures a screenshot and full-page HTML, creates the bug report, and routes it to engineering — all before the support agent has finished reading the ticket.

  • Human Resources
    60 min / week
    Manual competitor hiring and salary research

    HR team members manually check competitor career pages and search job boards for salary data each quarter — a time-consuming process that produces a snapshot rather than a continuous feed.

    Human Resources Agent
    0 min
    Agent monitors competitor hiring and salary data weekly

    The HR Agent crawls competitor career pages and scrapes public job board salary data weekly, delivering a talent intelligence brief without any manual research by the HR team.

  • Finance
    35 min / week
    Manual vendor pricing review at renewal time

    Finance teams typically only review vendor pricing at renewal — meaning price increases go unnoticed until the invoice arrives, too late to renegotiate or adjust the budget.

    Finance Agent
    0 min
    Agent monitors vendor pricing pages for changes automatically

    The Finance Agent scrapes every vendor pricing page weekly and flags any plan or price change in Slack — price increases are caught before renewal rather than discovered on the invoice.

  • Operations
    20 min / week
    Reactive broken link discovery from customers

    Without automated monitoring, broken links are usually discovered when a customer complains or a team member happens to click on one — days or weeks after the link broke.

    Operations Agent
    0 min
    Agent crawls the site and reports broken links each Monday

    The Operations Agent crawls the public website each Monday, identifies all broken links with HTTP error codes, and delivers a report to the web team before the working day begins.

  • Legal
    30 min / week
    Manual evidence capture and archiving

    Legal teams manually screenshot web pages, add timestamps in file names, and save them to shared drives — a fragile process where evidence can disappear or be disputed if the page changes before capture.

    Legal Agent
    0 min
    Agent captures and archives web evidence on demand

    The Legal Agent captures time-stamped screenshots and PDFs of specified web pages within minutes of a request, saving them to the legal evidence archive with defensible metadata.

+ 100s of other Browserless automations
Average time saved
26 hrs / person / month
Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size
5 people
Hourly rate
$75 / hr
Hours saved / week
13
Hours saved / year
625
Annual ROI
$46,875

Based on Browserless's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~2.5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

Connect

How to plug Browserless into Actionist

Pick the connection method that suits your environment.

Connect Browserless using your account's API token. All REST endpoint calls are authenticated with the token via the Authorization header — no OAuth flow required.

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Open Browserless API Tokens

Log in to your Browserless account at browserless.io and go to Account → API Tokens.

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Generate and copy your token

Click Generate to create a new API token. Copy the token — it is only shown once.

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Paste into Actionist

Paste the token into Actionist's connection screen and click Test connection. Actionist runs a verification call to confirm the token is valid.

Credentials you'll need
API Token*
Browserless dashboard → Account → API Tokens → Generate
Actions

14 actions your agent can call

Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.

Triggers

0 events your agent can react to

Events your agent watches for, and the actions it kicks off in response.

This app has no triggers yet.
FAQs

Questions about Browserless + Actionist

How does Actionist connect to Browserless?
Go to the Apps tab, find Browserless, and click Connect. Enter your Browserless API token — you can generate one from the Browserless dashboard under Account > API Tokens. Actionist runs a test call to confirm the connection before any actions run. There is no OAuth flow; every integration uses an API token tied to your Browserless account.
What authentication does Browserless use?
Browserless uses API token authentication. Log in to your Browserless dashboard at browserless.io, go to Account or Settings, and generate an API token. Copy it and paste it into Actionist's connection screen. The token grants your agent access to all the Browserless REST endpoints your plan includes. Treat the token like a password — store it only in Actionist's secrets vault, never in plain text.
Can I combine Browserless with other apps in an Actionist task?
Yes. Browserless is most powerful when it feeds structured data to other apps in the same agent task. Common patterns: scrape a competitor pricing page and write the results to Google Sheets; capture a screenshot of a dashboard and attach it to a Slack message; generate a PDF report and save it to Google Drive; crawl a site and pipe the results into a Notion database. Any of Actionist's 200+ connected apps can receive Browserless output as part of the same automated task.
Why use Browserless instead of a simple HTTP request for scraping?
Browserless runs real Chromium browsers in the cloud, which means it executes JavaScript before returning content. This is the critical difference from a plain HTTP request: single-page apps, React/Vue frontends, lazy-loaded sections, and content gated behind JavaScript all render correctly. If a page is blank when fetched with a simple HTTP GET, Browserless will return the fully rendered version.
How does Browserless handle CAPTCHAs and bot detection?
Browserless includes built-in bot-detection bypass via its Unblock endpoint. It handles Cloudflare challenges, CAPTCHAs, and browser fingerprint checks automatically. You do not need to configure proxy settings manually for most sites — Browserless manages its own residential and datacenter IP pools. For highly protected sites, the Unblock endpoint is the right starting point: it returns either the rendered HTML, a screenshot, cookies, or a WebSocket endpoint for follow-up automation depending on your needs.
Can Browserless handle pages that require me to be logged in?
For stateless tasks like screenshots, PDFs, and one-off scrapes, each Browserless API call spins up an isolated Chromium instance that is terminated after the response. For tasks that require logging in or maintaining session state — such as scraping pages behind authentication — Browserless supports authenticated profiles and session reconnect endpoints. You can reuse a logged-in browser context across multiple calls without re-authenticating each time.
Does Browserless work with Puppeteer and Playwright?
Browserless supports Puppeteer, Playwright, and Selenium via its WebSocket endpoint, and also provides Chromium DevTools Protocol (CDP) access. For agent use cases in Actionist, the REST endpoints are the most practical path: no SDK installation needed, and each task is a self-contained HTTP call. If you have existing Puppeteer or Playwright scripts, you can also run them via the Function endpoint, which accepts custom code and executes it in a cloud Chromium context.
What are the Browserless pricing options?
Browserless offers a free tier for non-commercial use via its open-source Docker image. Paid cloud plans start with a usage-based model — you pay for browser-minutes consumed. Concurrency limits, private fleets, residential proxies, and CAPTCHA credits vary by plan. For teams with high-volume scraping or PDF generation needs, a dedicated fleet plan avoids cold-start latency and ensures consistent throughput. Check browserless.io/pricing for current plan details.