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Deploy and verify Agent Browser Runtime locally for an agent that needs a compose-managed real Chrome runtime with persistent profile, noVNC handoff, leases, artifacts, browser consistency policy, and generic extractor execution.

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Agent Browser Runtime Deploy

Use this skill when asked to install, run, repair, or verify Agent Browser Runtime on a local machine.

Requirements

  • Docker with Compose v2
  • Node.js 20+ on the host for the CLI and syntax checks
  • Python 3 for smoke-test JSON validation
  • Ports available on loopback: 17890 broker, 19223 CDP proxy, 16080 noVNC

First Deploy

From the Agent Browser Runtime repository root:

cp .env.example .env
docker compose up --build -d
./scripts/smoke-test.sh

To use a local fingerprint-chromium binary, set BRS_FINGERPRINT_CHROMIUM_HOST_PATH and start with:

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.fingerprint.yml up --build -d

Expected endpoints:

  • Broker: http://127.0.0.1:17890
  • CDP proxy: http://127.0.0.1:19223
  • noVNC: http://127.0.0.1:16080/vnc.html?autoconnect=true&resize=remote
  • TLS gateway: http://tls-gateway:8080 inside compose, surfaced through ./cli/brs.js status

Verification

Run:

./cli/brs.js status
./cli/brs.js fetch https://example.com --agent deploy-check --task smoke --screenshot --humanize enhanced
./cli/brs.js extract example.extract.js https://example.com --agent deploy-check --task extractor-smoke --screenshot --save-html

status should report extensionConnected: true, stealth.mode: trusted-real-browser, stealth.enabled: false, and platformPacing.enabled: true.

Operating Rules

  • Use broker leases; do not directly drive the same Chrome tabs from multiple agents.
  • Keep at least 70 ms between broker-driven requests. For unknown or sensitive targets, serialize per domain and use seconds-to-minutes cooldowns.
  • Use noVNC for login, Captcha, MFA, sliders, and account-safety checks.
  • Keep .env, data/, artifacts/, and runtime/profile/ local and uncommitted.
  • Keep site-specific/private extractors outside the public repository unless they are intentionally generic examples.

Browser Consistency Controls

Agent Browser Runtime intentionally exposes browser identity controls:

  • BRS_RUNTIME_PRESET
  • BRS_STEALTH_MODE
  • BRS_GENERATE_FINGERPRINT_ENABLED
  • BRS_FINGERPRINT_CHROMIUM_HOST_PATH
  • BRS_FINGERPRINT_HEADERS_ENABLED
  • BRS_FINGERPRINT_PATCHES_ENABLED
  • BRS_STEALTH_EXCLUDED_HOSTS
  • BRS_CANVAS_NOISE_ENABLED
  • BRS_AUDIO_NOISE_ENABLED
  • BRS_TLS_GATEWAY_PROXY_SERVER
  • BRS_TLS_GATEWAY_BASE_URL
  • BOT_HUMANIZE_LEVEL

Default mode is trusted-real-browser. Set BRS_STEALTH_MODE=legacy-js only for an explicit compatibility experiment, and set BRS_STEALTH_MODE=patched-browser when a mounted browser binary owns identity changes. Set BRS_RESET_PROFILE_ON_SIGNATURE_CHANGE=1 only when an intentional clean browser profile is required.

Repair Loop

  1. docker compose ps
  2. ./cli/brs.js status
  3. If broker is up but extensionConnected is false, restart with docker compose up --build -d.
  4. If ports are occupied, change BROKER_HOST_PORT, CDP_HOST_PORT, or NOVNC_HOST_PORT in .env.
  5. If profile state is corrupt, stop the stack, back up or remove runtime/profile/, then start again.