webmcp-gen

Agent Building

Create, compile, and validate site-specific WebMCP init scripts from a target URL and desired tool capability. Use when the user wants to author WebMCP tools for a website, produce a webmcp.init.js artifact, or test WebMCP registration and invocation through Stagehand.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/browserbase/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/webmcp-gen/SKILL.md

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WebMCP Gen

Author website-specific WebMCP tools by writing a manifest, compiling it to an init script, and validating that Chrome registers and invokes the tools.

This skill does not call a nested agent. You are responsible for exploring the page, writing manifest.json, and iterating based on validation output.

Setup check

From the skill directory, install dependencies if they are not already installed:

cd skills/webmcp-gen
pnpm install

This installs the pinned Stagehand package plus the TypeScript toolchain (tsx, typescript, @types/node) used to run the generated stagehand-example.ts.

Workflow

Pick an artifact slug with exactly one slash:

<domain>/<task>

Example:

example.com/page-context

Scaffold the artifact:

node scripts/scaffold.mjs example.com/page-context --url https://example.com

Explore the target page with the browse CLI:

browse open https://example.com --local
browse snapshot
browse get title
browse get url
browse get text body
browse get html body

Prefer browse snapshot, page text, and DOM inspection over screenshots unless visual layout matters. Use browse stop when exploration is complete.

Edit artifacts/<domain>/<task>/manifest.json. The manifest is the source of truth.
Compile:

node scripts/compile.mjs artifacts/example.com/page-context

Generate a runnable Stagehand example (stagehand-example.ts) and run it with tsx:

node scripts/generate-stagehand-example.mjs artifacts/example.com/page-context
npx tsx artifacts/example.com/page-context/stagehand-example.ts

Validate:

node scripts/validate.mjs artifacts/example.com/page-context

If validation fails, inspect eval.json and eval-report.md, patch manifest.json, then compile and validate again.

Manifest contract

{
  "domain": "example.com",
  "task": "page-context",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "generatedAt": "2026-06-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "example_com_page_context",
      "description": "Returns page context.",
      "inputSchema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {},
        "required": []
      },
      "implementation": {
        "kind": "dom",
        "source": "return { success: true, title: document.title, url: location.href };"
      },
      "fixtureInput": {}
    }
  ]
}

Authoring rules

implementation.source is inserted inside async (input) => { ... }; write JavaScript statements, not a full function wrapper.
Return a JSON-serializable object.
WebMCP code runs inside the browser page. Use browser-native APIs: document, location, navigator, and same-origin fetch.
Do not use Playwright, Puppeteer, Stagehand, XPath helpers, or agent/browser commands inside implementation.source.
document.querySelector and querySelectorAll must receive valid browser CSS selectors only.
To find visible text, use Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(...)).find((el) => (el.textContent || "").includes("...")).
Do not include API keys, bearer tokens, cookies, localStorage secrets, or user credentials.
Do not use eval or new Function.
Avoid destructive actions unless the user explicitly asked for them.
Make implementations defensive: check for missing elements and return structured { success: false, error: "..." } responses.
Generated init scripts register WebMCP tools only in the top frame.

Output layout

artifacts/<domain>/<task>/
  manifest.json
  webmcp.init.js
  stagehand-example.ts
  eval.json
  eval-report.md

To turn the example into a standalone project, scaffold a Stagehand app with npx create-browser-app and drop the generated webmcp.init.js into it (load it with page.addInitScript({ path: "webmcp.init.js" })).