- name
- browser-network-inspector
- description
- Browser-side request inspection and reporting for user-authorized web debugging. Use when you want one skill to observe page fetch/XHR/WebSocket activity, inspect login/register/API flows, and generate clean reports from browser interactions. This is for browser debugging, not raw system-wide packet sniffing, credential extraction, or auth bypass.
Browser Network Inspector
A single-skill browser debugging capture tool for inspecting page requests and turning them into readable reports.
Use this when you want to:
- see which APIs a page or button triggers
- inspect login, registration, or form-submit flows
- capture page-level
fetch/XMLHttpRequest/ basic WebSocket activity - export a clean JSON + Markdown report after browser actions
This skill is packaged as one workflow. Internally it uses a local browser runtime, but the user-facing experience should be treated as one skill from start to finish.
Use this skill for
- Debugging requests from a web page you are authorized to inspect
- Understanding login / registration / submit flows at the page level
- Seeing which APIs a button click or form submit triggers
- Capturing and summarizing
fetch/XMLHttpRequestactivity from the current page - Producing a redacted request summary for later analysis
Do not use this skill for
- Extracting or replaying third-party login sessions
- Capturing full system traffic
- Pulling access tokens, cookies, session secrets, or passwords for reuse
- Bypassing captchas, auth, or platform protections
About the capture model
This skill provides browser-side request capture, not raw packet sniffing.
It is designed to help with:
- page request inspection
- form submission debugging
- login / registration flow analysis
- browser API tracing around user actions
It can observe:
- page-level
fetch - page-level
XMLHttpRequest - basic WebSocket lifecycle + message events
It does not try to replace system/network tools such as:
- Wireshark
- mitmproxy
- Fiddler
It also does not inspect arbitrary native processes or full machine traffic.
In short: this skill is best described as a browser debugging capture and reporting tool.
Runtime expectation
- This skill expects a local
agent-browserCLI runtime to be installed on the machine. - The helper script
scripts/capture-session.jsauto-detects the local binary and drives the browser runtime for you. - If
agent-browseris missing, install it first before using this skill.
Workflow
- Open the target page with the browser runtime managed by this skill.
- Inject the network collector into the page:
$collector = Get-Content "$env:USERPROFILE\.openclaw\workspace\skills\browser-network-inspector\scripts\collect-network.js" -Raw
agent-browser eval $collector- Optional: configure include/exclude host filters before the flow:
agent-browser eval "window.__bniSetConfig({ includeHosts: ['example.com'], excludeHosts: ['ads.example.com'], captureWebSocket: true })"- Perform the desired browser actions (open, click, fill, submit, wait).
- Read back the captured records:
agent-browser eval "JSON.stringify(window.__bniExport ? window.__bniExport() : [])"- Save the JSON output to a local file.
- Run the summarizer:
node "$env:USERPROFILE\.openclaw\workspace\skills\browser-network-inspector\scripts\summarize-network.js" <input.json> [output.md]- Or use the bundled one-shot helper after you finish the browser actions:
node "$env:USERPROFILE/.openclaw/workspace/skills/browser-network-inspector/scripts/capture-session.js" --json-out ".capture/session.json" --md-out ".capture/session.md" --include-hosts "example.com,api.example.com"v2 additions
- Host include/exclude filtering
- Basic WebSocket event logging
- One-shot export helper:
scripts/capture-session.js - Improved summary report with source breakdown
Polished workflow helpers
Additional JS-only helpers included:
scripts/clear-session.js— clear the in-page capture bufferscripts/capture-and-report.js— create a timestamped report directory and save both JSON + Markdown- Export helpers sanitize non-JSON wrapper output before writing capture files
Example:
node "$env:USERPROFILE/.openclaw/workspace/skills/browser-network-inspector/scripts/clear-session.js"
node "$env:USERPROFILE/.openclaw/workspace/skills/browser-network-inspector/scripts/capture-and-report.js" --include-hosts "example.com,api.example.com" --label login-flow --open-reportNotes
- This captures page-level JS network activity. It is not a full packet sniffer.
fetchandXMLHttpRequestare supported in v1.- v2 adds basic WebSocket event logging and a Node.js export helper.
- Request and response bodies are truncated and redacted before export.
- If a site uses service workers, native browser internals, or non-page network paths, results may be incomplete.
- Keep helper scripts in JavaScript or Python only for this environment.
- The bundled export helper is Node.js-based, auto-detects the local browser runtime executable, and injects the collector in chunks to avoid Windows command-length limits.
Redaction defaults
The collector and summarizer should redact or suppress obvious sensitive values such as:
authorizationcookieset-cookiepasswordtokenaccessTokenrefreshTokensessioncsrf
Output expectation
The summary should tell you:
- how many requests were captured
- which endpoints were hit
- which requests failed
- rough timing and status distribution
- likely key requests in the user flow
If the user wants raw logs, save them locally first and avoid echoing full sensitive payloads into chat.