acunningham-ship-it/veilbrowser
by Various
Stealth browser for AI agents — real Chrome over raw CDP, no Playwright/Puppeteer. TypeScript + MCP-native. Passes sannysoft 57/57, bypasses Cloudflare.
MCP
acunningham-ship-it/veilbrowser
Added 8 Sept 2026
Overview
Veilbrowser is a stealth browser for AI agents, running a real Chrome instance over raw Chrome DevTools Protocol instead of Playwright or Puppeteer. It is written in TypeScript and is MCP-native. The tool passes sannysoft 57/57 bot detection tests and bypasses Cloudflare.
Best for
Best for
AI agent builders who need stealthy browser access without Playwright or Puppeteer.
Use cases
- Stealth web scraping for AI agents
- Bypassing Cloudflare-protected pages during automation
- Browser automation without Playwright or Puppeteer dependencies
How to use
Install
pip install git+https://github.com/acunningham-ship-it/veilbrowser.git#subdirectory=pythonNotes
42 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-08-31. Licensed MIT.
Pros
- Passes sannysoft 57/57 bot detection tests
- Uses raw CDP, avoiding Playwright and Puppeteer overhead
- MCP-native integration for AI agent workflows
Cons
- Small project with only 42 GitHub stars, so maturity is unproven
- Raw CDP requires more low-level control than high-level frameworks
- Bypassing anti-bot systems may break as detection methods evolve
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