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vercel-labs/agent-browser

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Browser automation CLI for AI agents

0.9 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for vercel-labs/agent-browser, a Rust project with 44,968 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 199,380 lines of code across 421 source files, recording 118 pattern matches distributed across 12 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.9 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.

Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.

0.9
Adjusted Signal
0.9
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
45.0K
Stars
Rust
Language
199.4K
Lines of Code
421
Files
118
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.02
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · Payload v1

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 2.3/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 72 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 1.9/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 40 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.7/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 15 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 4.3/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 118 finding(s).

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Signal
Legacy pattern score normalized per 1,000 scanned lines and multiplied by the repository-level time factor. It is not an estimate of AI authorship.
Raw Pattern Score
Sum of severity- and context-weighted pattern findings before applying the time factor.
Time Factor
A coarse multiplier based on repository last-push metadata. It does not identify when individual code was written.
Pattern Hits
Count of configured pattern findings. Review each location and surrounding code before acting.
HC Hit Rate
High- and critical-severity findings per scanned file. Severity is a configured detector weight, not proof of a vulnerability or authorship.
Lines / Files
Scan coverage denominators used by the legacy normalized score.

Pattern-Signal History

This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.

Severity Breakdown

Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.

CRITICAL 0HIGH 8MEDIUM 8LOW 102

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 118 distinct pattern matches across 12 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.

Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.

Over-Commented Block47 hits · 47 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWcli/src/ca_bundle.rs1//! Loading the CA certificates named by `--ca-cert`.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/skills.rs21///COMMENT
LOWcli/src/commands.rs181COMMENT
LOWcli/src/session_files.rs1//! Per-session files in the socket directory.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/connection.rs301 .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())COMMENT
LOWcli/src/connection.rs861 // Socket connectivity is the sole liveness check — no PID check — soCOMMENT
LOWcli/src/connection.rs1201 || has_os_error(error, 61) // Connection refused (macOS)COMMENT
LOWcli/src/tls.rs1//! Trust roots for the CLI's own HTTPS requests.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs541/// removing it from a particular target.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs561 /// Last `Emulation.setEmulatedMedia` call: `--color-scheme` at launch orCOMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs681 pub active_frame_id: Option<String>,COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs701 pub proxy_credentials: Arc<RwLock<Option<(String, String)>>>,COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs721 pub pending_pointer_release: Option<super::interaction::PendingRelease>,COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs741 network_auto_attach_installed: bool,COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs3521// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs10581 None => format!("getByRole('{}')", role),COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs3521 wait_resp["error"].as_str().is_some_and(|error| {COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs9101 result,COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs9181COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs14041 let resp = current_url(&mut state_b, "b-url").await;COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/interaction.rs1221/// The Windows virtual-key codes (VK_OEM_*) differ from ASCII values forCOMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/daemon.rs161 process::exit(1);COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/daemon.rs881 let _ = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), state.lock())COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/browser.rs261 // Load-state timeouts already name the state and the budget thatCOMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/browser.rs281/// payload, and "verify the selector is correct" is misleading advice forCOMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/browser.rs501 /// Origins visited during this session, used by save_state to collect cross-origin localStorage.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/browser.rs4401 /// that both `apply_drained_events` drain handlers in cli/src/native/actions.rsCOMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/tab_binding.rs1//! Persistent session to tab binding.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/tab_binding.rs21use std::io::Write;COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/cdp/types.rs481 #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/cdp/types.rs561 #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/cdp/types.rs581/// <https://github.com/nicolo-ribaudo/nicolo-ribaudo.github.io/> (or anyCOMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/cdp/chrome.rs161 }COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/cdp/chrome.rs361 pub use_real_keychain: bool,COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/stream/mod.rs21COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/stream/websocket.rs21COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/react/mod.rs1//! React/web introspection primitives.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/react/scripts.rs1//! Browser-side evaluation scripts for React/web introspection.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/native/react/renders.rs1//! React fiber render profiler report formatter.COMMENT
LOWcli/src/doctor/webgpu.rs1//! WebGPU probe: spawn a scratch daemon session with the WebGPU presetCOMMENT
LOWexamples/eve/agent/extensions/browser.ts1import browser from "@agent-browser/eve";COMMENT
LOWskill-data/core/templates/capture-workflow.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWskill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWskill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh21agent-browser open "$FORM_URL"COMMENT
LOWskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh81# : "${APP_PASSWORD:?Set APP_PASSWORD environment variable}"COMMENT
LOWskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh101# agent-browser closeCOMMENT
Magic Placeholder Names7 hits · 40 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGH⚡README.md1994export BROWSERBASE_API_KEY="your-api-key"CODE
HIGH⚡README.md2002export BROWSERBASE_API_KEY="your-api-key"CODE
HIGHREADME.md2017export BROWSER_USE_API_KEY="your-api-key"CODE
HIGHREADME.md2025export BROWSER_USE_API_KEY="your-api-key"CODE
HIGHREADME.md2063export KERNEL_API_KEY="your-api-key"CODE
HIGHREADME.md2071export KERNEL_API_KEY="your-api-key"CODE
HIGHskill-data/core/references/commands.md605BROWSER_USE_API_KEY="your-api-key" # Browser Use Cloud API keyCODE
Fake / Example Data33 hits · 36 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWREADME.md263agent-browser find label "Email" fill "test@test.com"CODE
LOWREADME.md1361agent-browser find label "Email" fill "test@test.com"CODE
LOWREADME.md1401agent-browser fill @e1 "user@example.com" && agent-browser fill @e2 "pass" && agent-browser click @e3CODE
LOWevals/cases/command-usage.ts48 "Go to example.com/signup, fill in name as 'Jane Doe' and email as 'jane@test.com', then submit",CODE
LOWcli/src/commands.rs3084 "placeholder",CODE
LOWcli/src/commands.rs3099 "role" | "text" | "label" | "placeholder" | "alt" | "title" | "testid" | "first"CODE
LOWcli/src/commands.rs3107 "placeholder" => "find placeholder <text> [action] [text] [--exact]",CODE
LOWcli/src/commands.rs3176 "placeholder" => {CODE
LOWcli/src/commands.rs3177 let mut cmd = json!({ "id": id, "action": "getbyplaceholder", "placeholder": value, "subaction": subCODE
LOWcli/src/output.rs1835 agent-browser fill "#email" "user@example.com"CODE
LOWcli/src/output.rs2502 agent-browser find label "Email" fill "user@example.com"CODE
LOWcli/src/output.rs4382 agent-browser fill @e1 "user@example.com" && agent-browser fill @e2 "pass" && agent-browser click @e3CODE
LOWcli/src/mcp.rs1189 "locator": { "type": "string", "enum": ["role", "text", "label", "placeholder", "alt", "title", "testid"CODE
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs11008 "placeholder" => format!(CODE
LOWcli/src/native/actions.rs11105 handle_semantic_locator(cmd, state, "placeholder", "placeholder").awaitCODE
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs2176 &json!({ "id": "10", "action": "fill", "selector": "#name", "value": "John Doe" }),CODE
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs2189 assert_eq!(get_data(&resp)["result"], "John Doe");CODE
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs2260 snap.contains("John Doe"),CODE
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs8471 "username": "user@example.com",CODE
LOWcli/src/native/e2e_tests.rs8505 assert_eq!(result["user"], "user@example.com");CODE
LOWcli/src/native/stream/chat.rs442 "placeholder",CODE
LOWcli/src/native/a11y/axe.min.js12!function a(window){var q=window,document=window.document;function te(e){return(te="function"==typeof Symbol&&"symbol"==CODE
LOWskill-data/core/SKILL.md238agent-browser fill @e3 "user@example.com"CODE
LOWskill-data/core/references/authentication.md139agent-browser fill @e1 "user@example.com"CODE
LOWskill-data/core/references/authentication.md259agent-browser fill @e1 "user@example.com"CODE
LOWskill-data/core/references/authentication.md316agent-browser fill @e1 "user@example.com"CODE
LOWskill-data/core/references/snapshot-refs.md74agent-browser fill @e10 "user@example.com"CODE
LOWskill-data/core/references/session-management.md39agent-browser --session auth fill @e1 "user@example.com"CODE
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh33# agent-browser fill @e1 "John Doe" # Text inputCOMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh34# agent-browser fill @e2 "user@example.com" # Email inputCOMMENT
LOWskill-data/agentcore/SKILL.md51agent-browser fill @e1 "user@example.com"CODE
LOWskill-data/dogfood/references/issue-taxonomy.md65- Placeholder or lorem ipsum content left inCODE
LOWpackages/@agent-browser/sandbox/mcp-tools.json4175 "placeholder",CODE
Decorative Section Separators6 hits · 18 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh32# ================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh34# ================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh54# ================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh56# ================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh77# ================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMskill-data/core/templates/authenticated-session.sh79# ================================================================COMMENT
Verbosity Indicators5 hits · 11 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh20# Step 1: Navigate to formCOMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh25# Step 2: Snapshot to discover form elementsCOMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh30# Step 3: Fill form fields (customize these refs based on snapshot output)COMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh47# Step 4: Wait for submissionCOMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh51# Step 5: Verify resultCOMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse5 hits · 11 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh20# Step 1: Navigate to formCOMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh25# Step 2: Snapshot to discover form elementsCOMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh30# Step 3: Fill form fields (customize these refs based on snapshot output)COMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh47# Step 4: Wait for submissionCOMMENT
LOW⚡skill-data/core/templates/form-automation.sh51# Step 5: Verify resultCOMMENT
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers9 hits · 9 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWcli/src/native/react/installHook.js27(()=>{var e={4659:(e,t,n)=>{"use strict";var r=n(8715),o=n(1147),s=Object.assign,i=o.__CLIENT_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_WACODE
LOWpackages/@agent-browser/sandbox/src/shared.ts61export function resolveAgentBrowserInstallSpec(options: AgentBrowserInstallOptions = {}): string {CODE
LOWpackages/@agent-browser/sandbox/src/vercel.ts153export async function installAgentBrowserInVercelSandbox(CODE
LOWpackages/@agent-browser/sandbox/src/vercel.ts195export async function createAgentBrowserSandbox(CODE
LOWpackages/@agent-browser/sandbox/src/vercel.ts327export async function createAgentBrowserSnapshot(CODE
LOWpackages/@agent-browser/sandbox/src/vercel.ts408async function loadVercelSandboxConstructor(): Promise<VercelSandboxConstructor> {CODE
LOWpackages/@agent-browser/eve/extension/lib/sandbox.ts121export function agentBrowserRevalidationKey(options: AgentBrowserInstallOptions = {}): string {CODE
LOWpackages/@agent-browser/eve/extension/lib/sandbox.ts197function buildLinuxSystemDependenciesCommand(): string {CODE
LOWpackages/dashboard/src/lib/dashboard-routes.ts46export function initializeDashboardAccessToken(): void {CODE
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary2 hits · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM⚡README.md1989[Browserbase](https://browserbase.com) provides remote browser infrastructure to make deployment of agentic browsing ageCODE
MEDIUMpackages/@agent-browser/eve/README.md129Cookie, storage, and saved-auth-state commands are intentionally not exposed as tools — they make credential material viCODE
Synthetic Comment Markers1 hit · 5 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGH…lls/technical-writer/references/editorial-standards.md3Apply these standards to the passage and its surrounding section. They are editing criteria, not proof of authorship. A CODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments1 hit · 2 pts
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LOW.github/workflows/release.yml61 # Check if GitHub release exists; it may be missing if a prior runCOMMENT
Deep Nesting1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWevals/webmcp-context.py15CODE
Overly Generic Function Names1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWcli/src/native/react/installHook.js27(()=>{var e={4659:(e,t,n)=>{"use strict";var r=n(8715),o=n(1147),s=Object.assign,i=o.__CLIENT_INTERNALS_DO_NOT_USE_OR_WACODE