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**AIHawk is an open-source AI browser agent: a web browsing agent with a real browser. You say what you want in plain language, and it browses, clicks, types and reads the actual web to get it done.**

<sub>FEATURED IN</sub><br>
[**Business Insider**](https://www.businessinsider.com/aihawk-applies-jobs-for-you-linkedin-risks-inaccuracies-mistakes-2024-11) ·
[**TechCrunch**](https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/10/a-reporter-used-ai-to-apply-to-2843-jobs/) ·
[**Semafor**](https://www.semafor.com/article/09/12/2024/linkedins-have-nots-and-have-bots) ·
[**Wired**](https://www.wired.it/article/aihawk-come-automatizzare-ricerca-lavoro/) ·
[**The Verge**](https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/10/24266898/ai-is-enabling-job-seekers-to-think-like-spammers) ·
[**Vanity Fair**](https://www.vanityfair.it/article/intelligenza-artificiale-candidature-di-lavoro) ·
[**404 Media**](https://www.404media.co/i-applied-to-2-843-roles-the-rise-of-ai-powered-job-application-bots/)

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## Two ways to use this browser agent

### 1. From your assistant, over MCP

Windows, in PowerShell:

```powershell
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
$env:Path = "$env:USERPROFILE\.local\bin;$env:Path"
uvx invisible-playwright fetch
```

Linux:

```bash
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
source $HOME/.local/bin/env
uvx invisible-playwright fetch
```

Then tell your assistant it exists.

**Claude Code:**

```bash
claude mcp add --scope user stealth -- uvx aihawk
```

**Codex:**

```bash
codex mcp add stealth -- uvx aihawk
```

**Gemini CLI:**

```bash
gemini mcp add --scope user stealth uvx aihawk
```

### 2. Standalone: the web UI

We bring the interface, you bring an [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai) key.
Chat on the left, the live browser on the right.

Windows, in PowerShell:

```powershell
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
$env:Path = "$env:USERPROFILE\.local\bin;$env:Path"
uvx invisible-playwright fetch
uvx aihawk ui --openrouter-key sk-or-...
```

Linux:

```bash
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
source $HOME/.local/bin/env
uvx invisible-playwright fetch
uvx aihawk ui --openrouter-key sk-or-...
```

Then open **http://127.0.0.1:8765** and type the same thing.

---

## What to ask a web browsing agent

Anything that needs real web automation: a browser rather than an API, and a
person's judgement about what is on the page.

> Go to `<paste the URL>`. One way, Milan to Lisbon, economy, one checked bag,
> one adult. Check every date from the 12th to the 16th of next month, one at a
> time, and read the cheapest fare for each day. The date field is a calendar
> widget, so click the days rather than typing them. If a date has no
> availability, say so. Do not guess a number.

It drives the page the way a person would: the pointer moves, keys are pressed.

## Options: proxy, profile, seed

- **`--openrouter-key`** Your key, or the `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` variable.
- **`--model`** An OpenRouter model id, or `AIHAWK_MODEL`. Defaults to `z-ai/glm-5.3-flash`.
- **`--proxy`** Optional. `http://user:pass@proxy.example.com:8080` or
  `socks5://proxy.example.com:1080`. Host and port are both required. The
  timezone, locale and egress follow it.
- **`--binary`** An engine binary you already have. It must be the build the seal
  pins, or startup refuses: this skips the download, not the version check.
- **`--seed`** An integer. Same seed, same browser identity, every run.
- **`--profile-dir`** A directory to keep the profile in, so logins and cookies
  survive restarts.
- **`--headed`** Show the browser window. The interface shows you the page anyway.
- **`--host`, `--port`** `127.0.0.1` and `8765`. Changing the host
  exposes an interface that has no authentication.

### A `.env` beside the command

Rather than retyping the key and the binary path, put them in a `.env` in the
directory you run from:

```
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-...
STEALTHFOX_BINARY=/path/to/firefox
```

It is read at startup, and on the way in it **never overrides** something
already set, so the order is `--flag` > the environment > `.env` > the default.
Only the directory you are in is read - there is no search upwards, so running
from a subfolder cannot silently pick up a different key. The startup line names
the variables it applied and never prints their values.

Passing `--openrouter-key` puts the key in your shell history, and on Linux in
the process list. `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` in the environment or in a `.env` avoids
both.

## The wiki: AI browser-agent guides

The reading room around the agent lives in the
[wiki](https://github.com/feder-cr/AIHawk/wiki): the
[AI browser-agent landscape: browser-use, Operator-style and
computer-use agents compared](https://github.com/feder-cr/AIHawk/wiki/guides-alternatives-and-comparisons),
[what to check when an agent gets blocked](https://github.com/feder-cr/AIHawk/wiki/why-does-my-ai-agent-get-blocked),
and [what happened to OpenAI Operator](https://github.com/feder-cr/AIHawk/wiki/is-openai-operator-still-available),
among others. Worked examples, transcripts and their outputs live in
[articles/](https://github.com/feder-cr/AIHawk/tree/main/articles).

## The rest of the family: engine, core

The MCP server from option 1 ships inside this package: `aihawk` with no
subcommand is the server, `aihawk ui` the interface. Its config blocks for
clients that take a file, its settings and its tools are on the wiki page
[The MCP server](https://github.com/feder-cr/AIHawk/wiki/mcp-server).

- **[invisible_playwright](https://github.com/feder-cr/invisible_playwright)**
  The engine, as a Python library, for writing code instead of prompts. The API
  is Playwright's.
- **[invisible_core](https://github.com/feder-cr/invisible_core)**
  Seed to fingerprint to preferences, proxy and geolocation.

## Using it responsibly

This automates a browser under your control. Read the terms of the sites you
point it at, respect their rate limits, and do not submit anything a human has
not read.

## License

[MIT](https://github.com/feder-cr/AIHawk/blob/main/LICENSE). Everything
distributed before 2 September 2026 was released under AGPL-3.0 and stays under
it.

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