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# Web Automation CloakBrowser Migration Design
## Goal
Replace all Camoufox and direct Playwright Chromium usage in `web-automation` with CloakBrowser, while preserving the existing feature set: one-shot extraction, persistent browsing sessions, authenticated flows, multi-step automation, and markdown scraping. After local validation, keep the repo copy and docs as the canonical published version, then commit and push.
## Architecture
`web-automation` will become CloakBrowser-only. A single browser-launch layer in `skills/web-automation/scripts/browse.ts` will provide the canonical runtime for the other scripts. Stateful flows will use CloakBrowser persistent contexts; one-shot extraction will also use CloakBrowser instead of raw `playwright.chromium`.
## Scope
- Replace `camoufox-js` in `browse.ts` and any helper/test scripts
- Replace direct `playwright.chromium` launch in `extract.js`
- Update shared types/imports to match the CloakBrowser Playwright-compatible API
- Remove Camoufox/Chromium-specific setup instructions from skill docs
- Update package metadata and lockfile to depend on `cloakbrowser`
- Keep the user-facing command surface stable where possible
## Compatibility Strategy
To minimize user breakage:
- keep the script filenames and CLI interfaces stable
- support old `CAMOUFOX_*` env vars as temporary aliases where practical
- introduce neutral naming in docs and code for the new canonical path
## Testing Strategy
- Verify launcher setup directly through `browse.ts`
- Verify `extract.js` still handles: missing URL, invalid scheme, smoke extraction from `https://example.com`
- Verify one persistent-context path and one higher-level consumer (`scrape.ts` or `flow.ts`) still works
- Update docs only after the runtime is validated
## Rollout
1. Implement and verify locally in the repo worktree
2. Update repo docs/indexes to describe CloakBrowser-based `web-automation`
3. Commit and push the repo changes
4. If needed, sync the installed OpenClaw workspace copy from the validated repo version