> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.smooth.sh/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Overview
> Give your AI agent a browser that actually works
## The Problem
AI agents like Claude Code are powerful, but they're mostly stuck in the terminal. Meanwhile, most valuable work happens in the browser.
Current browser tools for agents (like `--chrome`, Playwright MCP, agent-browser) all make the same mistake: **they expose low-level actions like click, type, and scroll.** This forces your agent to think about button positions instead of your actual goals.
This creates three problems:
| Problem | Why it matters |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Slow & expensive** | Using a massive model to click buttons is wasteful. Every action costs tokens and time. |
| **Context pollution** | Every click and keystroke fills up the context window with UI noise instead of your task. |
| **Wrong expertise** | General-purpose models aren't trained to handle iframes, shadow DOMs, and the messy reality of websites. |
## The Solution
Smooth CLI is a browser built for AI agents. Instead of exposing hundreds of low-level tools, it gives agents a simple natural language interface.
**Your agent says what it wants. Smooth figures out how to do it.**
A specialized model handles the clicking so your agent can focus on thinking.
Stop using 1T+ params models and burning tokens on UI navigation.
Route traffic through your machine to avoid captchas, access geo-restricted content, and reach localhost services.
Runs in an isolated environment with no permissions by default.
Launch as many parallel browsers as needed, on-demand.
No setup, no configuration. Browsers run in the cloud, ready instantly.
## How It Works
Instead of this:
```
click(x=342, y=128)
type("search query")
click(x=401, y=130)
scroll(down=500)
click(x=220, y=340)
... (50 more steps)
```
Your agent just says:
```
"Search for flights from NYC to LA and find the cheapest option"
```
The agent thinks about your goals. Smooth handles the browser.
## Get Started
Setup for Claude Code
Setup for OpenClaw
Generic setup