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OpenClaw is a self-hosted gateway that connects chat apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Discord to AI coding agents. Add Browser Use and those agents get full browser automation — anti-detect profiles, CAPTCHA solving, residential proxies in 195+ countries, and stealth browsing out of the box. Two ways to set it up: connect a Browser Use cloud browser to OpenClaw’s native browser tool via CDP, or install the Browser Use CLI as a skill.

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Option 1: Cloud Browser via CDP

OpenClaw has a built-in browser tool with its own CLI commands (openclaw browser). By default, it controls a local Chromium instance. You can point it at a Browser Use cloud browser instead by configuring a remote CDP profile. Browser Use exposes a WebSocket CDP URL. OpenClaw connects to it like any remote browser — no SDK or extra dependencies needed.

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Setup

1. Get your API key Sign up at cloud.browser-use.com and copy your API key from Settings → API Keys. 2. Add a Browser Use profile Open ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json and add a browser-use profile: 
{
  browser: {
    enabled: true,
    defaultProfile: "browser-use",
    remoteCdpTimeoutMs: 3000,
    remoteCdpHandshakeTimeoutMs: 5000,
    profiles: {
      "browser-use": {
        cdpUrl: "wss://connect.browser-use.com?apiKey=<BROWSER_USE_API_KEY>&proxyCountryCode=us",
        color: "#ff750e",
      },
    },
  },
}
Replace <BROWSER_USE_API_KEY> with your actual key. All Browser Use session parameters can be passed as query params in the cdpUrl:
  • timeout — session duration in minutes (max 240)
  • profileId — load a saved browser profile with persistent cookies and localStorage
  • proxyCountryCode — route traffic through a specific country (e.g. us, de, jp)
3. Use it OpenClaw’s browser commands now run against a Browser Use cloud browser: 
openclaw browser --browser-profile browser-use open https://example.com
openclaw browser --browser-profile browser-use snapshot
openclaw browser --browser-profile browser-use screenshot
If you set defaultProfile to "browser-use" in the config (as shown above), you can drop the --browser-profile flag: 
openclaw browser open https://example.com
openclaw browser snapshot
openclaw browser screenshot

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Option 2: Browser Use CLI

The Browser Use CLI is a standalone tool that gives any OpenClaw agent browser automation through a SKILL.md file. The agent reads the skill and learns to use the CLI commands directly. It’s available on skills.sh and ClawHub.

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Setup

1. Install the CLI 
uv tool install browser-use
2. Verify the installation 
browser-use doctor
3. Set up the agent Paste this setup prompt into your OpenClaw agent: 
Install or upgrade browser-use with `uv tool install --python 3.12 --upgrade --force 'browser-use @ git+https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use.git'`, run `browser-use skill install`, and connect it to my browser. Follow https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use if setup or connection fails.
Once the skill is loaded, OpenClaw agents can use the browser-use CLI to drive pages through Browser Harness and Python helpers. For the complete CLI reference, see the Browser Use CLI docs.