LightPanda Browse Skill

LightPanda is an ultra-fast headless browser available via CDP at ws://{{LIGHTPANDA_HOST}}:{{LIGHTPANDA_PORT}}.

Connection

Connect via Puppeteer or Playwright using the CDP WebSocket endpoint:

const browser = await puppeteer.connect({
  browserWSEndpoint: "ws://{{LIGHTPANDA_HOST}}:{{LIGHTPANDA_PORT}}"
});

Navigate and Scrape

const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('https://example.com');
const title = await page.title();
const content = await page.evaluate(() => document.body.innerText);

Extract Links

const links = await page.evaluate(() =>
  Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a'))
    .map(a => ({ href: a.href, text: a.textContent }))
);

Take Screenshots

# Via CDP protocol
curl -s http://{{LIGHTPANDA_HOST}}:{{LIGHTPANDA_PORT}}/json/version

Key Advantages

• 9x less memory than Chrome (ideal for parallel scraping)
• 11x faster page loading
• Instant startup (no Chromium boot time)
• Full CDP compatibility (Puppeteer, Playwright)
• Perfect for high-volume scraping and AI agent browsing

Tips

• Use LightPanda for speed-critical scraping tasks
• Fall back to Browserless or Steel for sites requiring full Chrome compatibility
• Multiple concurrent pages use minimal memory