aihawk 0.9.1

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.

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Two ways to use this browser agent

1. From your assistant, over MCP

Windows, in 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:

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:

claude mcp add --scope user stealth -- uvx invisible-playwright-mcp

Codex:

codex mcp add stealth -- uvx invisible-playwright-mcp

Gemini CLI:

gemini mcp add --scope user stealth uvx invisible-playwright-mcp

2. Standalone: the web UI

We bring the interface, you bring an OpenRouter key. Chat on the left, the live browser on the right.

Windows, in 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:

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-4.6.
• --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: the AI browser-agent landscape: browser-use, Operator-style and computer-use agents compared, what to check when an agent gets blocked, and what happened to OpenAI Operator, among others. Worked examples, transcripts and their outputs live in articles/.

The rest of the family: browser MCP server, engine, core

• invisible-playwright-mcp The MCP server from option 1. Tools only, no interface.
• invisible_playwright The engine, as a Python library, for writing code instead of prompts. The API is Playwright's.
• 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. Everything distributed before 2 September 2026 was released under AGPL-3.0 and stays under it.