Browser Automation

The imux browser automation surface is exposed through the compatibility icc browser command group. Use it to navigate, interact with DOM elements, inspect page state, evaluate JavaScript, and manage browser session data.

Command Index

Category	Subcommands
Navigation and targeting	`identify`, `open`, `open-split`, `navigate`, `back`, `forward`, `reload`, `url`, `focus-webview`, `is-webview-focused`
Waiting	`wait`
DOM interaction	`click`, `dblclick`, `hover`, `focus`, `check`, `uncheck`, `scroll-into-view`, `type`, `fill`, `press`, `keydown`, `keyup`, `select`, `scroll`
Inspection	`snapshot`, `screenshot`, `get`, `is`, `find`, `highlight`
JavaScript and injection	`eval`, `addinitscript`, `addscript`, `addstyle`
Frames, dialogs, downloads	`frame`, `dialog`, `download`
State and session data	`cookies`, `storage`, `state`
Tabs and logs	`tab`, `console`, `errors`

Targeting a browser surface

Most subcommands require a target surface. You can pass it positionally or with --surface.

# Open a new browser split
icc browser open https://example.com

# Discover focused IDs and browser metadata
icc browser identify
icc browser identify --surface surface:2

# Positional vs flag targeting are equivalent
icc browser surface:2 url
icc browser --surface surface:2 url

Navigation

icc browser open https://example.com
icc browser open-split https://news.ycombinator.com

icc browser surface:2 navigate https://example.org/docs --snapshot-after
icc browser surface:2 back
icc browser surface:2 forward
icc browser surface:2 reload --snapshot-after
icc browser surface:2 url

icc browser surface:2 focus-webview
icc browser surface:2 is-webview-focused

Waiting

Use wait to block until selectors, text, URL fragments, load state, or a JavaScript condition is satisfied.

icc browser surface:2 wait --load-state complete --timeout-ms 15000
icc browser surface:2 wait --selector "#checkout" --timeout-ms 10000
icc browser surface:2 wait --text "Order confirmed"
icc browser surface:2 wait --url-contains "/dashboard"
icc browser surface:2 wait --function "window.__appReady === true"

DOM Interaction

Mutating actions support --snapshot-after for fast verification in scripts.

icc browser surface:2 click "button[type='submit']" --snapshot-after
icc browser surface:2 dblclick ".item-row"
icc browser surface:2 hover "#menu"
icc browser surface:2 focus "#email"
icc browser surface:2 check "#terms"
icc browser surface:2 uncheck "#newsletter"
icc browser surface:2 scroll-into-view "#pricing"

icc browser surface:2 type "#search" "icc"
icc browser surface:2 fill "#email" --text "[email protected]"
icc browser surface:2 fill "#email" --text ""
icc browser surface:2 press Enter
icc browser surface:2 keydown Shift
icc browser surface:2 keyup Shift
icc browser surface:2 select "#region" "us-east"
icc browser surface:2 scroll --dy 800 --snapshot-after
icc browser surface:2 scroll --selector "#log-view" --dx 0 --dy 400

Inspection

Use structured getters for scripts and snapshots/screenshots for human review.

icc browser surface:2 snapshot --interactive --compact
icc browser surface:2 snapshot --selector "main" --max-depth 5
icc browser surface:2 screenshot --out /tmp/icc-page.png

icc browser surface:2 get title
icc browser surface:2 get url
icc browser surface:2 get text "h1"
icc browser surface:2 get html "main"
icc browser surface:2 get value "#email"
icc browser surface:2 get attr "a.primary" --attr href
icc browser surface:2 get count ".row"
icc browser surface:2 get box "#checkout"
icc browser surface:2 get styles "#total" --property color

icc browser surface:2 is visible "#checkout"
icc browser surface:2 is enabled "button[type='submit']"
icc browser surface:2 is checked "#terms"

icc browser surface:2 find role button --name "Continue"
icc browser surface:2 find text "Order confirmed"
icc browser surface:2 find label "Email"
icc browser surface:2 find placeholder "Search"
icc browser surface:2 find alt "Product image"
icc browser surface:2 find title "Open settings"
icc browser surface:2 find testid "save-btn"
icc browser surface:2 find first ".row"
icc browser surface:2 find last ".row"
icc browser surface:2 find nth 2 ".row"

icc browser surface:2 highlight "#checkout"

JavaScript Eval and Injection

icc browser surface:2 eval "document.title"
icc browser surface:2 eval --script "window.location.href"

icc browser surface:2 addinitscript "window.__iccReady = true;"
icc browser surface:2 addscript "document.querySelector('#name')?.focus()"
icc browser surface:2 addstyle "#debug-banner { display: none !important; }"

State

Session data commands cover cookies, local/session storage, and full browser state snapshots.

icc browser surface:2 cookies get
icc browser surface:2 cookies get --name session_id
icc browser surface:2 cookies set session_id abc123 --domain example.com --path /
icc browser surface:2 cookies clear --name session_id
icc browser surface:2 cookies clear --all

icc browser surface:2 storage local set theme dark
icc browser surface:2 storage local get theme
icc browser surface:2 storage local clear
icc browser surface:2 storage session set flow onboarding
icc browser surface:2 storage session get flow

icc browser surface:2 state save /tmp/icc-browser-state.json
icc browser surface:2 state load /tmp/icc-browser-state.json

Tabs

Browser tab operations map to browser surfaces in the active browser tab group.

icc browser surface:2 tab list
icc browser surface:2 tab new https://example.com/pricing

# Switch by index or by target surface
icc browser surface:2 tab switch 1
icc browser surface:2 tab switch surface:7

# Close current tab or a specific target
icc browser surface:2 tab close
icc browser surface:2 tab close surface:7

Console and Errors

icc browser surface:2 console list
icc browser surface:2 console clear

icc browser surface:2 errors list
icc browser surface:2 errors clear

Dialogs

icc browser surface:2 dialog accept
icc browser surface:2 dialog accept "Confirmed by automation"
icc browser surface:2 dialog dismiss

Frames

# Enter an iframe context
icc browser surface:2 frame "iframe[name='checkout']"
icc browser surface:2 click "#pay-now"

# Return to the top-level document
icc browser surface:2 frame main

Downloads

icc browser surface:2 click "a#download-report"
icc browser surface:2 download --path /tmp/report.csv --timeout-ms 30000

Common Patterns

Navigate, wait, inspect

icc browser open https://example.com/login
icc browser surface:2 wait --load-state complete --timeout-ms 15000
icc browser surface:2 snapshot --interactive --compact
icc browser surface:2 get title

Fill a form and verify success text

icc browser surface:2 fill "#email" --text "[email protected]"
icc browser surface:2 fill "#password" --text "$PASSWORD"
icc browser surface:2 click "button[type='submit']" --snapshot-after
icc browser surface:2 wait --text "Welcome"
icc browser surface:2 is visible "#dashboard"

Capture debug artifacts on failure

icc browser surface:2 console list
icc browser surface:2 errors list
icc browser surface:2 screenshot --out /tmp/icc-failure.png
icc browser surface:2 snapshot --interactive --compact

Persist and restore browser session

icc browser surface:2 state save /tmp/session.json
# ...later...
icc browser surface:2 state load /tmp/session.json
icc browser surface:2 reload