
Dispatches from the browser frontier
Suchintan Singh
73 posts by Suchintan Singh.
Stories and ideas from the Skyvern team.
October
8 min readBest AI RPA Platforms October 2025
Most companies need automation that actually works when websites change their layouts. Traditional RPA tools break every time a site updates its design. This forces businesses to choose between expensive maintenance contracts or unreliable automation that fails at critical moments. The newer AI RPA solutions promise to solve this with computer vision and LLMs. The market is flooded with options that vary wildly in performance and cost. This guide covers which tools deliver on their AI promises
September
7 min readScraperAPI Reviews and Alternatives October 2025
After years of working with web scraping solutions, I've seen countless businesses hit the same wall with traditional APIs like ScraperAPI. They work fine for basic data extraction, but struggle when you need real browser automation for complex workflows. Modern AI scraping solutions are changing how businesses think about web automation entirely. Let's dig into why ScraperAPI's limitations make it unsuitable for serious automation work and look at better alternatives for 2025. TLDR: * Scrape
7 min readWhat Are Residential Proxies? Complete Overview August 2026
You've likely hit that frustrating wall where your web scraping gets blocked or certain sites just won't load from your location. When residential proxy vs VPN becomes a consideration, you're usually dealing with automation challenges that need smarter solutions than basic scripts can provide. The truth is, residential proxies have become important for anyone serious about reliable web automation, but there's a lot of confusion about what they actually do and when you need them. TLDR: * Resi
8 min readHow to Automate Purchasing September 2025
After helping dozens of companies cut their procurement costs by 30-50%, I've seen the same pattern: manual purchasing processes that worked fine at small scale become major bottlenecks as businesses grow. Most teams try to solve this with basic scripts or traditional automation tools, only to find they break when a vendor website updates. The companies that succeed are those that implement AI purchasing systems capable of adapting to any website without constant maintenance. Let's break down th
8 min readHow to Automate Downloading Invoices (September 2025)
You’re tired of manually logging into dozens of vendor portals every month, hunting down invoices, and downloading them one by one. It’s repetitive, eats up hours of your team’s time, and slows down your entire accounts payable workflow. That’s exactly where Modern AI steps in. Instead of your team wasting effort on low-value, click-heavy tasks, modern AI can automatically download invoices from any vendor portal, and keeps working even when websites update their layouts. Here’s how intelligent
7 min readTurn Any Website into an API: Methods and Best Practices (September 2025)
You're stuck with a website that has no API, and you need data from it regularly. The frustrating reality is that most websites still don't offer APIs, but the good news is that modern web scraping platforms can fill the gap. Let's break down the methods that actually work and the best practices that'll save you from building something that breaks every time the website changes. TLDR: * You can turn any website into an API using AI-powered browser automation, even without native APIs * Tradi
9 min readComplete Puppeteer Scraping Guide: Best Practices for September 2025
If you've ever used Puppeteer for web scraping, you likely understand the frustration of your perfectly crafted script break the moment a website decides to move a button or change a class name. We've all been there: spending hours debugging XPath selectors that worked yesterday but mysteriously fail today. The frustrating reality is that traditional Puppeteer scraping with headless Chrome, while powerful, creates brittle automation that requires constant maintenance every time websites update t
7 min readSelenium Alternatives: 5 Better Browser Automation Tools in 2025
You've likely spent countless hours fixing broken automation scripts every time a website decides to update its layout with Selenium. If you're tired of the endless cycle of updating XPaths and hunting down new selectors, you're not alone. Fortunately, there are much better Selenium alternatives that can handle these changes automatically. The days of brittle browser automation are behind us, and it's time to see what's actually working in 2025. TLDR: * Skyvern leads with AI-powered automatio
8 min readBest Way to Bypass CAPTCHA for AI Browser Automation (August 2026)
Getting your automation workflows to run reliably means solving the CAPTCHA problem once and for all. Most teams end up cobbling together multiple services, dealing with inconsistent success rates, or watching their scripts fail when they hit sophisticated bot detection. Modern AI browser automation platforms now handle CAPTCHA solving natively, but standalone services and stealth plugins each take different approaches with wildly different results. Let's hop into the four main methods for bypas
9 min readHow Much Does Enterprise Browser Automation Cost in 2025?
Most companies shopping for enterprise browser automation focus on the monthly license fees, but those represent just 25-30% of your actual costs. The real expenses come from implementation, ongoing maintenance, and the constant fixes needed when websites change their layouts. Traditional Robotic Process Automation (RPA) vendors won't tell you upfront that you'll likely spend $50,000-100,000 annually just keeping your automations running smoothly. In reality, the true cost of enterprise browser
14 min readHow to Automate Government Form Submissions with Agentic Process Automation (June 2026)
Manual form processing eats up your team's time. Traditional automation tools break every time a government website updates: XPath selectors fail, scripts stop working, and someone has to fix it. You need forms submitted faster without the maintenance treadmill. Browser automation for government powered by AI eliminates selector brittleness entirely: it reads pages visually at runtime, so layout changes become new input instead of fatal breakpoints. Here's the breakdown of how to set up governme
8 min readBest Open-source Web Scraping Libraries in 2025
Most web scraping projects fail within months because websites change their layouts and break your carefully crafted selectors. The constant maintenance cycle forces teams to choose between unreliable automation or hiring dedicated developers to babysit scripts. Modern open source web scraping solutions promise to solve this, but they each take radically different approaches to handling changing content and anti-bot detection. Let's dig into how six leading libraries stack up when your scraping
1 min readStartup stories: Sales / Recruiting / Fundraising are the same
It's funny how Sales, Recruiting, and Fundraising follow the exact same process Step 1. Set up a google sheet Step 2. Throw in some leads * Sales? Find promising companies * Recruiting? Find promising candidates * Fundraising? Find promising investors Step 3. Reach out to them * Sales? People you know > Warm Intros > Cold outbound * Recruiting? People you know > Warm Intros > Cold outbound * Fundraising? Investors you know > Warn Intros > Cold outbound Step 4. Run a parallel proc
August
8 min readBest AI Browser Automation Tools for E-commerce in 2025
There is no end to mundane e-commerce tasks. You spend countless hours on tasks like updating product listings, processing orders, and extracting data and invoices from vendor websites. Fortunately, AI browser automation tools are here to save you as they handle these workflows intelligently, adapting to website changes without breaking like those old, rigid scripts we all remember. The difference now is that these tools actually understand what they're looking at rather than blindly clicking p
7 min readKura Reviews & Alternatives in 2025
Kura AI has been getting attention for its multi-agent approach to browser automation - using three AI agents that debate each action before executing it. As developers building AI automation ourselves, we're always curious about new approaches, especially ones that promise to handle the complex reasoning that makes web automation so challenging. Here's our honest assessment of what Kura brings to the table, where it struggles, and whether it's the right choice for your automation projects. TL
8 min readBrowserbase Reviews & Alternatives in 2025
Browserbase, like other browser automation platforms, is a popular infrastructure solution for running headless browsers at scale. This blog walks through what Browserbase is, its strengths and limitations, and alternatives that might better fit your automation needs. TLDR: * Browserbase is a managed infrastructure platform for running traditional automation frameworks like Selenium and Playwright in the cloud * While it handles infrastructure well, it lacks AI features and struggles with au
6 min readPlaywright MCP Reviews and Alternatives 2026
Today, AI-powered browser automation tools are changing how we interact with web interfaces, so you need solutions that work in production, not merely demos. Whether you're considering platforms like Playwright MCP or looking at more in-depth tools like Skyvern, selecting the right AI browser automation partner can make or break your production workflows. This guide breaks down everything you need to know. TLDR: * Playwright MCP bridges LLMs with browser automation * Released by Microsoft i
7 min readWhat Tasks Can You Automate with Skyvern?
If you've ever found yourself clicking through the same web forms, downloading invoices from vendor portals or copying data from websites day after day, you know how mind-numbing repetitive browser tasks can be. Fortunately, AI browser automation with platforms like Skyvern can save your sanity and free up your time for work that actually matters. TLDR: * AI browser automation with Skyvern uses LLMs and computer vision to handle repetitive web tasks without brittle scripts * Form filling aut
10 min readHow Skyvern Agents Think and Plan Browser Automation Tasks Updated June 2026
Ever wondered why your browser automation scripts break every time a website updates its layout? At Skyvern, we've built AI browser automation that thinks through tasks like a human would, using advanced reasoning instead of fragile selectors that break at the first sign of change. Our agents plan each task step by step, making real-time decisions about what to do next based on what they actually see on the page. No more maintenance headaches when sites change. This is the class of problem Age
July
8 min readHow Skyvern Handles Authentication
Ever tried to automate a browser workflow only to get stuck at the login screen? Most AI browser automation tools promise simple workflows, but fail completely at authentication, leaving you manually entering passwords, dealing with 2FA codes and solving CAPTCHAs every time. This guide walks through how Skyvern handles complex login scenarios, from basic username/password flows to multi-factor authentication and CAPTCHA solving, so you can finally achieve true end-to-end browser automation. TL
9 min readAutomate Form Filling with Skyvern AI Browser Automation (Updated June 2026)
Skyvern's AI uses computer vision and NLP to automatically complete any web form, handling CAPTCHAs and complex workflows.
10 min readHow Skyvern Reads and Understands the Web
Learn how AI browser automation uses LLMs and computer vision to create reliable web automation that adapts to website changes, replacing fragile XPath scripts.
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6 min readBrowser Use vs Browserbase: Comparison, Reviews, and Alternatives
Compare Browser Use and Browserbase for web automation. Learn which AI-powered browser automation tool fits your needs and discover better alternatives.
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