
Dispatches from the browser frontier
Suchintan Singh
200 posts by Suchintan Singh.
Stories and ideas from the Skyvern team.
January
2 min readLaunch week - Day 3 - "Show don't tell" - Screen record your workflows with Skyvern
Most browser automation fails because the interface between humans and automation is wrong. We ask users to describe workflows that are fundamentally visual and stateful. Then we’re surprised when the agent breaks, edge cases pile up, and maintenance cost dominates everything else. We built the Skyvern Screen Recorder to change that interface. Instead of telling an agent what to do, you show it. Give it a try here: app.skyvern.com The core idea If a human can complete a workflow in a brow
5 min readLaunch Week - Day 2 - New and improved SDK
Skyvern SDK v1+ lets you run tasks and workflows and share browser state over a CDP connection. The SDK supports two modes: embedded (local) and remote (cloud). Embedded (Local) mode Get started locally: * uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate — optional but recommended to create a virtual env * uv pip install skyvern — install the Skyvern SDK * skyvern quickstart — follow prompts to configure the environment (AI API keys, etc.) Python example: import asyncio from skyvern import Skyver
1 min readLaunch Week Day 1 - Automation Copilot: Faster Time-to-Automation
Automation Copilot reduces time-to-automation. Not by making automation “easier to start,” but by making it faster to: * build * modify * and maintain real, production browser workflows. What it is Automation Copilot is an in-product, workflow-aware chat interface. It can: * generate new Skyvern workflows from prompts * edit existing workflows in place * reason about failures and apply targeted fixes It operates directly on Skyvern’s workflow graph. Outputs are executable, not sugg
December
2 min readSkyvern – We raised $2.7M to fix browser automation (open source)
0:00 /0:57 1× We just raised a $2.7M seed round to fix one of the most boring but expensive problems in business: manual browser work. Every company has "that" workflow. Maybe it’s a team logging into vendor portals to download invoices. Maybe it’s navigating a 10-page government form that hasn't been updated since 2005. We built Skyvern to automate this. Think of it as AI with hands. The Problem: The "Maintenance Tax" of Automation For the last deca
November
1 min readChangelog - October (PDF Upload, 2FA Magic Links, Typescript SDK)
Hello everyone, With halloween behind us, I bring a lot of exciting Skyvern product improvement. Get ready, we shipped a lot of cool features last month! PDF / SOP Upload - Upload a PDF describing your workflow, and let Skyvern build it! Were you tired of building workflows by hand? Did you already have a ton of SOPs in place and you just want to automate them all? Well.. wait no more! Go to our workflows page, click the import button, and let Skyvern do its magic 2FA Upgrades - authentic
8 min readBest Multi-Website Automation Platforms for Businesses (November 2025)
Everyone talks about browser automation, but most tools still need custom code for every single website you touch. When you're dealing with dozens of vendor portals or data sources, that approach falls apart quickly. Scalable web automation means writing one workflow that works everywhere, without breaking when sites update. We compared the platforms that claim to do this to find which ones are worth your time. TLDR: * Multi-website automation uses AI to run workflows across any site without
17 min readBest Automated UI Testing Tools & Strategies (Updated July 2026)
Manual regression testing before each release can consume a considerable portion of a development team's week. The right automated UI testing tools can reduce that burden considerably while catching more bugs. This guide compares 10 leading tools across pricing, platform coverage, and ease of use to help you select the right solution for your team's stack and skill level. TLDR: * Automated UI testing runs scripts to validate interfaces across browsers and devices in minutes vs hours * AI-pow
October
8 min readAsking AI to build scrapers should be easy right?
TL;DR - We just gave Skyvern the ability to write and maintain its own code, making it 2.7x cheaper and 2.3x faster. Give it a prompt (or a series of prompts), and the AI will generate and maintain playwright code while it runs. Try out the via Open Source or Cloud 💡 Recap: What is Skyvern? It’s an open source tool that helps companies automate things in the browser with AI. We use computer vision + LLMs to turn prompts into automations that run. We serve both technical and non-technical custo
1 min readLaunch Week - Day 7 - Faster Open Source Package
Skyvern’s open source project just got faster. 🚀 We’ve swapped out Poetry for uv — the blazing-fast new Python package manager. That means your builds are now: * Much quicker — installs and resolves dependencies in a fraction of the time. * Simpler — no more waiting around for environments to set up. * Future-proof — leveraging modern tooling to keep the developer experience smooth. What this means for you 1. Clone and build Skyvern like before — only now it’s way faster. 2. Contribu
September
1 min readLaunch Week Day 6: Sequential Runs
Skyvern’s new Sequential Runs feature makes sure your workflows play nicely together — no more parallel runs stepping on each other’s toes or logging you out unexpectedly. This builds on our mission to make automated browsing reliable at scale, especially when authentication or session-sensitive sites are involved. Here’s what it unlocks: * Session-safe execution — runs now queue up and execute one after the other, so you never lose your login mid-workflow. * Predictable automation — no mor
1 min readNew Credential Integration: Azure Key Vault
I bet you thought our launch week was over last week? Well you’re wrong! Skyvern’s Azure Key Vault integration lets you authenticate into websites while keeping credentials locked away in Microsoft’s secure vault service. No hardcoded passwords, no local secret sprawl — just seamless, enterprise-grade security. This joins the family alongside Bitwarden and 1Password, giving teams flexibility to manage secrets with the provider that fits their stack best. This unlocks a whole new category of
1 min readLaunch Week Day 4: Browser Sessions
One of the most common requests we’ve heard: “Can Skyvern pick up where it left off?” Until now, every run started fresh—like opening a brand new browser window each time. Clean, but sometimes too clean. Why Browser Sessions? Skyvern Browser Sessions prop up a browser and let you persist the real-time state of the browser This unlocks a whole new category of workflows where context matters: * Deploy code straight into the browser — combine AI navigations and trusty ‘ol code by CDPing int
1 min readLaunch Week Day 3: Workflow Version History
Never lose your favourite workflow setup again! When you’re building workflows, it’s easy to accidentally overwrite a prompt that was working beautifully—or remove a configuration you loved while experimenting with new ones. Until now, once those changes were made, they were gone for good. With Version History, you can now browse through past versions of any workflow and restore the exact setup you want. This makes iterating safer, faster, and way less stressful. How it works * Build your
1 min readLaunch Week Day 2: Meet the Debugger
Running workflows end-to-end makes testing difficult! While autonomy is perfect for B2B workflows in production, when you’re designing a new workflow, it makes testing slow and frustrating. Now, with Debugger, you can run a single block at a time, inspect, tweak, and rerun again—all within the workflow editor How it works * Go to the workflow — a browser will load up right where you need it: in the editor. You will see the play icon next to every block and a browser spinning up on the right
1 min readLaunch Week Day 1: Automating with Skyvern got 50% cheaper
Ask and you shall receive 🤑 We heard you: Skyvern was too pricey! So we went back to the drawing board and found a way to bring costs down. 🚀 From now on, Skyvern steps are 50% cheaper! What changed? 10¢ → 5¢ per step A step = anytime Skyvern visits or scans a page That’s the heartbeat of your automation—every scan, every map, every action. And now, it costs half as much. Which means your automation dollar goes twice as far. Why we’re doing this We’re starting off launch week with a
1 min readNew Feature: Natural Language Loops
🚨 May I have your attention, please! Our most complex feature, ForLoops, got a massive upgrade today If you’ve ever tried to set up a loop in Skyvern before, you know the drill: carefully define the structure, make sure your variables are just so, and pray you didn’t miss a bracket somewhere. It worked and it worked well, but troubleshooting often required coffee, tears, and a minor sacrifice to the debugging gods. Introducing 🥁 Natural Language Loop Values 🥁 Now, you can just say what y
1 min readNew Drop: Skyvern x N8N Cloud
We're integrated with N8N (Again!) You've seen this announcement once before This time, the Skyvern node is a verified node that you can access via n8n cloud :) n8n is a workflow automation platform that empowers technical teams to build complex, multi-step workflows using their 400+ native integrations. Why Integrate into n8n? There has been a lot of overlap between Skyvern users and n8n users. So, we’ve made an integration that connects the two more easily. Here’s what we know: people of
August
1 min readSkyvern x SOC-2
You might be wondering.. "Isn't Skyvern Open Source?" "Why do they need to be SOC-2 Compliant?" "What's Type 2 compliance"? Our codebase has always been publicly available, meaning anyone could review our security practices. But that's not enough. We conducted an in-depth independent audit, validating that our controls meet rigorous AICPA standards for security, availability, and confidentiality. The assessment covered everything from encryption keys to incident-response workflows, providing o
July
1 min read𝟰 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 (And how to start applying them today)
AI isn’t hype anymore. It’s not “coming soon.” It’s infrastructure. And the smartest enterprises are using it to quietly compound efficiency across every function. Here are 5 real, implementation-ready ways companies are using AI right now to operate faster, leaner, and smarter: 👇 🔹 𝟭. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆-𝗪𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 Every meeting, sync, and brainstorm contains critical decisions and context — and most of it vanishes once the call ends. Modern teams are creating
1 min readBuild your AI SaaS with Skyvern
𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻. Founders using Skyvern to build job application SaaS platforms on Skyvern — without writing a single scraper or bot. Here’s how it works 👇 Most job boards are painful to automate: ❌ No public APIs ❌ Different layouts for every site ❌ 2FA, CAPTCHA, file uploads But this is exactly where most hiring happens. Instead of fighting manual processes, teams are now launching 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗲𝗿-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲
1 min readWhy Open Source SaaS?
Founders who want 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱, 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 are doubling down on open-source AI stacks. Here are 8 open-source AI tools launched or majorly upgraded in 2023–24 that can supercharge your business — across product, ops, marketing, and dev — without locking you into anyone’s platform. 👇 1. Llama 2 (Meta): Industry-grade LLM, open and fine-tunable. Build your own GPT-like assistants or AI products without paying API fees — and stay in control of y
June
1 min readStartup Story: How we got our first 4 customers
Back at the end of 2023, we were pivoting and were trying to figure out what idea to work on. The idea space is massive, but we knew we wanted to focus on a hard technical problem to solve. We are technical founders, and we were pretty confident in our ability to solve anything we put our heads to. We started searching around to see what kinds of problems people had, and stumbled on something we heard over and over again: web scraping is hard. Maintaining scrapers is hard. Browser automations
1 min read🐉 𝟲 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗸𝘆𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻.
Skyvern is browser-native automation powered by AI. It mimics human interaction — clicks, types, navigates, uploads — and works across any web interface. If it happens in a browser, Skyvern can automate it. Here are 6 more powerful, production-ready use cases: 🔹 𝟭. 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 Teams use Skyvern to log into state and federal portals to submit reports, upload forms, and confirm receipt — all without custom code or int
1 min readBuild your AI Job SaaS on Skyvern
Founders are building job application SaaS platforms on Skyvern — without writing a single scraper or bot. Here’s how it works 👇 Most job boards are painful to automate: ❌ No public APIs ❌ Different layouts for every site ❌ 2FA, CAPTCHA, file uploads But this is exactly where most hiring happens. Instead of fighting manual processes, teams are now launching browser-native job automation services — powered quietly by Skyvern in the background. Skyvern isn’t a job bot. It’s browser automation

Surprise Launch Week - Day 5 - Product Hunt Launch
Another day another surprise! A short one today: Web bench is live on Product Hunt. We would love your support here: https://www.producthunt.com/products/web-bench