Anti-Detect Browser - Setup Guide¶

Source: antibrow/anti-detect-browser-skills (29.9K+ installs) Category: Browser Automation / Anti-Detection Quality Tier: 🟢 Production

Anti-Detect Browser SDK lets Hermes agents launch Chromium instances with unique real-device fingerprints - undetectable by anti-bot systems. Each browser gets a persistent digital identity with 500+ fingerprint parameters across 30+ categories (Canvas, WebGL, Audio, Fonts, WebRTC, WebGPU). Standard Playwright APIs mean zero learning curve. MCP server mode enables direct AI agent control.

Critical for operations blocked by anti-bot walls: Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn scraping, and any site using Cloudflare/Datadome/PerimeterX.

Installation¶

npm install anti-detect-browser

Prerequisites¶

Requirement	Details
API Key	Sign up at antibrow.com (free tier: 2 profiles)
Node.js	18+
Playwright	Already installed in most Hermes setups

Key Capabilities¶

Real-Device Fingerprints¶

Each launch fetches a real fingerprint collected from actual devices. Filter by OS, browser, device type:

import { AntiDetectBrowser } from 'anti-detect-browser'
const ab = new AntiDetectBrowser({ key: 'your-api-key' })

// Windows Chrome
const { page } = await ab.launch({
  fingerprint: { tags: ['Windows 10', 'Chrome'], minBrowserVersion: 130 },
})

// Mac Safari
await ab.launch({ fingerprint: { tags: ['Apple Mac', 'Safari'] } })

// Mobile Android
await ab.launch({ fingerprint: { tags: ['Android', 'Mobile', 'Chrome'] } })

Available tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac, Android, Linux, iPad, iPhone, Edge, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Desktop, Mobile.

Persistent Profiles¶

Profiles save cookies, localStorage, and session data across launches - stay logged in between sessions:

// First launch - log in
const { page } = await ab.launch({ profile: 'shop-01' })
await page.goto('https://shop.example.com/login')
await browser.close()

// Later - session restored
const { page: p2 } = await ab.launch({ profile: 'shop-01' })
await p2.goto('https://shop.example.com/dashboard') // already logged in

Proxy Integration¶

Route each browser through a different proxy for geo-targeting or IP rotation:

await ab.launch({
  proxy: 'socks5://user:pass@us-proxy.example.com:1080',
  fingerprint: { tags: ['Windows 10', 'Chrome'] },
  profile: 'us-account',
})

MCP Server Mode - AI Agent Control¶

Expose anti-detect browsers as MCP tools so Hermes can launch, navigate, and interact through tool calls:

npx anti-detect-browser serve

Inject Into Existing Playwright¶

Add fingerprints without changing your workflow:

import { applyFingerprint } from 'anti-detect-browser'
const context = await browser.newContext()
await applyFingerprint(context, {
  key: 'your-api-key',
  fingerprint: { tags: ['Windows 10', 'Chrome'] },
  profile: 'my-profile',
})

Live View¶

Monitor headless sessions from the dashboard - useful for debugging AI agent actions:

const { liveView } = await ab.launch({
  headless: true,
  liveView: true,
})
console.log('Watch live:', liveView.viewUrl)

Quick Start - Hermes Agent¶

# Install
npm install anti-detect-browser

# Create a profile for Instagram (example)
node -e "
const { AntiDetectBrowser } = require('anti-detect-browser');
const ab = new AntiDetectBrowser({ key: process.env.ANTIBROW_KEY });
(async () => {
  const { page } = await ab.launch({
    fingerprint: { tags: ['Windows 10', 'Chrome'] },
    profile: 'instagram-corpusiq',
  });
  await page.goto('https://instagram.com');
  console.log('Ready - fingerprint:', await page.evaluate(() => navigator.userAgent));
  await page.screenshot({ path: '/tmp/ig-screenshot.png' });
  await page.context().browser().close();
})();
"

Verification¶

# Check package installed
npm ls anti-detect-browser

# Test API key
curl -s "https://antibrow.com/api/v1/profiles" -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANTIBROW_KEY"

Notes¶

Free tier: 2 browser profiles - sufficient for testing before committing
Undetectable: 500+ fingerprint parameters, real device data from the cloud - no synthetic fingerprints
Use case for CorpusIQ: Bypass Instagram/TikTok anti-bot walls, Reddit scraping, LinkedIn prospect research
MCP integration: Pairs with Hermes's native MCP client for autonomous browser operations
Related skills: browser-use-automation, browser-act-setup, browser-harness-setup

Integration with CorpusIQ¶

CorpusIQ is the connector layer that lets AI assistants read the systems a business already runs on - accounting, payments, CRM, email, files and analytics - and answer with the source named. It is read-only by design: it retrieves data and never writes to, or acts in, a connected system, which is what makes it safe to point at live accounts.

This page is part of the CorpusIQ directory, the reference we maintain for the MCP server and agent-skill ecosystem. Run alongside CorpusIQ, a third-party server like this one can be combined with a company's own business data in a single answer.

See what CorpusIQ connects