{"slug": "show-hn-peek-cli-let-coding-agents-see-your-browser", "title": "Show HN: Peek-CLI: let coding agents see your browser", "summary": "Peek-CLI, an open-source tool that lets AI coding agents capture screenshots of browser tabs via a WebSocket daemon and Chrome extension, has been released. The tool works with Claude Code, Codex, and Copilot, enabling agents to see the user's browser.", "body_md": "peek-cli allows agents to capture a screenshot of any open tab in your browser.\n\nWorks with Claude Code, Codex, Copilot and many more...\n\nIt works by using a browser extension to stream screenshots over WebSockets.\n\n*You only need to do steps 1 & 2 once on startup.*\n\n- Start the WebSocket daemon:\n\n```\npeeked start\n> Successfully started server.\n```\n\n- Connect your browser:\n\n- You're good to go!\n\n```\npeeked list # view available tabs\n> [ 'http://localhost:3000/' ]\n\npeeked at http://localhost:3000 # capture screenshot\n> Image saved to: /var/.../peek_cli/images/dd999ee0.jpg\n```\n\n- Install the\n[Chrome Extension](/puffinsoft/peek-cli/blob/master/src/extension/README.md).\n\nthe extension is in the process of approval; manual installation is needed for now.\n\n- Install the CLI\n\n```\nnpm i -g peeked\n```\n\n- Install the Skill\n\nFor Claude Code & Copilot:\n\n```\n/plugin marketplace add puffinsoft/peek-cli\n```\n\nFor Codex:\n\n```\ncodex plugin marketplace add puffinsoft/peek-cli\n```\n\npeek-cli is open source software, licensed under the [MIT](/puffinsoft/peek-cli/blob/master/LICENSE) license.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-peek-cli-let-coding-agents-see-your-browser", "canonical_source": "https://github.com/puffinsoft/peek-cli", "published_at": "2026-06-27 22:50:37+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-27 23:05:09.489756+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-agents", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Peek-CLI", "Claude Code", "Codex", "Copilot", "Chrome", "puffinsoft"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-peek-cli-let-coding-agents-see-your-browser", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-peek-cli-let-coding-agents-see-your-browser.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-peek-cli-let-coding-agents-see-your-browser.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-peek-cli-let-coding-agents-see-your-browser.jsonld"}}