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3031The tool is an Anthropic-defined [client toolset](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/tool-reference#client-toolsets): one `browser_toolset_20260801` entry in `tools` gives Claude 27 member tools by default, such as `navigate`, `read_page`, `left_click`, and `screenshot`, plus four more when you [enable them](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/browser-use-tool#enable-optional-member-tools). Your application runs every call against its own browser automation; nothing runs on Anthropic's side. The tool isn't currently available in [Claude Managed Agents](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/managed-agents/tools).
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33The Python and TypeScript SDKs include a class that passes these calls to your browser code, runs the URL and file policies you set, and asks your approval callback. See [Browser and computer use with the SDK toolsets](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/browser-use-sdk).
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3235Choose browser use when the task stays inside webpages and means acting on them, or when pages build their content with JavaScript. When a task needs a whole desktop, use the [computer use tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/computer-use-tool), which works through screenshots and coordinates alone. For reading pages you can point Claude to, or finding sources on the web, the [web fetch tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/web-fetch-tool) and [web search tool](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/web-search-tool) are lighter. They're [server tools](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/server-tools) that the API runs for you, with no browser to operate.
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3437With browser use, Claude reads and acts on live webpages, so everything a page supplies is untrusted input and the actions Claude takes can have real effects. See [Security considerations](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/browser-use-tool#security-considerations) before you deploy.
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15831586## Next steps
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1585<CardGroup cols={3}>
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1589 <Card title="Browser and computer use with the SDK toolsets" icon="code" href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/browser-use-sdk">
1590 Write a browser driver in Python or TypeScript. The SDK runs the loop and the checks you configure.
1591 </Card>
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15861593 <Card title="Computer use tool" icon="computer" href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/computer-use-tool">
15871594 Give Claude control of a full desktop when the task leaves the browser; its implementation guidance applies to browser executors too.
15881595 </Card>
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