# Pay per Request Browser

Sets up pay-per-request Browser Use Cloud access from a crypto wallet.

- Repository: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use (119761 stars)
- Category: Business
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-31
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add browser-use/browser-use --skill x402 -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add browser-use/browser-use --skill x402 -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add browser-use/browser-use --skill x402 -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add browser-use/browser-use --skill x402 -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Set up Browser Use Cloud payments with x402, pay per request from a crypto wallet (USDC on Base mainnet), no signup or API key. Two setups it works out up front, "just use it" (set up a wallet so you or Claude Code can run cloud browser tasks paid from the wallet, Claude writes and runs throwaway scripts, nothing touches your codebase) or "build it in" (install the SDK and write the key + code into your project). Walks through wallet setup, funding, .env, and a ~$1 test run. Use when the user asks about x402, pay-per-use, USDC payments, or wants Browser Use Cloud without an API key. For the free-tier signup (reverse-CAPTCHA → API key), use `browser-use cloud signup` or the `cloud` skill instead.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Browser Use Cloud, pay with x402 (crypto wallet)

This is a scripted flow. Follow the steps in order. x402 only works through the **SDK** (`browser-use-sdk` for Python, the `browser-use` npm package for TS), there is no `browser-use` CLI command for it, so every step runs a short SDK script.

## How to use this script

- Lines under **Say:** are spoken to the user **word for word.** Don't paraphrase, add, or drop anything.
- `<like this>` inside a Say block is a fill-in, replace it with the real value, keep the rest exact.
- Lines under **Ask:** use the AskUserQuestion tool. Use the question and option text exactly as written.
- **To show an explanation before a question, put it inside the AskUserQuestion `question` field** (it renders above the options). Don't send it as separate chat text before calling the tool, that text gets dropped when the question UI opens. So: explanation + the actual question both go in the `question` field, in one tool call.
- Lines under **Do:** are your actions. Don't read them out.
- Track two facts as you go: `SETUP` (A or B, from Step 1) and `MODE` (A or B, from Step 2).
- **`SETUP`, `MODE`, and the Path A/B/C names are internal labels for you only. Never say them to the user.** Describe choices in plain words instead (e.g. "top up your account" / "accountless wallet"), never "Mode B" or "Path A".

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## Step 1, Open and pick the setup

**Ask:** (header: `Use x402`), put the explanation and the question both in the `question` field, exactly:

The rest: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use/blob/HEAD/skills/x402/SKILL.md