# Rod Go Chrome DevTools Protocol Driver for Web Automation

> Rod is a high-level Go library built directly on the Chrome DevTools Protocol for web automation and scraping. It provides thread-safe, chained-context operations with auto-wait, headless browser debugging, and 100% CI test coverage.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/rod-go-chrome-devtools-protocol-driver-for-web-automation` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/rod-go-chrome-devtools-protocol-driver-for-web-automation`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/rod-go-chrome-devtools-protocol-driver-for-web-automation/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/rod-go-chrome-devtools-protocol-driver-for-web-automation

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# Rod Go Chrome DevTools Protocol Driver for Web Automation

Rod is a high-level Go library built directly on the Chrome DevTools Protocol for web automation and scraping. It provides thread-safe, chained-context operations with auto-wait, headless browser debugging, and 100% CI test coverage.

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Such as the usage of method HandleAuth, you can search all the *_test.go files that contain HandleAuth,
- for example, use GitHub online [search in repository](https://github.com/go-rod/rod/search?q=HandleAuth&unscoped_q=HandleAuth).
- a lot of usage examples are recorded there.

- Source: https://github.com/go-rod/rod
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/go-rod/rod/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/rod-go-cdp-browser-automation/)