Libretto packages six Playwright tools to reduce browser-agent overhead

The YC duo turned the integration layer from a stalled healthcare product into an open-source browser harness for coding agents.

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Why it matters

Libretto is turning hard-won healthcare integration work into infrastructure for AI agents, betting that compact snapshots and explicit Playwright code can lower costs without hiding browser behavior.

Illustration of Libretto using six Playwright tools to show a browser-based coding agent navigating and manipulating a web interface.

Michael Kronovet and Tanishq Kancharla, the founders of Libretto, built Browser Tools SDK around six tools for reading and controlling real browsers through Playwright. Their bet is that agents can complete web tasks with fewer tokens and less runtime machinery when the model receives a compact page representation and writes the Playwright code for each action.…

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