---
title: "webengine-cli"
description: "Use the WebEngine CLI and local daemon for persistent browser automation without MCP."
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/webengine-cli
last-updated: 2026-10-01
---

# webengine-cli
Use the WebEngine CLI and local daemon for persistent browser automation without MCP.
- Slug: webengine-cli
- Publisher: AXA France
- Repository: https://github.com/AxaFrance/webengine-dotnet
- Manifest: plugins/webengine-cli/plugin.json
- Version: 0.1.1
- License: MIT
- Category (editorial): other
- Skills: 1 (webengine-cli)
- MCP servers: 0
- Stars: 7
- Repository created: 2022-09-30
- Repository last pushed: 2026-10-01
- Publisher type: Organization
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/webengine-cli
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json

## What webengine-cli does, in the publisher's words

This plugin provides agent skills for the webengine.NET tool and its local daemon. It deliberately contains no MCP configuration, for environments where MCP servers are not permitted.

The skill checks for the webengine command on first use. If it is missing, the agent installs the stable NuGet package. When no stable package is available, it retries with --prerelease. Installation and SDK, permission, or network errors are reported instead of being hidden by an unconditional fallback.

The daemon owns browser sessions across CLI invocations. The current web surface supports:

From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AxaFrance/webengine-dotnet/HEAD/plugins/webengine-cli/README.md

## Skills

- webengine-cli: Use the local WebEngine CLI daemon for persistent browser automation without MCP.

Descriptions come from the frontmatter of each SKILL.md, punctuation lightly normalized.