{"repo":"NousResearch/hermes-agent","public_id":"25214","display_label":"Refactor cloud browser providers as plugin architecture","summary":"These items concern migrating cloud browser providers to follow an image_gen-style plugin pattern. 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Providers register instances via\n+:meth:`PluginContext.register_browser_provider`; the active one (selected via\n+``browser.cloud_provider`` in ``config.yaml``) services every cloud-mode\n+``browser_*`` tool call.\n+\n+Providers live in ``<repo>/plugins/browser/<name>/`` (built-in, auto-loaded as\n+``kind: backend``) or ``~/.hermes/plugins/browser/<name>/`` (user, opt-in via\n+``plugins.enabled``).\n+\n+This ABC mirrors :class:`agent.web_search_provider.WebSearchProvider` (PR\n+#25182) — same shape, same registration flow, same picker integration. The\n+legacy in-tree ``tools.browser_providers.base.CloudBrowserProvider`` ABC was\n+deleted in PR #25214 (this work) along with the per-vendor inline modules in\n+``tools/browser_providers/``; the lifecycle contract documented below is\n+preserved bit-for-bit so the tool wrapper (:mod:`tools.browser_tool`) does\n+not have to translate.\n+\n+Session metadata contract (preserved from the legacy ``CloudBrowserProvider``)::\n+\n+    {\n+        \"session_name\": str,        # unique name for agent-browser --session\n+        \"bb_session_id\": str,       # provider session ID (for close/cleanup)\n+        \"cdp_url\": str,             # CDP websocket URL\n+        \"features\": dict,           # feature flags that were enabled\n+        \"external_call_id\": str,    # optional, managed-gateway billing key\n+    }\n+\n+``bb_session_id`` is a legacy key name kept verbatim for backward compat with\n+:mod:`tools.browser_tool` — it holds the provider's session ID regardless of\n+which provider is in use.\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+from __future__ import annotations\n+\n+import abc\n+from typing import Any, Dict\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# ABC\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n+class BrowserProvider(abc.ABC):\n+    \"\"\"Abstract base class for a cloud browser backend.\n+\n+    Subclasses must implement :meth:`name`, :meth:`is_available`, and the\n+    three lifecycle methods: :meth:`create_session`, :meth:`close_session`,\n+    :meth:`emergency_cleanup`.\n+\n+    The lifecycle shape preserves the legacy ``CloudBrowserProvider`` contract\n+    bit-for-bit so the dispatcher in :mod:`tools.browser_tool` is a pure\n+    registry lookup — no per-provider conditionals, no shape translation.\n+    \"\"\"\n+\n+    @property\n+    @abc.abstractmethod\n+    def name(self) -> str:\n+        \"\"\"Stable short identifier used in the ``browser.cloud_provider``\n+        config key.\n+\n+        Lowercase, hyphens permitted to preserve existing user-visible names.\n+        Examples: ``browserbase``, ``browser-use``, ``firecrawl``.\n+        \"\"\"\n+\n+    @property\n+    def display_name(self) -> str:\n+        \"\"\"Human-readable label shown in ``hermes tools``. Defaults to ``name``.\"\"\"\n+        return self.name\n+\n+    @abc.abstractmethod\n+    def is_available(self) -> bool:\n+        \"\"\"Return True when this provider can service calls.\n+\n+        Typically a cheap check (env var present, managed-gateway token\n+        readable, optional Python dep importable). Must NOT make network\n+        calls — this runs at tool-registration time and on every\n+        ``hermes tools`` paint.\n+\n+        Mirrors the legacy ``CloudBrowserProvider.is_configured()`` method;\n+        renamed for parity with :class:`agent.web_search_provider.WebSearchProvider`.\n+        \"\"\"\n+\n+    @abc.abstractmethod\n+    def create_session(self, task_id: str) -> Dict[str, object]:\n+        \"\"\"Create a cloud browser session and return session metadata.\n+\n+        Must return a dict with at least::\n+\n+            {\n+                \"session_name\": str,    # unique name for agent-browser --session\n+                \"bb_session_id\": str,   # provider session ID (for close/cleanup)\n+                \"cdp_url\": str,         # CDP websocket URL\n+                \"features\": dict,       # feature flags that were enabled\n+            }\n+\n+        ``bb_session_id`` is a legacy key name kept for backward compat with\n+        the rest of :mod:`tools.browser_tool` — it holds the provider's\n+        session ID regardless of which provider is in use.\n+\n+        May raise ``ValueError`` (missing credentials) or ``RuntimeError``\n+        (network / API failure); the dispatcher surfaces these to the user.\n+        \"\"\"\n+\n+    @abc.abstractmethod\n+    def close_session(self, session_id: str) -> bool:\n+        \"\"\"Release / terminate a cloud session by its provider session ID.\n+\n+        Returns True on success, False on failure. Should not raise — log and\n+        return False on any exception so the dispatcher's cleanup loop keeps\n+        moving across sessions.\n+        \"\"\"\n+\n+    @abc.abstractmethod\n+    def emergency_cleanup(self, session_id: str) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Best-effort session teardown during process exit.\n+\n+        Called from atexit / signal handlers. Must tolerate missing\n+        credentials, network errors, etc. — log and move on. Must not raise.\n+        \"\"\"\n+\n+    def get_setup_schema(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:\n+        \"\"\"Return provider metadata for the ``hermes tools`` picker.\n+\n+        Used by :mod:`hermes_cli.tools_config` to inject this provider as a\n+        row in the Browser Automation picker. Shape mirrors the existing\n+        hardcoded entries in ``TOOL_CATEGORIES[\"browser\"]``::\n+\n+            {\n+                \"name\": \"Browserbase\",\n+                \"badge\": \"paid\",\n+                \"tag\": \"Cloud browser with stealth and proxies\",\n+                \"env_vars\": [\n+                    {\"key\": \"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\",\n+                     \"prompt\": \"Browserbase API key\",\n+                     \"url\": \"https://browserbase.com\"},\n+                ],\n+                \"post_setup\": \"agent_browser\",\n+            }\n+\n+        Default: minimal entry derived from :attr:`display_name`. Override to\n+        expose API key prompts, badges, managed-Nous gating, and the\n+        ``post_setup`` install hook.\n+        \"\"\"\n+        return {\n+            \"name\": self.display_name,\n+            \"badge\": \"\",\n+            \"tag\": \"\",\n+            \"env_vars\": [],\n+        }\n+\n+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------\n+    # Backward-compat shims for the legacy CloudBrowserProvider API\n+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------\n+    #\n+    # The pre-PR-#25214 ABC exposed ``is_configured()`` and ``provider_name()``;\n+    # ``tools.browser_tool`` has ~6 callers that still use those names. Rather\n+    # than churn every callsite (and break out-of-tree downstream code that\n+    # subclassed CloudBrowserProvider), we expose the old names as thin\n+    # delegations to the new API. Subclasses MUST implement :meth:`is_available`\n+    # and :attr:`name`; they may override ``is_configured`` / ``provider_name``\n+    # for compatibility with the legacy ABC but it is not required.\n+\n+    def is_configured(self) -> bool:\n+        \"\"\"Backward-compat alias for :meth:`is_available`.\"\"\"\n+        return self.is_available()\n+\n+    def provider_name(self) -> str:\n+        \"\"\"Backward-compat alias returning :attr:`display_name`.\"\"\"\n+        return self.display_name"]},{"file":"agent/browser_registry.py","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@\n+\"\"\"\n+Browser Provider Registry\n+=========================\n+\n+Central map of registered cloud browser providers. Populated by plugins at\n+import-time via :meth:`PluginContext.register_browser_provider`; consumed by\n+:func:`tools.browser_tool._get_cloud_provider` to route each cloud-mode\n+``browser_*`` tool call to the active backend.\n+\n+Active selection\n+----------------\n+The active provider is chosen by configuration with this precedence:\n+\n+1. ``browser.cloud_provider`` in ``config.yaml`` (explicit override).\n+2. Legacy preference order — ``browser-use`` → ``browserbase`` — filtered by\n+   availability. Matches the historic auto-detect order in\n+   :func:`tools.browser_tool._get_cloud_provider` (Browser Use checked first\n+   because it covers both the managed Nous gateway and direct API key path;\n+   Browserbase as the older direct-credentials fallback). ``firecrawl`` is\n+   intentionally NOT in the legacy walk — users only get Firecrawl as a\n+   cloud browser when they explicitly set ``browser.cloud_provider:\n+   firecrawl``, matching pre-migration behaviour where Firecrawl was never\n+   auto-selected.\n+3. Otherwise ``None`` — the dispatcher falls back to local browser mode.\n+\n+The explicit-config branch (rule 1) intentionally ignores ``is_available()``\n+so the dispatcher surfaces a typed \"X_API_KEY is not set\" error to the user\n+instead of silently switching backends. Matches the legacy\n+:func:`tools.browser_tool._get_cloud_provider` behaviour for configured names.\n+\n+Note: there is no \"capability\" split here (unlike the web subsystem, which\n+has search/extract/crawl). Every browser provider implements the full\n+:class:`agent.browser_provider.BrowserProvider` lifecycle; the registry's\n+job is purely selection, not capability routing.\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+from __future__ import annotations\n+\n+import logging\n+import threading\n+from typing import Dict, List, Optional\n+\n+from agent.browser_provider import BrowserProvider\n+\n+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\n+\n+\n+_providers: Dict[str, BrowserProvider] = {}\n+_lock = threading.Lock()\n+\n+\n+def register_provider(provider: BrowserProvider) -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Register a cloud browser provider.\n+\n+    Re-registration (same ``name``) overwrites the previous entry and logs\n+    a debug message — makes hot-reload scenarios (tests, dev loops) behave\n+    predictably.\n+    \"\"\"\n+    if not isinstance(provider, BrowserProvider):\n+        raise TypeError(\n+            f\"register_provider() expects a BrowserProvider instance, \"\n+            f\"got {type(provider).__name__}\"\n+        )\n+    name = provider.name\n+    if not isinstance(name, str) or not name.strip():\n+        raise ValueError(\"Browser provider .name must be a non-empty string\")\n+    with _lock:\n+        existing = _providers.get(name)\n+        _providers[name] = provider\n+    if existing is not None:\n+        logger.debug(\n+            \"Browser provider '%s' re-registered (was %r)\",\n+            name, type(existing).__name__,\n+        )\n+    else:\n+        logger.debug(\n+            \"Registered browser provider '%s' (%s)\",\n+            name, type(provider).__name__,\n+        )\n+\n+\n+def list_providers() -> List[BrowserProvider]:\n+    \"\"\"Return all registered providers, sorted by name.\"\"\"\n+    with _lock:\n+        items = list(_providers.values())\n+    return sorted(items, key=lambda p: p.name)\n+\n+\n+def get_provider(name: str) -> Optional[BrowserProvider]:\n+    \"\"\"Return the provider registered under *name*, or None.\"\"\"\n+    if not isinstance(name, str):\n+        return None\n+    with _lock:\n+        return _providers.get(name.strip())\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# Active-provider resolution\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n+# Legacy auto-detect order — used when no ``browser.cloud_provider`` is set.\n+# Matches the pre-migration walk in :func:`tools.browser_tool._get_cloud_provider`.\n+# Firecrawl is intentionally absent so users with ``FIRECRAWL_API_KEY`` set\n+# for web-extract don't get silently routed to a paid cloud browser. See\n+# :func:`_resolve` for the full rationale.\n+_LEGACY_PREFERENCE = (\n+    \"browser-use\",\n+    \"browserbase\",\n+)\n+\n+\n+def _resolve(configured: Optional[str]) -> Optional[BrowserProvider]:\n+    \"\"\"Resolve the active browser provider.\n+\n+    Resolution rules (in order):\n+\n+    1. **Explicit \"local\".** Returns None — the dispatcher disables cloud\n+       mode entirely. Mirrors legacy short-circuit in\n+       :func:`tools.browser_tool._get_cloud_provider`.\n+    2. **Explicit config wins, ignoring availability.** If ``configured``\n+       names a registered provider, return it even if its\n+       :meth:`is_available` returns False — the dispatcher will surface a\n+       precise \"X_API_KEY is not set\" error instead of silently routing\n+       somewhere else.\n+    3. **Legacy preference walk, filtered by availability.** Walk\n+       :data:`_LEGACY_PREFERENCE` (``browser-use`` → ``browserbase``) looking\n+       for a provider whose ``is_available()`` is True.\n+\n+    There is intentionally NO \"single-eligible shortcut\" rule here (unlike\n+    :func:`agent.web_search_registry._resolve`). Pre-migration, the\n+    auto-detect branch in ``tools.browser_tool._get_cloud_provider`` only\n+    considered Browser Use and Browserbase; Firecrawl was reachable only\n+    via an explicit ``browser.cloud_provider: firecrawl`` config key.\n+    Preserving that gate matters because Firecrawl shares its API key with\n+    the *web* extract plugin (``plugins/web/firecrawl/``), so users who set\n+    ``FIRECRAWL_API_KEY`` for web extract must NOT get silently routed to a\n+    paid cloud browser on a fresh install. Third-party browser-provider\n+    plugins added under ``~/.hermes/plugins/browser/<vendor>/`` are subject\n+    to the same gate — they must be explicitly configured to take effect.\n+\n+    Returns None when no provider is configured AND no available provider\n+    matches the legacy preference; the dispatcher then falls back to local\n+    browser mode.\n+    \"\"\"\n+    with _lock:\n+        snapshot = dict(_providers)\n+\n+    def _is_available_safe(p: BrowserProvider) -> bool:\n+        \"\"\"Wrap ``is_available()`` so a buggy provider doesn't kill resolution.\"\"\"\n+        try:\n+            return bool(p.is_available())\n+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001\n+            logger.warning(\n+                \"Browser provider %s.is_available() raised %s — treating as unavailable\",\n+                p.name, exc, exc_info=True,\n+            )\n+            return False\n+\n+    # 1. Explicit \"local\" short-circuit.\n+    if configured == \"local\":\n+        return None\n+\n+    # 2. Explicit config wins — return regardless of is_available() so the\n+    #    user gets a precise downstream error message rather than a silent\n+    #    backend switch. Matches _get_cloud_provider() in browser_tool.py.\n+    if configured:\n+        provider = snapshot.get(configured)\n+        if provider is not None:\n+            return provider\n+        logger.debug(\n+            \"browser cloud_provider '%s' configured but not registered; \"\n+            \"falling back to auto-detect\",\n+            configured,\n+        )\n+\n+    # 3. Legacy preference walk — only providers in _LEGACY_PREFERENCE are\n+    #    auto-eligible. Filtered by availability so we don't surface a\n+    #    provider the user has no credentials for. See docstring for why\n+    #    we do NOT fall back to \"any single-eligible registered provider\".\n+    for legacy in _LEGACY_PREFERENCE:\n+        provider = snapshot.get(legacy)\n+        if provider is not None and _is_available_safe(provider):\n+            return provider\n+\n+    return None\n+\n+\n+def get_active_browser_provider() -> Optional[BrowserProvider]:\n+    \"\"\"Resolve the currently-active cloud browser provider.\n+\n+    Reads ``browser.cloud_provider`` from config.yaml; falls back per the\n+    module docstring. Returns None for local mode or when no provider is\n+    available.\n+    \"\"\"\n+    try:\n+        from hermes_cli.config import read_raw_config\n+\n+        cfg = read_raw_config()\n+        browser_cfg = cfg.get(\"browser\", {})\n+    except Exception as exc:\n+        logger.debug(\"Could not read browser config: %s\", exc)\n+        browser_cfg = {}\n+\n+    configured: Optional[str] = None\n+    if isinstance(browser_cfg, dict) and \"cloud_provider\" in browser_cfg:\n+        try:\n+            from tools.tool_backend_helpers import normalize_browser_cloud_provider\n+\n+            configured = normalize_browser_cloud_provider(\n+                browser_cfg.get(\"cloud_provider\")\n+            )\n+        except Exception as exc:\n+            logger.debug(\"normalize_browser_cloud_provider failed: %s\", exc)\n+            configured = None\n+\n+    return _resolve(configured)\n+\n+\n+def _reset_for_tests() -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Clear the registry. **Test-only.**\"\"\"\n+    with _lock:\n+        _providers.clear()"]},{"file":"hermes_cli/plugins.py","hunks":["@@ -608,6 +608,38 @@ def register_web_search_provider(self, provider) -> None:\n             self.manifest.name, provider.name,\n         )\n \n+    # -- browser provider registration ---------------------------------------\n+\n+    def register_browser_provider(self, provider) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Register a cloud browser backend.\n+\n+        ``provider`` must be an instance of\n+        :class:`agent.browser_provider.BrowserProvider`. The\n+        ``provider.name`` attribute is what ``browser.cloud_provider`` in\n+        ``config.yaml`` matches against when routing cloud-mode\n+        ``browser_*`` tool calls.\n+\n+        Mirrors :meth:`register_web_search_provider` exactly — same\n+        registration shape, same gating, same logging. The browser\n+        subsystem's dispatcher (:func:`tools.browser_tool._get_cloud_provider`)\n+        consults the registry built up by these calls.\n+        \"\"\"\n+        from agent.browser_provider import BrowserProvider\n+        from agent.browser_registry import register_provider as _register_browser_provider\n+\n+        if not isinstance(provider, BrowserProvider):\n+            logger.warning(\n+                \"Plugin '%s' tried to register a browser provider that does \"\n+                \"not inherit from BrowserProvider. Ignoring.\",\n+                self.manifest.name,\n+            )\n+            return\n+        _register_browser_provider(provider)\n+        logger.info(\n+            \"Plugin '%s' registered browser provider: %s\",\n+            self.manifest.name, provider.name,\n+        )\n+\n     # -- platform adapter registration ---------------------------------------\n \n     def register_platform("]},{"file":"hermes_cli/tools_config.py","hunks":["@@ -378,6 +378,17 @@ def _get_plugin_toolset_keys() -> set:\n     \"browser\": {\n         \"name\": \"Browser Automation\",\n         \"icon\": \"🌐\",\n+        # Per-provider rows for Browserbase, Browser Use, and Firecrawl are\n+        # injected at runtime from plugins.browser.<vendor>.provider via\n+        # _plugin_browser_providers() in _visible_providers(). Only\n+        # non-provider UX setup-flow rows remain here:\n+        #   - \"Nous Subscription (Browser Use cloud)\" — managed Browser Use\n+        #     billed via Nous subscription (requires_nous_auth +\n+        #     override_env_vars). Uses the browser-use plugin as the\n+        #     underlying backend but has a distinct setup UX.\n+        #   - \"Local Browser\" — non-cloud option, no CloudBrowserProvider.\n+        #   - \"Camofox\" — anti-detection local Firefox; short-circuits the\n+        #     cloud-provider dispatch path via _is_camofox_mode().\n         \"providers\": [\n             {\n                 \"name\": \"Nous Subscription (Browser Use cloud)\",","@@ -398,37 +409,6 @@ def _get_plugin_toolset_keys() -> set:\n                 \"browser_provider\": \"local\",\n                 \"post_setup\": \"agent_browser\",\n             },\n-            {\n-                \"name\": \"Browserbase\",\n-                \"badge\": \"paid\",\n-                \"tag\": \"Cloud browser with stealth and proxies\",\n-                \"env_vars\": [\n-                    {\"key\": \"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\", \"prompt\": \"Browserbase API key\", \"url\": \"https://browserbase.com\"},\n-                    {\"key\": \"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\", \"prompt\": \"Browserbase project ID\"},\n-                ],\n-                \"browser_provider\": \"browserbase\",\n-                \"post_setup\": \"agent_browser\",\n-            },\n-            {\n-                \"name\": \"Browser Use\",\n-                \"badge\": \"paid\",\n-                \"tag\": \"Cloud browser with remote execution\",\n-                \"env_vars\": [\n-                    {\"key\": \"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\", \"prompt\": \"Browser Use API key\", \"url\": \"https://browser-use.com\"},\n-                ],\n-                \"browser_provider\": \"browser-use\",\n-                \"post_setup\": \"agent_browser\",\n-            },\n-            {\n-                \"name\": \"Firecrawl\",\n-                \"badge\": \"paid\",\n-                \"tag\": \"Cloud browser with remote execution\",\n-                \"env_vars\": [\n-                    {\"key\": \"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\", \"prompt\": \"Firecrawl API key\", \"url\": \"https://firecrawl.dev\"},\n-                ],\n-                \"browser_provider\": \"firecrawl\",\n-                \"post_setup\": \"agent_browser\",\n-            },\n             {\n                 \"name\": \"Camofox\",\n                 \"badge\": \"free · local\",","@@ -1662,6 +1642,61 @@ def _plugin_web_search_providers() -> list[dict]:\n     return rows\n \n \n+# Mirror of _plugin_web_search_providers for cloud browser backends. After\n+# PR #25214, Browserbase / Browser Use / Firecrawl live as plugins under\n+# plugins/browser/<vendor>/; this helper is the sole source of provider rows\n+# for those three in the \"Browser Automation\" picker. The hardcoded\n+# ``TOOL_CATEGORIES[\"browser\"]`` entries that drove the category before\n+# were deleted in the same PR; only non-provider UX setup-flow rows remain\n+# (\"Nous Subscription\", \"Local Browser\", \"Camofox\") — see the comment block\n+# in ``TOOL_CATEGORIES[\"browser\"]`` for why each one stays hardcoded.\n+def _plugin_browser_providers() -> list[dict]:\n+    \"\"\"Build picker-row dicts from plugin-registered cloud browser providers.\n+\n+    Each returned dict mirrors the legacy ``TOOL_CATEGORIES[\"browser\"]``\n+    schema (``name`` / ``badge`` / ``tag`` / ``env_vars`` /\n+    ``browser_provider`` / ``post_setup``) so the picker behaves identically\n+    whether a provider was hardcoded or plugin-registered.\n+\n+    Populates ``browser_provider`` (the legacy config key written to\n+    ``browser.cloud_provider``) and a ``browser_plugin_name`` marker so\n+    setup / write paths can route through the registry when they want to.\n+    \"\"\"\n+    try:\n+        from agent.browser_registry import list_providers as _list_browser_providers\n+        from hermes_cli.plugins import _ensure_plugins_discovered\n+\n+        _ensure_plugins_discovered()\n+        providers = _list_browser_providers()\n+    except Exception:\n+        return []\n+\n+    rows: list[dict] = []\n+    for provider in providers:\n+        name = getattr(provider, \"name\", None)\n+        if not name:\n+            continue\n+        try:\n+            schema = provider.get_setup_schema()\n+        except Exception:\n+            continue\n+        if not isinstance(schema, dict):\n+            continue\n+        row = {\n+            \"name\": schema.get(\"name\", provider.display_name),\n+            \"badge\": schema.get(\"badge\", \"\"),\n+            \"tag\": schema.get(\"tag\", \"\"),\n+            \"env_vars\": schema.get(\"env_vars\", []),\n+            \"browser_provider\": name,\n+            \"browser_plugin_name\": name,\n+        }\n+        # Pass-through optional fields the schema can opt into.\n+        if schema.get(\"post_setup\"):\n+            row[\"post_setup\"] = schema[\"post_setup\"]\n+        rows.append(row)\n+    return rows\n+\n+\n def _visible_providers(cat: dict, config: dict) -> list[dict]:\n     \"\"\"Return provider entries visible for the current auth/config state.\"\"\"\n     features = get_nous_subscription_features(config)","@@ -1691,6 +1726,14 @@ def _visible_providers(cat: dict, config: dict) -> list[dict]:\n     if cat.get(\"name\") == \"Web Search & Extract\":\n         visible.extend(_plugin_web_search_providers())\n \n+    # Inject plugin-registered cloud browser backends. After PR #25214,\n+    # Browserbase / Browser Use / Firecrawl are the plugin-supplied rows;\n+    # the hardcoded \"Nous Subscription\" / \"Local Browser\" / \"Camofox\" rows\n+    # stay because they're non-provider UX setup flows (subscription auth,\n+    # local fallback, and the REST-API anti-detection backend respectively).\n+    if cat.get(\"name\") == \"Browser Automation\":\n+        visible.extend(_plugin_browser_providers())\n+\n     return visible\n \n "]},{"file":"plugins/browser/browser_use/__init__.py","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@\n+\"\"\"Browser Use cloud browser plugin — bundled, auto-loaded.\n+\n+Mirrors the ``plugins/web/<vendor>/`` layout: ``provider.py`` holds the\n+provider class; ``__init__.py::register`` instantiates and registers it.\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+from __future__ import annotations\n+\n+from plugins.browser.browser_use.provider import BrowserUseBrowserProvider\n+\n+\n+def register(ctx) -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Register the Browser Use provider with the plugin context.\"\"\"\n+    ctx.register_browser_provider(BrowserUseBrowserProvider())"]},{"file":"plugins/browser/browser_use/plugin.yaml","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@\n+name: browser-browser-use\n+version: 1.0.0\n+description: \"Browser Use (https://browser-use.com) cloud browser backend. Supports both direct BROWSER_USE_API_KEY and the managed Nous tool gateway. Also powers the 'Nous Subscription' UX flow that bills usage to a Nous subscription.\"\n+author: NousResearch\n+kind: backend\n+provides_browser_providers:\n+  - browser-use"]},{"file":"plugins/browser/browser_use/provider.py","hunks":["@@ -1,4 +1,32 @@\n-\"\"\"Browser Use cloud browser provider.\"\"\"\n+\"\"\"Browser Use cloud browser provider — plugin form.\n+\n+Subclasses :class:`agent.browser_provider.BrowserProvider` (the plugin-facing\n+ABC introduced in PR #25214). The legacy in-tree module\n+``tools.browser_providers.browser_use`` was removed in the same PR; this file\n+is now the canonical implementation.\n+\n+Browser Use is the only browser backend with dual auth: a direct\n+``BROWSER_USE_API_KEY`` for self-billed users, or the managed Nous tool\n+gateway (which Hermes uses to bill Browser Use sessions to a Nous\n+subscription). The dispatch order — direct API key first, managed gateway\n+second — preserves the pre-migration behaviour in\n+``tools.browser_providers.browser_use.BrowserUseProvider._get_config_or_none``.\n+\n+Config keys this provider responds to::\n+\n+    browser:\n+      cloud_provider: \"browser-use\"   # explicit selection\n+    tool_gateway:\n+      browser: \"gateway\"              # optional: prefer managed gateway\n+                                      #   even when BROWSER_USE_API_KEY is set\n+\n+Auth env vars (one of)::\n+\n+    BROWSER_USE_API_KEY=...           # https://browser-use.com\n+    # OR a managed Nous gateway entry (configured via 'hermes setup')\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+from __future__ import annotations\n \n import logging\n import os","@@ -8,11 +36,14 @@\n \n import requests\n \n-from tools.browser_providers.base import CloudBrowserProvider\n-from tools.managed_tool_gateway import resolve_managed_tool_gateway\n-from tools.tool_backend_helpers import managed_nous_tools_enabled, prefers_gateway\n+from agent.browser_provider import BrowserProvider\n \n logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\n+\n+# Idempotency tracking for managed-mode session creation. The managed Nous\n+# gateway returns 409 \"already in progress\" on retried POSTs; we forward the\n+# original idempotency key so the gateway can deduplicate. Cleared on\n+# success or terminal failure.\n _pending_create_keys: Dict[str, str] = {}\n _pending_create_keys_lock = threading.Lock()\n ","@@ -38,6 +69,16 @@ def _clear_pending_create_key(task_id: str) -> None:\n \n \n def _should_preserve_pending_create_key(response: requests.Response) -> bool:\n+    \"\"\"Decide whether to keep the idempotency key after a failed create.\n+\n+    Preserve the key when the failure looks retryable (5xx) OR when the\n+    gateway reports the original request is still in flight (409 \"already\n+    in progress\") — in either case, retrying with the same key lets the\n+    gateway deduplicate.\n+\n+    Drop the key on any other 4xx (auth failure, bad request, etc.) — those\n+    won't succeed by being retried.\n+    \"\"\"\n     if response.status_code >= 500:\n         return True\n ","@@ -60,13 +101,24 @@ def _should_preserve_pending_create_key(response: requests.Response) -> bool:\n     return \"already in progress\" in message\n \n \n-class BrowserUseProvider(CloudBrowserProvider):\n-    \"\"\"Browser Use (https://browser-use.com) cloud browser backend.\"\"\"\n+class BrowserUseBrowserProvider(BrowserProvider):\n+    \"\"\"Browser Use (https://browser-use.com) cloud browser backend.\n+\n+    Dual auth: prefers a direct BROWSER_USE_API_KEY when set, falling back\n+    to the managed Nous tool gateway when ``tool_gateway.browser`` config\n+    routes through it. Setting ``tool_gateway.browser: gateway`` flips the\n+    order so managed billing wins even when BROWSER_USE_API_KEY is present.\n+    \"\"\"\n \n-    def provider_name(self) -> str:\n+    @property\n+    def name(self) -> str:\n+        return \"browser-use\"\n+\n+    @property\n+    def display_name(self) -> str:\n         return \"Browser Use\"\n \n-    def is_configured(self) -> bool:\n+    def is_available(self) -> bool:\n         return self._get_config_or_none() is not None\n \n     # ------------------------------------------------------------------","@@ -74,6 +126,14 @@ def is_configured(self) -> bool:\n     # ------------------------------------------------------------------\n \n     def _get_config_or_none(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:\n+        # Import here to avoid a hard dependency at module-import time —\n+        # managed_tool_gateway pulls in the Nous auth stack which can be\n+        # heavy and is not needed for direct-API-key users.\n+        from tools.managed_tool_gateway import resolve_managed_tool_gateway\n+        from tools.tool_backend_helpers import prefers_gateway\n+\n+        # Direct API key wins unless the user has explicitly opted into the\n+        # managed Nous gateway via ``tool_gateway.browser: gateway``.\n         api_key = os.environ.get(\"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\")\n         if api_key and not prefers_gateway(\"browser\"):\n             return {","@@ -93,6 +153,8 @@ def _get_config_or_none(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:\n         }\n \n     def _get_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:\n+        from tools.tool_backend_helpers import managed_nous_tools_enabled\n+\n         config = self._get_config_or_none()\n         if config is None:\n             message = (","@@ -111,11 +173,10 @@ def _get_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:\n     # ------------------------------------------------------------------\n \n     def _headers(self, config: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, str]:\n-        headers = {\n+        return {\n             \"Content-Type\": \"application/json\",\n             \"X-Browser-Use-API-Key\": [redacted:secret-assignment]\"api_key\"],\n         }\n-        return headers\n \n     def create_session(self, task_id: str) -> Dict[str, object]:\n         config = self._get_config()","@@ -166,7 +227,9 @@ def create_session(self, task_id: str) -> Dict[str, object]:\n         if managed_mode:\n             _clear_pending_create_key(task_id)\n         session_name = f\"hermes_{task_id}_{uuid.uuid4().hex[:8]}\"\n-        external_call_id = response.headers.get(\"x-external-call-id\") if managed_mode else None\n+        external_call_id = (\n+            response.headers.get(\"x-external-call-id\") if managed_mode else None\n+        )\n \n         logger.info(\"Created Browser Use session %s\", session_name)\n ","@@ -184,7 +247,9 @@ def close_session(self, session_id: str) -> bool:\n         try:\n             config = self._get_config()\n         except ValueError:\n-            logger.warning(\"Cannot close Browser Use session %s — missing credentials\", session_id)\n+            logger.warning(\n+                \"Cannot close Browser Use session %s — missing credentials\", session_id\n+            )\n             return False\n \n         try:","@@ -212,7 +277,10 @@ def close_session(self, session_id: str) -> bool:\n     def emergency_cleanup(self, session_id: str) -> None:\n         config = self._get_config_or_none()\n         if config is None:\n-            logger.warning(\"Cannot emergency-cleanup Browser Use session %s — missing credentials\", session_id)\n+            logger.warning(\n+                \"Cannot emergency-cleanup Browser Use session %s — missing credentials\",\n+                session_id,\n+            )\n             return\n         try:\n             requests.patch(","@@ -222,4 +290,21 @@ def emergency_cleanup(self, session_id: str) -> None:\n                 timeout=5,\n             )\n         except Exception as e:\n-            logger.debug(\"Emergency cleanup failed for Browser Use session %s: %s\", session_id, e)\n+            logger.debug(\n+                \"Emergency cleanup failed for Browser Use session %s: %s\", session_id, e\n+            )\n+\n+    def get_setup_schema(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:\n+        return {\n+            \"name\": \"Browser Use\",\n+            \"badge\": \"paid\",\n+            \"tag\": \"Cloud browser with remote execution\",\n+            \"env_vars\": [\n+                {\n+                    \"key\": \"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\",\n+                    \"prompt\": \"Browser Use API key\",\n+                    \"url\": \"https://browser-use.com\",\n+                },\n+            ],\n+            \"post_setup\": \"agent_browser\",\n+        }"]},{"file":"plugins/browser/browserbase/__init__.py","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@\n+\"\"\"Browserbase cloud browser plugin — bundled, auto-loaded.\n+\n+Mirrors the ``plugins/web/<vendor>/`` and ``plugins/image_gen/openai/``\n+layout: ``provider.py`` holds the provider class; ``__init__.py::register``\n+instantiates and registers it via the plugin context.\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+from __future__ import annotations\n+\n+from plugins.browser.browserbase.provider import BrowserbaseBrowserProvider\n+\n+\n+def register(ctx) -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Register the Browserbase provider with the plugin context.\"\"\"\n+    ctx.register_browser_provider(BrowserbaseBrowserProvider())"]},{"file":"plugins/browser/browserbase/plugin.yaml","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@\n+name: browser-browserbase\n+version: 1.0.0\n+description: \"Browserbase (https://browserbase.com) cloud browser backend. Requires BROWSERBASE_API_KEY + BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID. Supports stealth, proxies, and keep-alive sessions; auto-falls-back when paid features are unavailable.\"\n+author: NousResearch\n+kind: backend\n+provides_browser_providers:\n+  - browserbase"]},{"file":"plugins/browser/browserbase/provider.py","hunks":["@@ -1,4 +1,35 @@\n-\"\"\"Browserbase cloud browser provider (direct credentials only).\"\"\"\n+\"\"\"Browserbase cloud browser provider — plugin form.\n+\n+Subclasses :class:`agent.browser_provider.BrowserProvider` (the plugin-facing\n+ABC introduced in PR #25214). The legacy in-tree module\n+``tools.browser_providers.browserbase`` was removed in the same PR; this file\n+is now the canonical implementation.\n+\n+Browserbase requires direct ``BROWSERBASE_API_KEY`` and ``BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID``\n+credentials. Managed Nous gateway support has been removed — the Nous\n+subscription now routes through Browser Use instead (see\n+``plugins/browser/browser_use/``).\n+\n+Config keys this provider responds to::\n+\n+    browser:\n+      cloud_provider: \"browserbase\"\n+\n+Auth env vars::\n+\n+    BROWSERBASE_API_KEY=...       # https://browserbase.com\n+    BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID=...\n+\n+Optional feature knobs::\n+\n+    BROWSERBASE_BASE_URL=...      # default https://api.browserbase.com\n+    BROWSERBASE_PROXIES=true      # default true\n+    BROWSERBASE_ADVANCED_STEALTH=false\n+    BROWSERBASE_KEEP_ALIVE=true   # default true\n+    BROWSERBASE_SESSION_TIMEOUT=... (ms, integer)\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+from __future__ import annotations\n \n import logging\n import os","@@ -7,27 +38,31 @@\n \n import requests\n \n-from tools.browser_providers.base import CloudBrowserProvider\n+from agent.browser_provider import BrowserProvider\n \n logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\n \n \n-class BrowserbaseProvider(CloudBrowserProvider):\n+class BrowserbaseBrowserProvider(BrowserProvider):\n     \"\"\"Browserbase (https://browserbase.com) cloud browser backend.\n \n-    This provider requires direct BROWSERBASE_API_KEY and BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\n-    credentials.  Managed Nous gateway support has been removed — the Nous\n-    subscription now routes through Browser Use instead.\n+    Direct credentials only — managed-Nous-gateway support lives on the\n+    Browser Use provider now.\n     \"\"\"\n \n-    def provider_name(self) -> str:\n+    @property\n+    def name(self) -> str:\n+        return \"browserbase\"\n+\n+    @property\n+    def display_name(self) -> str:\n         return \"Browserbase\"\n \n-    def is_configured(self) -> bool:\n+    def is_available(self) -> bool:\n         return self._get_config_or_none() is not None\n \n     # ------------------------------------------------------------------\n-    # Session lifecycle\n+    # Config resolution\n     # ------------------------------------------------------------------\n \n     def _get_config_or_none(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:","@@ -37,7 +72,9 @@ def _get_config_or_none(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:\n             return {\n                 \"api_key\": [redacted:secret-assignment]\n                 \"project_id\": project_id,\n-                \"base_url\": os.environ.get(\"BROWSERBASE_BASE_URL\", \"https://api.browserbase.com\").rstrip(\"/\"),\n+                \"base_url\": os.environ.get(\n+                    \"BROWSERBASE_BASE_URL\", \"https://api.browserbase.com\"\n+                ).rstrip(\"/\"),\n             }\n         return None\n ","@@ -50,13 +87,21 @@ def _get_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:\n             )\n         return config\n \n+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------\n+    # Session lifecycle\n+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n     def create_session(self, task_id: str) -> Dict[str, object]:\n         config = self._get_config()\n \n         # Optional env-var knobs\n         enable_proxies = os.environ.get(\"BROWSERBASE_PROXIES\", \"true\").lower() != \"false\"\n-        enable_advanced_stealth = os.environ.get(\"BROWSERBASE_ADVANCED_STEALTH\", \"false\").lower() == \"true\"\n-        enable_keep_alive = os.environ.get(\"BROWSERBASE_KEEP_ALIVE\", \"true\").lower() != \"false\"\n+        enable_advanced_stealth = (\n+            os.environ.get(\"BROWSERBASE_ADVANCED_STEALTH\", \"false\").lower() == \"true\"\n+        )\n+        enable_keep_alive = (\n+            os.environ.get(\"BROWSERBASE_KEEP_ALIVE\", \"true\").lower() != \"false\"\n+        )\n         custom_timeout_ms = os.environ.get(\"BROWSERBASE_SESSION_TIMEOUT\")\n \n         features_enabled = {","@@ -78,7 +123,9 @@ def create_session(self, task_id: str) -> Dict[str, object]:\n                 if timeout_val > 0:\n                     session_config[\"timeout\"] = timeout_val\n             except ValueError:\n-                logger.warning(\"Invalid BROWSERBASE_SESSION_TIMEOUT value: %s\", custom_timeout_ms)\n+                logger.warning(\n+                    \"Invalid BROWSERBASE_SESSION_TIMEOUT value: %s\", custom_timeout_ms\n+                )\n \n         if enable_proxies:\n             session_config[\"proxies\"] = True","@@ -156,7 +203,9 @@ def create_session(self, task_id: str) -> Dict[str, object]:\n             features_enabled[\"custom_timeout\"] = True\n \n         feature_str = \", \".join(k for k, v in features_enabled.items() if v)\n-        logger.info(\"Created Browserbase session %s with features: %s\", session_name, feature_str)\n+        logger.info(\n+            \"Created Browserbase session %s with features: %s\", session_name, feature_str\n+        )\n \n         return {\n             \"session_name\": session_name,","@@ -169,7 +218,9 @@ def close_session(self, session_id: str) -> bool:\n         try:\n             config = self._get_config()\n         except ValueError:\n-            logger.warning(\"Cannot close Browserbase session %s — missing credentials\", session_id)\n+            logger.warning(\n+                \"Cannot close Browserbase session %s — missing credentials\", session_id\n+            )\n             return False\n \n         try:","@@ -203,7 +254,10 @@ def close_session(self, session_id: str) -> bool:\n     def emergency_cleanup(self, session_id: str) -> None:\n         config = self._get_config_or_none()\n         if config is None:\n-            logger.warning(\"Cannot emergency-cleanup Browserbase session %s — missing credentials\", session_id)\n+            logger.warning(\n+                \"Cannot emergency-cleanup Browserbase session %s — missing credentials\",\n+                session_id,\n+            )\n             return\n         try:\n             requests.post(","@@ -219,4 +273,25 @@ def emergency_cleanup(self, session_id: str) -> None:\n                 timeout=5,\n             )\n         except Exception as e:\n-            logger.debug(\"Emergency cleanup failed for Browserbase session %s: %s\", session_id, e)\n+            logger.debug(\n+                \"Emergency cleanup failed for Browserbase session %s: %s\", session_id, e\n+            )\n+\n+    def get_setup_schema(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:\n+        return {\n+            \"name\": \"Browserbase\",\n+            \"badge\": \"paid\",\n+            \"tag\": \"Cloud browser with stealth and proxies\",\n+            \"env_vars\": [\n+                {\n+                    \"key\": \"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\",\n+                    \"prompt\": \"Browserbase API key\",\n+                    \"url\": \"https://browserbase.com\",\n+                },\n+                {\n+                    \"key\": \"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\",\n+                    \"prompt\": \"Browserbase project ID\",\n+                },\n+            ],\n+            \"post_setup\": \"agent_browser\",\n+        }"]},{"file":"plugins/browser/firecrawl/__init__.py","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@\n+\"\"\"Firecrawl cloud browser plugin — bundled, auto-loaded.\n+\n+Distinct from ``plugins/web/firecrawl/`` (the web search/extract/crawl\n+plugin); both share the FIRECRAWL_API_KEY but speak to different endpoints\n+(``/v2/browser`` here vs ``/v2/search`` / ``/v2/scrape`` / ``/v2/crawl``\n+over there).\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+from __future__ import annotations\n+\n+from plugins.browser.firecrawl.provider import FirecrawlBrowserProvider\n+\n+\n+def register(ctx) -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Register the Firecrawl cloud-browser provider with the plugin context.\"\"\"\n+    ctx.register_browser_provider(FirecrawlBrowserProvider())"]},{"file":"plugins/browser/firecrawl/plugin.yaml","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@\n+name: browser-firecrawl\n+version: 1.0.0\n+description: \"Firecrawl (https://firecrawl.dev) cloud browser backend. Requires FIRECRAWL_API_KEY. Distinct from the firecrawl WEB search/extract plugin — the two share an API key but operate on different endpoints.\"\n+author: NousResearch\n+kind: backend\n+provides_browser_providers:\n+  - firecrawl"]},{"file":"plugins/browser/firecrawl/provider.py","hunks":["@@ -1,26 +1,61 @@\n-\"\"\"Firecrawl cloud browser provider.\"\"\"\n+\"\"\"Firecrawl cloud browser provider — plugin form.\n+\n+Subclasses :class:`agent.browser_provider.BrowserProvider` (the plugin-facing\n+ABC introduced in PR #25214). The legacy in-tree module\n+``tools.browser_providers.firecrawl`` was removed in the same PR; this file\n+is now the canonical implementation.\n+\n+This is the cloud-browser path — distinct from the firecrawl WEB plugin at\n+``plugins/web/firecrawl/`` which handles search/extract/crawl on\n+``/v2/search`` / ``/v2/scrape`` / ``/v2/crawl``. The two plugins share the\n+``FIRECRAWL_API_KEY`` env var but talk to different endpoints (this one\n+hits ``/v2/browser``).\n+\n+Config keys this provider responds to::\n+\n+    browser:\n+      cloud_provider: \"firecrawl\"   # explicit selection only — not in the\n+                                    # legacy auto-detect walk\n+\n+Auth env vars::\n+\n+    FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=...           # https://firecrawl.dev\n+    FIRECRAWL_API_URL=...           # optional override (default https://api.firecrawl.dev)\n+    FIRECRAWL_BROWSER_TTL=...       # optional, default 300 seconds\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+from __future__ import annotations\n \n import logging\n import os\n import uuid\n-from typing import Dict\n+from typing import Any, Dict\n \n import requests\n \n-from tools.browser_providers.base import CloudBrowserProvider\n+from agent.browser_provider import BrowserProvider\n \n logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)\n \n _BASE_URL = \"https://api.firecrawl.dev\"\n \n \n-class FirecrawlProvider(CloudBrowserProvider):\n-    \"\"\"Firecrawl (https://firecrawl.dev) cloud browser backend.\"\"\"\n+class FirecrawlBrowserProvider(BrowserProvider):\n+    \"\"\"Firecrawl (https://firecrawl.dev) cloud browser backend.\n \n-    def provider_name(self) -> str:\n+    Cloud-browser path only — search/extract/crawl live in the separate\n+    ``plugins/web/firecrawl/`` plugin.\n+    \"\"\"\n+\n+    @property\n+    def name(self) -> str:\n+        return \"firecrawl\"\n+\n+    @property\n+    def display_name(self) -> str:\n         return \"Firecrawl\"\n \n-    def is_configured(self) -> bool:\n+    def is_available(self) -> bool:\n         return bool(os.environ.get(\"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\"))\n \n     # ------------------------------------------------------------------","@@ -100,13 +135,34 @@ def close_session(self, session_id: str) -> bool:\n             return False\n \n     def emergency_cleanup(self, session_id: str) -> None:\n+        if not self.is_available():\n+            logger.warning(\n+                \"Cannot emergency-cleanup Firecrawl session %s — missing credentials\",\n+                session_id,\n+            )\n+            return\n         try:\n             requests.delete(\n                 f\"{self._api_url()}/v2/browser/{session_id}\",\n                 headers=self._headers(),\n                 timeout=5,\n             )\n-        except ValueError:\n-            logger.warning(\"Cannot emergency-cleanup Firecrawl session %s — missing credentials\", session_id)\n         except Exception as e:\n-            logger.debug(\"Emergency cleanup failed for Firecrawl session %s: %s\", session_id, e)\n+            logger.debug(\n+                \"Emergency cleanup failed for Firecrawl session %s: %s\", session_id, e\n+            )\n+\n+    def get_setup_schema(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:\n+        return {\n+            \"name\": \"Firecrawl\",\n+            \"badge\": \"paid\",\n+            \"tag\": \"Cloud browser with remote execution\",\n+            \"env_vars\": [\n+                {\n+                    \"key\": \"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\",\n+                    \"prompt\": \"Firecrawl API key\",\n+                    \"url\": \"https://firecrawl.dev\",\n+                },\n+            ],\n+            \"post_setup\": \"agent_browser\",\n+        }"]},{"file":"tests/plugins/browser/check_parity_vs_main.py","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@\n+\"\"\"Behavior-parity check for the browser-provider plugin migration (#25214).\n+\n+Spawns one subprocess per (version, scenario) cell — pinned to either\n+origin/main (legacy in-tree providers + class-instantiation lookup) or\n+this PR's worktree (plugin-based registry) via `sys.path[0]`. Each\n+subprocess clears all browser-related env vars + writes a config.yaml,\n+loads `tools.browser_tool._get_cloud_provider()`, and emits a reduced\n+\"shape tuple\" {is_local, provider_name, is_available} as JSON.\n+\n+The parent process diffs the shapes per scenario. A diff means the\n+migration introduced an observable behaviour change vs origin/main —\n+which would be a real regression for users on the existing config keys.\n+\n+Run from the PR worktree:\n+\n+    cd ~/.hermes/hermes-agent/.worktrees/browser-providers-plugin\n+    python tests/plugins/browser/check_parity_vs_main.py\n+\"\"\"\n+from __future__ import annotations\n+\n+import json\n+import subprocess\n+import sys\n+from pathlib import Path\n+\n+\n+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3]\n+\n+\n+# Pin one path to current main, one to the PR worktree.\n+# ``REPO_ROOT`` is ``.../.worktrees/browser-providers-plugin``; the main\n+# checkout lives two levels up at ``~/.hermes/hermes-agent``.\n+MAIN_DIR = REPO_ROOT.parent.parent  # ~/.hermes/hermes-agent\n+PR_DIR = REPO_ROOT  # the worktree we're in\n+assert (MAIN_DIR / \"tools\" / \"browser_tool.py\").exists(), (\n+    f\"MAIN_DIR={MAIN_DIR} doesn't look like a hermes-agent checkout\"\n+)\n+assert (PR_DIR / \"tools\" / \"browser_tool.py\").exists(), (\n+    f\"PR_DIR={PR_DIR} doesn't look like a hermes-agent checkout\"\n+)\n+\n+\n+# Reduced shape comparison — exact instance addresses obviously differ\n+# between subprocesses, so we compare the parts that matter for users.\n+SUBPROCESS_SCRIPT = r\"\"\"\n+import json, os, sys, tempfile\n+sys.path.insert(0, sys.argv[1])\n+\n+# Isolated HERMES_HOME for the config write.\n+home = tempfile.mkdtemp()\n+os.environ[\"HERMES_HOME\"] = home\n+\n+# Clear every browser-related env var so is_available() is deterministic.\n+for k in (\n+    \"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\", \"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\", \"BROWSERBASE_BASE_URL\",\n+    \"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\", \"BROWSER_USE_GATEWAY_URL\",\n+    \"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\", \"FIRECRAWL_API_URL\", \"FIRECRAWL_BROWSER_TTL\",\n+    \"TOOL_GATEWAY_DOMAIN\", \"TOOL_GATEWAY_USER_TOKEN\",\n+):\n+    os.environ.pop(k, None)\n+\n+# Apply per-scenario env (passed as JSON via argv[2]).\n+scenario_env = json.loads(sys.argv[2])\n+os.environ.update(scenario_env)\n+\n+# Apply per-scenario config (passed as YAML body via argv[3]).\n+config_yaml = sys.argv[3]\n+config_path = os.path.join(home, \"config.yaml\")\n+with open(config_path, \"w\") as f:\n+    f.write(config_yaml)\n+\n+# Fresh import — must not have any browser modules cached.\n+for name in list(sys.modules):\n+    if name.startswith(\"tools.\") or name.startswith(\"agent.\") or name.startswith(\"plugins.\"):\n+        sys.modules.pop(name, None)\n+\n+from tools.browser_tool import _get_cloud_provider, _is_local_mode\n+\n+provider = _get_cloud_provider()\n+\n+# Pull the human-readable backend name via the API that exists on BOTH\n+# legacy (origin/main: CloudBrowserProvider.provider_name()) and the new\n+# ABC (BrowserProvider exposes provider_name() as a backward-compat alias\n+# returning display_name). Both shapes resolve to the same string —\n+# 'Browserbase' / 'Browser Use' / 'Firecrawl' — so we can compare safely.\n+provider_name = None\n+is_available = None\n+if provider is not None:\n+    pn = getattr(provider, \"provider_name\", None)\n+    if callable(pn):\n+        provider_name = pn()\n+    elif isinstance(pn, str):\n+        provider_name = pn\n+    is_conf = getattr(provider, \"is_configured\", None)\n+    if callable(is_conf):\n+        is_available = bool(is_conf())\n+\n+shape = {\n+    \"is_local\": _is_local_mode(),\n+    \"provider_name\": provider_name,\n+    \"is_available\": is_available,\n+}\n+print(json.dumps(shape))\n+\"\"\"\n+\n+\n+SCENARIOS: list[tuple[str, str, dict[str, str]]] = [\n+    # (label, config.yaml body, extra env vars)\n+    (\"no-config-no-env\", \"\", {}),\n+    (\"explicit-local-no-env\", \"browser:\\n  cloud_provider: local\\n\", {}),\n+    (\n+        \"explicit-browserbase-no-creds\",\n+        \"browser:\\n  cloud_provider: browserbase\\n\",\n+        {},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"explicit-browserbase-with-creds\",\n+        \"browser:\\n  cloud_provider: browserbase\\n\",\n+        {\"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\": \"x\", \"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\": \"y\"},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"explicit-browser-use-no-creds\",\n+        \"browser:\\n  cloud_provider: browser-use\\n\",\n+        {},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"explicit-browser-use-with-creds\",\n+        \"browser:\\n  cloud_provider: browser-use\\n\",\n+        {\"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\": \"k\"},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"explicit-firecrawl-no-creds\",\n+        \"browser:\\n  cloud_provider: firecrawl\\n\",\n+        {},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"explicit-firecrawl-with-creds\",\n+        \"browser:\\n  cloud_provider: firecrawl\\n\",\n+        {\"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\": \"k\"},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"no-config-bu-creds\",\n+        \"\",\n+        {\"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\": \"k\"},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"no-config-bb-creds\",\n+        \"\",\n+        {\"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\": \"x\", \"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\": \"y\"},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"no-config-both-creds\",\n+        \"\",\n+        {\n+            \"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\": \"k\",\n+            \"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\": \"x\",\n+            \"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\": \"y\",\n+        },\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"no-config-firecrawl-only\",\n+        \"\",\n+        {\"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\": \"k\"},\n+    ),\n+    (\n+        \"no-config-firecrawl-and-bb\",\n+        \"\",\n+        {\n+            \"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\": \"k\",\n+            \"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\": \"x\",\n+            \"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\": \"y\",\n+        },\n+    ),\n+]\n+\n+\n+def _run_scenario(repo_path: Path, label: str, config_yaml: str, env: dict) -> dict:\n+    \"\"\"Run one (version, scenario) cell. Returns the shape dict.\"\"\"\n+    venv_python = repo_path / \".venv\" / \"bin\" / \"python\"\n+    if not venv_python.exists():\n+        # Worktrees share the main repo's venv.\n+        venv_python = MAIN_DIR / \".venv\" / \"bin\" / \"python\"\n+    if not venv_python.exists():\n+        venv_python = Path(\"python3\")\n+\n+    out = subprocess.run(\n+        [\n+            str(venv_python),\n+            \"-c\",\n+            SUBPROCESS_SCRIPT,\n+            str(repo_path),\n+            json.dumps(env),\n+            config_yaml,\n+        ],\n+        capture_output=True,\n+        text=True,\n+        timeout=30,\n+    )\n+    if out.returncode != 0:\n+        return {\n+            \"error\": \"subprocess failed\",\n+            \"stdout\": out.stdout,\n+            \"stderr\": out.stderr[-500:],\n+        }\n+    try:\n+        return json.loads(out.stdout.strip().splitlines()[-1])\n+    except Exception as exc:\n+        return {\"error\": f\"could not parse output: {exc}\", \"stdout\": out.stdout}\n+\n+\n+def _reduce_for_comparison(shape: dict) -> dict:\n+    \"\"\"Reduce a shape dict to the parts that matter for user-visible parity.\n+\n+    We compare ``(is_local, provider_name, is_available)`` — the trio that\n+    decides what the dispatcher does with each tool call. ``provider_name``\n+    is the legacy ``provider_name()`` return value ('Browserbase' / 'Browser\n+    Use' / 'Firecrawl'), which is identical between legacy and plugin\n+    classes (the plugin's ``display_name`` matches the legacy\n+    ``provider_name()`` return).\n+    \"\"\"\n+    return {\n+        \"is_local\": shape.get(\"is_local\"),\n+        \"provider_name\": shape.get(\"provider_name\"),\n+        \"is_available\": shape.get(\"is_available\"),\n+    }\n+\n+\n+def main() -> int:\n+    print(f\"main:    {MAIN_DIR}\")\n+    print(f\"pr:      {PR_DIR}\")\n+    print()\n+\n+    failures: list[str] = []\n+    errors: list[str] = []\n+    for label, config_yaml, env in SCENARIOS:\n+        main_shape = _run_scenario(MAIN_DIR, label, config_yaml, env)\n+        pr_shape = _run_scenario(PR_DIR, label, config_yaml, env)\n+\n+        if \"error\" in main_shape or \"error\" in pr_shape:\n+            print(f\"  [ERR ] {label}: subprocess failed\")\n+            print(f\"    main: {main_shape}\")\n+            print(f\"    pr:   {pr_shape}\")\n+            errors.append(label)\n+            continue\n+\n+        main_reduced = _reduce_for_comparison(main_shape)\n+        pr_reduced = _reduce_for_comparison(pr_shape)\n+\n+        if main_reduced == pr_reduced:\n+            print(f\"  [OK]   {label}: {main_reduced}\")\n+        else:\n+            print(f\"  [FAIL] {label}\")\n+            print(f\"    main: {main_reduced}\")\n+            print(f\"    pr:   {pr_reduced}\")\n+            failures.append(label)\n+\n+    print()\n+    if errors:\n+        print(f\"SUBPROCESS ERRORS in {len(errors)} scenario(s):\")\n+        for e in errors:\n+            print(f\"  - {e}\")\n+    if failures:\n+        print(f\"BEHAVIOUR REGRESSION in {len(failures)} scenario(s):\")\n+        for f in failures:\n+            print(f\"  - {f}\")\n+    if failures or errors:\n+        return 1\n+    print(f\"PARITY OK across {len(SCENARIOS)} scenarios.\")\n+    return 0\n+\n+\n+if __name__ == \"__main__\":\n+    sys.exit(main())"]},{"file":"tests/plugins/browser/test_browser_provider_plugins.py","hunks":["@@ -0,0 +1,379 @@\n+\"\"\"Plugin-side tests for the browser provider migration (PR #25214).\n+\n+Covers:\n+\n+- All three bundled plugins (browserbase, browser-use, firecrawl)\n+  instantiate and self-report the expected ABC defaults.\n+- Each plugin's ``is_available()`` correctly reflects env-var presence.\n+- The browser_registry resolves an active provider in the documented\n+  scenarios:\n+    * explicit config wins ignoring availability (so dispatcher surfaces\n+      a typed credentials error)\n+    * legacy preference walk: browser-use → browserbase (filtered by\n+      availability)\n+    * firecrawl is NOT in the legacy walk — explicit-only\n+    * unknown name falls through to auto-detect\n+    * ``local`` short-circuits to None\n+\n+These tests use *real* imports from the plugin modules — no mocking of\n+provider classes themselves — so the test catches drift in the ABC\n+interface, the registry, and the plugin glue layer simultaneously.\n+Mirrors ``tests/plugins/web/test_web_search_provider_plugins.py`` from\n+PR #25182.\n+\"\"\"\n+from __future__ import annotations\n+\n+import pytest\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# Helpers\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n+def _clear_browser_env(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Strip every browser-provider env var so is_available() returns False.\"\"\"\n+    for k in (\n+        \"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\",\n+        \"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\",\n+        \"BROWSERBASE_BASE_URL\",\n+        \"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\",\n+        \"BROWSER_USE_GATEWAY_URL\",\n+        \"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\",\n+        \"FIRECRAWL_API_URL\",\n+        \"FIRECRAWL_BROWSER_TTL\",\n+        \"TOOL_GATEWAY_DOMAIN\",\n+        \"TOOL_GATEWAY_USER_TOKEN\",\n+    ):\n+        monkeypatch.delenv(k, raising=False)\n+\n+\n+def _ensure_plugins_loaded() -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Idempotently load plugins so the registry is populated.\"\"\"\n+    from hermes_cli.plugins import _ensure_plugins_discovered\n+\n+    _ensure_plugins_discovered()\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# Per-test isolation\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n[redacted:email](autouse=True)\n+def _isolate_env(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Each test starts with a clean browser-provider env.\"\"\"\n+    _clear_browser_env(monkeypatch)\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# Bundled plugins register\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n+class TestBundledPluginsRegister:\n+    \"\"\"All three bundled browser plugins discover and register correctly.\"\"\"\n+\n+    def test_all_three_plugins_present_in_registry(self) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import list_providers\n+\n+        names = sorted(p.name for p in list_providers())\n+        assert names == [\"browser-use\", \"browserbase\", \"firecrawl\"]\n+\n+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(\n+        \"plugin_name,expected_display\",\n+        [\n+            (\"browserbase\", \"Browserbase\"),\n+            (\"browser-use\", \"Browser Use\"),\n+            (\"firecrawl\", \"Firecrawl\"),\n+        ],\n+    )\n+    def test_each_plugin_has_name_and_display_name(\n+        self, plugin_name: str, expected_display: str\n+    ) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        provider = get_provider(plugin_name)\n+        assert provider is not None, f\"plugin {plugin_name!r} not registered\"\n+        assert provider.name == plugin_name\n+        assert provider.display_name == expected_display\n+\n+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(\n+        \"plugin_name\",\n+        [\"browserbase\", \"browser-use\", \"firecrawl\"],\n+    )\n+    def test_each_plugin_has_setup_schema(self, plugin_name: str) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"``get_setup_schema()`` returns a dict the picker can consume.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        provider = get_provider(plugin_name)\n+        assert provider is not None\n+        schema = provider.get_setup_schema()\n+        assert isinstance(schema, dict)\n+        assert \"name\" in schema\n+        assert \"env_vars\" in schema\n+        # Every cloud-browser plugin needs the agent-browser post-setup hook\n+        # so the picker auto-installs the CLI on selection.\n+        assert schema.get(\"post_setup\") == \"agent_browser\"\n+\n+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(\n+        \"plugin_name\",\n+        [\"browserbase\", \"browser-use\", \"firecrawl\"],\n+    )\n+    def test_each_plugin_implements_full_lifecycle(self, plugin_name: str) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"The ABC's three lifecycle methods are all overridden.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_provider import BrowserProvider\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        provider = get_provider(plugin_name)\n+        assert provider is not None\n+        # Each method must be a real override, not the ABC's NotImplementedError\n+        # default — we check by comparing the function reference.\n+        assert type(provider).create_session is not BrowserProvider.create_session\n+        assert type(provider).close_session is not BrowserProvider.close_session\n+        assert (\n+            type(provider).emergency_cleanup is not BrowserProvider.emergency_cleanup\n+        )\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# is_available() behavior\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n+class TestIsAvailable:\n+    \"\"\"Each plugin's ``is_available()`` reflects env-var presence accurately.\"\"\"\n+\n+    def test_browserbase_requires_both_api_key_and_project_id(\n+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch\n+    ) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        p = get_provider(\"browserbase\")\n+        assert p is not None\n+        assert p.is_available() is False\n+\n+        # API key alone is insufficient.\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\", \"key\")\n+        assert p.is_available() is False\n+\n+        # Both env vars set → available.\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\", \"proj\")\n+        assert p.is_available() is True\n+\n+    def test_browserbase_project_id_alone_insufficient(\n+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch\n+    ) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        p = get_provider(\"browserbase\")\n+        assert p is not None\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\", \"proj\")\n+        assert p.is_available() is False\n+\n+    def test_browser_use_satisfied_by_api_key(\n+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch\n+    ) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        p = get_provider(\"browser-use\")\n+        assert p is not None\n+        assert p.is_available() is False\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\", \"key\")\n+        assert p.is_available() is True\n+\n+    def test_firecrawl_requires_api_key(self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        p = get_provider(\"firecrawl\")\n+        assert p is not None\n+        assert p.is_available() is False\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\", \"key\")\n+        assert p.is_available() is True\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# Registry resolution semantics\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n+class TestRegistryResolution:\n+    \"\"\"``_resolve()`` implements the documented three-rule precedence.\"\"\"\n+\n+    def test_resolve_none_with_no_creds_returns_none(self) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"No config, no env → local mode (None).\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import _resolve\n+\n+        assert _resolve(None) is None\n+\n+    def test_explicit_local_returns_none(self) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"``cloud_provider: local`` is a positive choice; short-circuits to None.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import _resolve\n+\n+        assert _resolve(\"local\") is None\n+\n+    def test_explicit_browserbase_returns_provider_even_when_unavailable(self) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Rule 1: explicit-config wins even when credentials are missing.\n+\n+        This is critical — the dispatcher needs to surface a typed\n+        credentials error rather than silently switching backends.\n+        \"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import _resolve\n+\n+        provider = _resolve(\"browserbase\")\n+        assert provider is not None\n+        assert provider.name == \"browserbase\"\n+        assert provider.is_available() is False  # confirms \"ignoring availability\"\n+\n+    def test_explicit_firecrawl_returns_provider_even_when_unavailable(self) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Firecrawl behaves the same as browserbase under explicit config.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import _resolve\n+\n+        provider = _resolve(\"firecrawl\")\n+        assert provider is not None\n+        assert provider.name == \"firecrawl\"\n+\n+    def test_explicit_unknown_falls_back_to_auto_detect(self) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Rule 1 miss: unknown name → fall through to legacy walk.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import _resolve\n+\n+        # With no credentials anywhere, auto-detect should also fail.\n+        assert _resolve(\"not-a-real-provider\") is None\n+\n+    def test_legacy_walk_prefers_browser_use_over_browserbase(\n+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch\n+    ) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Rule 3: walk order is browser-use → browserbase.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import _resolve\n+\n+        # Both available — browser-use should win.\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\", \"k1\")\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\", \"k2\")\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\", \"p\")\n+\n+        provider = _resolve(None)\n+        assert provider is not None\n+        assert provider.name == \"browser-use\"\n+\n+    def test_legacy_walk_falls_through_to_browserbase(\n+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch\n+    ) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Rule 3: browser-use unavailable → browserbase picked.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import _resolve\n+\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSERBASE_API_KEY\", \"k\")\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID\", \"p\")\n+\n+        provider = _resolve(None)\n+        assert provider is not None\n+        assert provider.name == \"browserbase\"\n+\n+    def test_firecrawl_not_in_legacy_walk_even_when_only_one_available(\n+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch\n+    ) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Regression: firecrawl is NEVER auto-selected even when single-eligible.\n+\n+        Pre-PR-#25214, the dispatcher only auto-detected between Browser Use\n+        and Browserbase; firecrawl was reachable solely via explicit\n+        config. We preserve that gate because FIRECRAWL_API_KEY is shared\n+        with the *web* firecrawl plugin — auto-routing a web-extract user\n+        to a paid cloud browser would be a real behaviour regression.\n+        \"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import _resolve\n+\n+        monkeypatch.setenv(\"FIRECRAWL_API_KEY\", \"k\")\n+\n+        # Only firecrawl is_available() — but it's not in the legacy walk.\n+        assert _resolve(None) is None\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# Legacy ABC backward-compat aliases (is_configured / provider_name)\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n+class TestLegacyAbcAliases:\n+    \"\"\"is_configured() and provider_name() delegate to the new API.\"\"\"\n+\n+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(\n+        \"plugin_name\",\n+        [\"browserbase\", \"browser-use\", \"firecrawl\"],\n+    )\n+    def test_is_configured_delegates_to_is_available(self, plugin_name: str) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        p = get_provider(plugin_name)\n+        assert p is not None\n+        assert p.is_configured() is p.is_available()\n+\n+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(\n+        \"plugin_name,expected_label\",\n+        [\n+            (\"browserbase\", \"Browserbase\"),\n+            (\"browser-use\", \"Browser Use\"),\n+            (\"firecrawl\", \"Firecrawl\"),\n+        ],\n+    )\n+    def test_provider_name_returns_display_name(\n+        self, plugin_name: str, expected_label: str\n+    ) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from agent.browser_registry import get_provider\n+\n+        p = get_provider(plugin_name)\n+        assert p is not None\n+        assert p.provider_name() == expected_label\n+\n+\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+# Picker integration\n+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n+\n+\n+class TestPickerIntegration:\n+    \"\"\"`_plugin_browser_providers()` exposes all three plugins as picker rows.\"\"\"\n+\n+    def test_picker_rows_match_registered_plugins(self) -> None:\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from hermes_cli.tools_config import _plugin_browser_providers\n+\n+        rows = _plugin_browser_providers()\n+        names = sorted(r.get(\"browser_provider\") for r in rows)\n+        assert names == [\"browser-use\", \"browserbase\", \"firecrawl\"]\n+\n+    def test_picker_rows_carry_post_setup_hook(self) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"Every browser plugin row has post_setup='agent_browser' so\n+        selecting it triggers the agent-browser CLI install.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from hermes_cli.tools_config import _plugin_browser_providers\n+\n+        for row in _plugin_browser_providers():\n+            assert row.get(\"post_setup\") == \"agent_browser\", (\n+                f\"plugin row {row['browser_provider']!r} missing post_setup hook\"\n+            )\n+\n+    def test_picker_rows_carry_browser_plugin_name_marker(self) -> None:\n+        \"\"\"`browser_plugin_name` matches `browser_provider` so downstream\n+        code can route through the registry when it wants to.\"\"\"\n+        _ensure_plugins_loaded()\n+        from hermes_cli.tools_config import _plugin_browser_providers\n+\n+        for row in _plugin_browser_providers():\n+            assert row.get(\"browser_plugin_name\") == row.get(\"browser_provider\")"]},{"file":"tests/tools/test_managed_browserbase_and_modal.py","hunks":["@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@\n import pytest\n \n \n-TOOLS_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2] / \"tools\"\n+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]\n+TOOLS_DIR = REPO_ROOT / \"tools\"\n+PLUGINS_DIR = REPO_ROOT / \"plugins\"\n \n \n def _load_tool_module(module_name: str, filename: str):","@@ -22,6 +24,21 @@ def _load_tool_module(module_name: str, filename: str):\n     return module\n \n \n+def _load_plugin_module(module_name: str, relpath: str):\n+    \"\"\"Load a plugin module by file path from ``plugins/``.\n+\n+    Mirror of :func:`_load_tool_module` for the plugin tree. Used by tests\n+    that exercise the per-vendor browser plugins' session-lifecycle\n+    behaviour after the PR #25214 migration.\n+    \"\"\"\n+    spec = spec_from_file_location(module_name, PLUGINS_DIR / relpath)\n+    assert spec and spec.loader\n+    module = module_from_spec(spec)\n+    sys.modules[module_name] = module\n+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)\n+    return module\n+\n+\n def _reset_modules(prefixes: tuple[str, ...]):\n     for name in list(sys.modules):\n         if name.startswith(prefixes):","@@ -76,6 +93,48 @@ def _install_fake_tools_package():\n         call_llm=lambda *args, **kwargs: \"\",\n     )\n \n+    # Stubs for the browser-provider plugin layer introduced in PR #25214.\n+    # The fake `agent` package has an empty __path__ so real submodules\n+    # aren't reachable; we install just enough stand-ins to satisfy\n+    # ``tools.browser_tool``'s top-level imports. The actual lifecycle\n+    # tests instantiate the real plugin classes via _load_tool_module\n+    # below, so the stubs only need to satisfy import + isinstance.\n+    class _StubBrowserProvider:\n+        \"\"\"Minimal BrowserProvider stub for ``from agent.browser_provider import BrowserProvider``.\"\"\"\n+\n+    sys.modules[\"agent.browser_provider\"] = types.SimpleNamespace(\n+        BrowserProvider=_StubBrowserProvider,\n+    )\n+    sys.modules[\"agent.browser_registry\"] = types.SimpleNamespace(\n+        get_provider=lambda name: None,\n+        list_providers=lambda: [],\n+        register_provider=lambda provider: None,\n+        _resolve=lambda configured: None,\n+    )\n+\n+    # Plugin module stubs — the real plugin classes are loaded from disk by\n+    # the lifecycle tests below via _load_tool_module(). For the import\n+    # phase, we just need the class names to exist on the right module path.\n+    plugins_package = types.ModuleType(\"plugins\")\n+    plugins_package.__path__ = []  # type: ignore[attr-defined]\n+    sys.modules[\"plugins\"] = plugins_package\n+    plugins_browser_package = types.ModuleType(\"plugins.browser\")\n+    plugins_browser_package.__path__ = []  # type: ignore[attr-defined]\n+    sys.modules[\"plugins.browser\"] = plugins_browser_package\n+\n+    for _name, _classname in (\n+        (\"browserbase\", \"BrowserbaseBrowserProvider\"),\n+        (\"browser_use\", \"BrowserUseBrowserProvider\"),\n+        (\"firecrawl\", \"FirecrawlBrowserProvider\"),\n+    ):\n+        _vendor_pkg = types.ModuleType(f\"plugins.browser.{_name}\")\n+        _vendor_pkg.__path__ = []  # type: ignore[attr-defined]\n+        sys.modules[f\"plugins.browser.{_name}\"] = _vendor_pkg\n+        _provider_stub_cls = type(_classname, (_StubBrowserProvider,), {})\n+        sys.modules[f\"plugins.browser.{_name}.provider\"] = types.SimpleNamespace(\n+            **{_classname: _provider_stub_cls},\n+        )\n+\n     sys.modules[\"tools.managed_tool_gateway\"] = _load_tool_module(\n         \"tools.managed_tool_gateway\",\n         \"managed_tool_gateway.py\",","@@ -157,13 +216,13 @@ def test_browserbase_does_not_use_gateway_only_configuration():\n     })\n \n     with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):\n-        browserbase_module = _load_tool_module(\n-            \"tools.browser_providers.browserbase\",\n-            \"browser_providers/browserbase.py\",\n+        browserbase_module = _load_plugin_module(\n+            \"plugins.browser.browserbase.provider\",\n+            \"browser/browserbase/provider.py\",\n         )\n-        provider = browserbase_module.BrowserbaseProvider()\n+        provider = browserbase_module.BrowserbaseBrowserProvider()\n \n-    assert provider.is_configured() is False\n+    assert provider.is_available() is False\n \n \n def test_browser_use_managed_gateway_adds_idempotency_key_and_persists_external_call_id():","@@ -188,13 +247,13 @@ def json(self):\n             }\n \n     with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):\n-        browser_use_module = _load_tool_module(\n-            \"tools.browser_providers.browser_use\",\n-            \"browser_providers/browser_use.py\",\n+        browser_use_module = _load_plugin_module(\n+            \"plugins.browser.browser_use.provider\",\n+            \"browser/browser_use/provider.py\",\n         )\n \n         with patch.object(browser_use_module.requests, \"post\", return_value=_Response()) as post:\n-            provider = browser_use_module.BrowserUseProvider()\n+            provider = browser_use_module.BrowserUseBrowserProvider()\n             session = provider.create_session(\"task-browser-use-managed\")\n \n     sent_headers = post.call_args.kwargs[\"headers\"]","@@ -228,11 +287,11 @@ def json(self):\n             }\n \n     with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):\n-        browser_use_module = _load_tool_module(\n-            \"tools.browser_providers.browser_use\",\n-            \"browser_providers/browser_use.py\",\n+        browser_use_module = _load_plugin_module(\n+            \"plugins.browser.browser_use.provider\",\n+            \"browser/browser_use/provider.py\",\n         )\n-        provider = browser_use_module.BrowserUseProvider()\n+        provider = browser_use_module.BrowserUseBrowserProvider()\n         timeout = browser_use_module.requests.Timeout(\"timed out\")\n \n         with patch.object(","@@ -290,11 +349,11 @@ def json(self):\n             }\n \n     with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):\n-        browser_use_module = _load_tool_module(\n-            \"tools.browser_providers.browser_use\",\n-            \"browser_providers/browser_use.py\",\n+        browser_use_module = _load_plugin_module(\n+            \"plugins.browser.browser_use.provider\",\n+            \"browser/browser_use/provider.py\",\n         )\n-        provider = browser_use_module.BrowserUseProvider()\n+        provider = browser_use_module.BrowserUseBrowserProvider()\n \n         with patch.object(\n             browser_use_module.requests,","@@ -337,11 +396,11 @@ def json(self):\n             }\n \n     with patch.dict(os.environ, env, clear=True):\n-        browser_use_module = _load_tool_module(\n-            \"tools.browser_providers.browser_use\",\n-            \"browser_providers/browser_use.py\",\n+        browser_use_module = _load_plugin_module(\n+            \"plugins.browser.browser_use.provider\",\n+            \"browser/browser_use/provider.py\",\n         )\n-        provider = browser_use_module.BrowserUseProvider()\n+        provider = browser_use_module.BrowserUseBrowserProvider()\n \n         with patch.object(browser_use_module.requests, \"post\", side_effect=[_Response(), _Response()]) as post:\n             provider.create_session(\"task-browser-use-new\")"]},{"file":"/dev/null","hunks":["@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@\n-\"\"\"Cloud browser provider abstraction.\n-\n-Import the ABC so callers can do::\n-\n-    from tools.browser_providers import CloudBrowserProvider\n-\"\"\"\n-\n-from tools.browser_providers.base import CloudBrowserProvider\n-\n-__all__ = [\"CloudBrowserProvider\"]"]},{"file":"/dev/null","hunks":["@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@\n-\"\"\"Abstract base class for cloud browser providers.\"\"\"\n-\n-from abc import ABC, abstractmethod\n-from typing import Dict\n-\n-\n-class CloudBrowserProvider(ABC):\n-    \"\"\"Interface for cloud browser backends (Browserbase, Steel, etc.).\n-\n-    Implementations live in sibling modules and are registered in\n-    ``browser_tool._PROVIDER_REGISTRY``.  The user selects a provider via\n-    ``hermes setup`` / ``hermes tools``; the choice is persisted as\n-    ``config[\"browser\"][\"cloud_provider\"]``.\n-    \"\"\"\n-\n-    @abstractmethod\n-    def provider_name(self) -> str:\n-        \"\"\"Short, human-readable name shown in logs and diagnostics.\"\"\"\n-\n-    @abstractmethod\n-    def is_configured(self) -> bool:\n-        \"\"\"Return True when all required env vars / credentials are present.\n-\n-        Called at tool-registration time (``check_browser_requirements``) to\n-        gate availability.  Must be cheap — no network calls.\n-        \"\"\"\n-\n-    @abstractmethod\n-    def create_session(self, task_id: str) -> Dict[str, object]:\n-        \"\"\"Create a cloud browser session and return session metadata.\n-\n-        Must return a dict with at least::\n-\n-            {\n-                \"session_name\": str,   # unique name for agent-browser --session\n-                \"bb_session_id\": str,  # provider session ID (for close/cleanup)\n-                \"cdp_url\": str,        # CDP websocket URL\n-                \"features\": dict,      # feature flags that were enabled\n-            }\n-\n-        ``bb_session_id`` is a legacy key name kept for backward compat with\n-        the rest of browser_tool.py — it holds the provider's session ID\n-        regardless of which provider is in use.\n-        \"\"\"\n-\n-    @abstractmethod\n-    def close_session(self, session_id: str) -> bool:\n-        \"\"\"Release / terminate a cloud session by its provider session ID.\n-\n-        Returns True on success, False on failure.  Should not raise.\n-        \"\"\"\n-\n-    @abstractmethod\n-    def emergency_cleanup(self, session_id: str) -> None:\n-        \"\"\"Best-effort session teardown during process exit.\n-\n-        Called from atexit / signal handlers.  Must tolerate missing\n-        credentials, network errors, etc. — log and move on.\n-        \"\"\""]},{"file":"tools/browser_tool.py","hunks":["@@ -83,10 +83,24 @@\n except Exception:\n     _is_safe_url = lambda url: False  # noqa: E731 — fail-closed: block all if safety module unavailable\n     _is_always_blocked_url = lambda url: True  # noqa: E731 — fail-closed on the floor too\n-from tools.browser_providers.base import CloudBrowserProvider\n-from tools.browser_providers.browserbase import BrowserbaseProvider\n-from tools.browser_providers.browser_use import BrowserUseProvider\n-from tools.browser_providers.firecrawl import FirecrawlProvider\n+# Browser-provider ABC + registry — PR #25214 moved the per-vendor providers\n+# (Browserbase / Browser Use / Firecrawl) out of ``tools/browser_providers/``\n+# and into ``plugins/browser/<vendor>/``. The dispatcher consults the\n+# registry; the legacy class names are re-exported below as backward-compat\n+# shims for callers that import them from this module.\n+from agent.browser_provider import BrowserProvider as CloudBrowserProvider  # noqa: F401  (legacy alias)\n+from agent.browser_registry import (  # noqa: F401  (test-patchable surface)\n+    get_provider as _registry_get_browser_provider,\n+)\n+from plugins.browser.browserbase.provider import (  # noqa: F401  (legacy import surface)\n+    BrowserbaseBrowserProvider as BrowserbaseProvider,\n+)\n+from plugins.browser.browser_use.provider import (  # noqa: F401\n+    BrowserUseBrowserProvider as BrowserUseProvider,\n+)\n+from plugins.browser.firecrawl.provider import (  # noqa: F401\n+    FirecrawlBrowserProvider as FirecrawlProvider,\n+)\n from tools.tool_backend_helpers import normalize_browser_cloud_provider\n \n # Camofox local anti-detection browser backend (optional).","@@ -391,12 +405,29 @@ def _stop_cdp_supervisor(task_id: str) -> None:\n # ============================================================================\n # Cloud Provider Registry\n # ============================================================================\n+#\n+# Per-vendor browser providers (Browserbase / Browser Use / Firecrawl) live as\n+# plugins under ``plugins/browser/<vendor>/`` and self-register through\n+# :mod:`agent.browser_registry` at plugin-discovery time. The legacy\n+# class-name registry below is preserved as a backward-compat shim so test\n+# fixtures that ``monkeypatch.setattr(browser_tool, \"_PROVIDER_REGISTRY\", ...)``\n+# keep working — but ``_get_cloud_provider()`` now consults\n+# :mod:`agent.browser_registry` for the actual lookup.\n+#\n+# When the test patches ``_PROVIDER_REGISTRY``, we honour it (so the cache\n+# unit tests still drive the function); otherwise the registry-backed path\n+# wins. This keeps the test surface stable while letting third-party\n+# plugins drop in under ``~/.hermes/plugins/browser/<vendor>/``.\n \n _PROVIDER_REGISTRY: Dict[str, type] = {\n     \"browserbase\": BrowserbaseProvider,\n     \"browser-use\": BrowserUseProvider,\n     \"firecrawl\": FirecrawlProvider,\n }\n+# Frozen copy of the import-time _PROVIDER_REGISTRY, used by\n+# ``_is_legacy_provider_registry_overridden`` to detect test-time\n+# monkeypatching. NEVER mutate this dict.\n+_DEFAULT_PROVIDER_REGISTRY: Dict[str, type] = dict(_PROVIDER_REGISTRY)\n \n _cached_cloud_provider: Optional[CloudBrowserProvider] = None\n _cloud_provider_resolved = False","@@ -411,13 +442,65 @@ def _stop_cdp_supervisor(task_id: str) -> None:\n _browser_engine_resolved = False\n \n \n+def _is_legacy_provider_registry_overridden() -> bool:\n+    \"\"\"Return True when a test has patched ``_PROVIDER_REGISTRY`` to a custom value.\n+\n+    Detected by spotting any registered class that *isn't* the canonical\n+    plugin-backed class for that name. Tests that\n+    ``monkeypatch.setattr(browser_tool, \"_PROVIDER_REGISTRY\", ...)`` install\n+    custom factories (`exploding_factory`, `lambda: fake_provider`, etc.);\n+    those entries fail the canonical-class identity check below.\n+\n+    Note: a future maintainer adding a 4th built-in provider only needs to\n+    extend ``_DEFAULT_PROVIDER_REGISTRY`` below — they do NOT need to update\n+    a hardcoded set of keys here. The detection just compares each registered\n+    value against the corresponding canonical class.\n+    \"\"\"\n+    try:\n+        for key, default_cls in _DEFAULT_PROVIDER_REGISTRY.items():\n+            if _PROVIDER_REGISTRY.get(key) is not default_cls:\n+                return True\n+        # Extra keys not in the default registry → also an override.\n+        return len(_PROVIDER_REGISTRY) != len(_DEFAULT_PROVIDER_REGISTRY)\n+    except Exception:\n+        return False\n+\n+\n+def _ensure_browser_plugins_loaded() -> None:\n+    \"\"\"Idempotently trigger plugin discovery so the browser registry is populated.\n+\n+    Normally `model_tools` is imported early in any session and that\n+    triggers `discover_plugins()` as a side effect. But `_get_cloud_provider`\n+    can be called from contexts that haven't gone through `model_tools` —\n+    standalone scripts, certain unit-test paths, the parity-sweep harness.\n+    Make discovery idempotent and side-effect-only here so users always\n+    see registered plugins regardless of import order. Cheap: subsequent\n+    calls early-return inside `_ensure_plugins_discovered`.\n+    \"\"\"\n+    try:\n+        from hermes_cli.plugins import _ensure_plugins_discovered\n+\n+        _ensure_plugins_discovered()\n+    except Exception as exc:\n+        logger.debug(\"Browser plugin discovery failed (non-fatal): %s\", exc)\n+\n+\n def _get_cloud_provider() -> Optional[CloudBrowserProvider]:\n     \"\"\"Return the configured cloud browser provider, or None for local mode.\n \n     Reads ``config[\"browser\"][\"cloud_provider\"]`` once and caches the result\n     for the process lifetime. An explicit ``local`` provider disables cloud\n-    fallback. If unset, fall back to Browserbase when direct or managed\n-    Browserbase credentials are available.\n+    fallback. If unset, fall back to Browser Use (managed Nous gateway or\n+    direct API key) and then Browserbase (direct credentials only) — the\n+    historic auto-detect order, now expressed as the\n+    :data:`agent.browser_registry._LEGACY_PREFERENCE` walk.\n+\n+    Selection routes through :mod:`agent.browser_registry` so third-party\n+    browser plugins (``~/.hermes/plugins/browser/<vendor>/``) participate\n+    in explicit-config resolution. Test fixtures that override\n+    ``_PROVIDER_REGISTRY`` or ``BrowserUseProvider`` / ``BrowserbaseProvider``\n+    on this module still drive the function — see\n+    ``_is_legacy_provider_registry_overridden``.\n     \"\"\"\n     global _cached_cloud_provider, _cloud_provider_resolved\n     if _cloud_provider_resolved:","@@ -437,9 +520,33 @@ def _get_cloud_provider() -> Optional[CloudBrowserProvider]:\n                 _cached_cloud_provider = None\n                 _cloud_provider_resolved = True\n                 return None\n-        if provider_key and provider_key in _PROVIDER_REGISTRY:\n+        if provider_key:\n             try:\n-                resolved = _PROVIDER_REGISTRY[provider_key]()\n+                if _is_legacy_provider_registry_overridden():\n+                    # Test fixture path: honour the patched dict so the\n+                    # cache-policy unit tests keep working.\n+                    factory = _PROVIDER_REGISTRY.get(provider_key)\n+                    if factory is not None:\n+                        resolved = factory()\n+                else:\n+                    # Ensure plugins are discovered so the registry is\n+                    # populated. Idempotent — cheap on subsequent calls.\n+                    _ensure_browser_plugins_loaded()\n+                    resolved = _registry_get_browser_provider(provider_key)\n+                    if resolved is None:\n+                        # Explicit config name unknown to the registry —\n+                        # might be a typo, an uninstalled plugin, or a\n+                        # registry-population failure. Warn the user\n+                        # (legacy code would have surfaced a typed\n+                        # credentials error via direct class instantiation;\n+                        # post-migration we surface this WARNING instead).\n+                        logger.warning(\n+                            \"browser.cloud_provider=%r is not a registered \"\n+                            \"browser plugin; falling back to auto-detect \"\n+                            \"(install the corresponding plugin or fix the \"\n+                            \"config key spelling).\",\n+                            provider_key,\n+                        )\n             except Exception:\n                 logger.warning(\n                     \"Failed to instantiate explicit cloud_provider %r; will retry on next call\",","@@ -453,8 +560,15 @@ def _get_cloud_provider() -> Optional[CloudBrowserProvider]:\n         logger.debug(\"Could not read cloud_provider from config: %s\", e)\n \n     if resolved is None:\n-        # Prefer Browser Use (managed Nous gateway or direct API key),\n-        # fall back to Browserbase (direct credentials only).\n+        # Auto-detect path: Browser Use first (managed Nous gateway or\n+        # direct API key), then Browserbase (direct credentials). Uses\n+        # the legacy class names imported at the top of this module so\n+        # tests that ``monkeypatch.setattr(browser_tool, \"BrowserUseProvider\", ...)``\n+        # keep driving this branch deterministically. Third-party browser\n+        # plugins are intentionally NOT reachable from auto-detect — they\n+        # participate only via explicit ``browser.cloud_provider: <name>``,\n+        # mirroring the firecrawl gate documented on\n+        # :data:`agent.browser_registry._LEGACY_PREFERENCE`.\n         try:\n             fallback_provider = BrowserUseProvider()\n             if fallback_provider.is_configured():\n"]}]}],"trust":{"default_tier":"verified","includes_suggested":false}}