Mantis
Faster browser interaction than Playwright MCP
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Mantis lets AI agents browse by reading pages as text, clicking controls by number, and seeing what changed after each action.
HN · launched Nov 10, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 86%) · 0 views
Niche: browser automation tools · 71 launches, 2 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 71 launches in browser automation tools →
Could you build this?
Yes Wrapping a headless browser (Playwright or CDP) to return simplified page text, numbered interactive elements, and diffs after actions is a well-understood integration; speed claims would need tuning but the core is buildable.
Discussion
2 comments analyzed.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 959 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #912 of 960 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 375 days after the earliest competitor.
- MANTIS · ph · 2026-11-09 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- browse · github · 2026-10-27 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- ai--manus · github · 2026-11-07 · 52 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- ai--manus · github · 2026-11-07 · 51 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- ai--manus · github · 2026-11-07 · 51 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- ai--manus · github · 2026-11-07 · 51 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- ai--manus · github · 2026-11-07 · 51 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- ai--manus · github · 2026-11-07 · 51 upvotes · similarity 0.50
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