# Banana Peel

> Smart routing layer for browser agents that routes requests across 250+ runner combinations — including Browserbase, Steel, and Skyvern — behind a single OpenAI-compatible API.

Banana Peel is a smart routing API for browser agents that sits in front of 50+ single runners and exposes them as 250+ routable combinations behind one key and one bill. It targets developers building AI agents that need to automate web tasks, offering parallel fallback, per-domain learning, and a unified response format so agents don't have to manage multiple provider integrations.

## What It Is

Banana Peel is an API-first routing layer in the browser automation infrastructure category. Instead of picking one browser runner and hardcoding it, developers send a single `POST /api/v1/responses` request with a routing mode — `smart`, a named runner, a category, or a short list — and Banana Peel selects the runner most likely to succeed on the target domain. The API is OpenAI-compatible in structure, and the platform provides drop-in compatibility wrappers for Browserbase, Steel, Browser Use, Skyvern, and Hyperbrowser so existing code can migrate by swapping an API key and base URL.

## How Smart Routing Works

The routing layer maintains a live per-domain scoreboard updated by every run that flows through the platform. When `routing: smart` is selected, the router starts with the runner that last succeeded on the target domain — no cold guesses. If a run is blocked, Banana Peel does not queue retries; instead it fans out to two or three runners in parallel and takes the first success. Every attempt — including failed and parallel fallback attempts — is itemized on the response receipt, which includes screenshots, artifacts, session details, and per-attempt costs. The site publishes a live benchmark drawn from real traffic at `/benchmarks`.

## Runner Network and Integrations

The platform covers 50+ single runners spanning hosted agents, browser infrastructure providers, and open-source frameworks. Named runners visible in the source include Browserbase, Steel, Skyvern, Browser Use, Hyperbrowser, Browserless, Notte, Airtop, Anchor Browser, Apify, Firecrawl, Lightpanda, TinyFish, Kernel, and Deck, among others. Open-source frameworks like Playwright and Browser Use OSS are also supported; runs on those debit only metered compute and model tokens rather than a vendor price. The platform also exposes an official MCP server for use with Cursor and Claude, an agent skill endpoint, an `llms.txt` condensed for context windows, and a full OpenAPI spec.

## Deployment Model and Setup Path

Access is entirely API-based — developers get an API key, set `BANANA_PEEL_API_KEY`, and call `POST /api/v1/responses`. The platform provides a CLI (`npx -y @banana-peel/cli init --agent --json`) designed for non-human agent onboarding so agents can mint their own key without a human in the loop. A console at `/runs` shows run history and session replay. The platform also supports webhooks with signed event delivery and a documented retry ladder, and a credential vault with MFA relay for authenticated web tasks.

## Tradeoffs to Know

Every runner attempt that executes is billed — including failed, blocked, and parallel smart-routing fallback attempts. The `routing: learning` and `routing: learning-all` modes exist to calibrate the router on a domain or task by sweeping the live runner pool; the site notes these are paid calibration sweeps and should not be used for every production job. Output normalization — reshaping raw run output to a custom JSON schema — is an optional add-on charged per run on top of runner cost and the platform fee. Custom data retention beyond the default 7-day window, SSO, bring-your-own-key (BYOK), regional execution controls, and contractual SLAs are available under Enterprise contract terms.

## Features
- Smart routing across 250+ runner combinations
- Per-domain scoreboard that learns from every run
- Parallel fallback racing on blocked runs
- Single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
- Drop-in wrappers for Browserbase, Steel, Browser Use, Skyvern, Hyperbrowser
- Run receipts with screenshots, artifacts, session details, and per-attempt costs
- Credential vault and MFA relay
- Session replay and run history
- Official MCP server for Cursor and Claude
- Agent skill endpoint for non-human onboarding
- CLI for agent-initiated key provisioning
- Output normalization add-on
- Webhooks with signed event delivery
- Live runner benchmark from real traffic
- OpenAPI spec (JSON and YAML)
- llms.txt condensed for context windows

## Integrations
Browserbase, Steel, Skyvern, Browser Use, Hyperbrowser, Browserless, Notte, Airtop, Anchor Browser, Apify, Firecrawl, Lightpanda, TinyFish, Kernel, Deck, Playwright, Cursor, Claude (MCP), Stripe

## Platforms
API, CLI

## Pricing
Freemium — Free tier available with paid upgrades

## Links
- Website: https://bananapeel.com
- Documentation: https://bananapeel.com/docs/quickstart
- EveryDev.ai: https://www.everydev.ai/tools/banana-peel