f5xc-console

Chrome browser automation for F5 Distributed Cloud console - navigate, crawl, and automate XC GUI operations.

Overview

This Claude Code plugin provides browser automation capabilities for the F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) web console. It uses the Chrome DevTools MCP server for browser automation, enabling automated navigation, form filling, and data extraction.

Features

• Azure SSO Authentication - Automatic detection and handling of session expiry
• Deterministic Navigation - Pre-crawled element refs for reliable automation
• Form Automation - Fill HTTP Load Balancer, Origin Pool, and WAF forms
• Console Crawling - Extract and refresh navigation metadata
• Real-time Feedback - Watch automation in your browser

Installation

Prerequisites

1. Chrome DevTools MCP Server

   • Configured automatically via .mcp.json
   • Starts with npx -y @anthropic/mcp-server-chrome-devtools@latest

2. F5 XC Tenant Access

   • Azure AD, Google, Okta, or SAML credentials with tenant access
   • Valid tenant URL (e.g., https://yourname.console.ves.volterra.io)

Install Plugin

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/robinmordasiewicz/f5xc-console.git

# Install as Claude Code plugin
claude plugin install ./f5xc-console

# Or use directly
claude --plugin-dir /path/to/f5xc-console

Usage

Commands

Command	Description	Example
/xc:console login <url>	Authenticate to tenant	/xc:console login https://nferreira.staging.volterra.us
/xc:console crawl <url>	Refresh navigation metadata	/xc:console crawl https://nferreira.staging.volterra.us
/xc:console nav <target>	Navigate to workspace/page	/xc:console nav waap
/xc:console create <type>	Start resource creation	/xc:console create http-lb
/xc:console status	Show connection status	/xc:console status

Quick Start

# Start Claude Code (Chrome DevTools MCP starts automatically)
claude

# Login to your tenant
/xc:console login https://yourname.console.ves.volterra.io

# Navigate to HTTP Load Balancers
/xc:console nav http-lb

# Create a new load balancer
/xc:console create http-lb

Navigation Targets

• home - Console home page
• waap - Web App & API Protection
• mcn - Multi-Cloud Network Connect
• mac - Multi-Cloud App Connect
• dns - DNS Management
• http-lb - HTTP Load Balancers
• origin-pools - Origin Pools
• waf - App Firewall policies

Plugin Structure

f5xc-console/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   └── plugin.json          # Plugin manifest
├── skills/
│   └── xc-console/
│       ├── SKILL.md         # Skill definition
│       ├── console-navigation-metadata.json
│       ├── workflows/       # Task automation patterns
│       └── scripts/         # Crawl utilities
├── commands/
│   └── console.md           # Command definition
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
└── CHANGELOG.md

Related Plugins

This plugin is part of the F5 XC automation ecosystem:

Plugin	Commands	Purpose
f5xc-console	/xc:console	Browser/console automation
f5xc-cli	/xc:cli	CLI operations (f5xcctl)
f5xc-terraform	/xc:tf	Infrastructure as Code
f5xc-docs	/xc:docs	Documentation lookups
f5xc-api	/xc:api	Direct API interaction

Development

Refreshing Metadata

The console crawl extracts element refs for deterministic automation:

/xc:console crawl https://yourname.console.ves.volterra.io

This updates console-navigation-metadata.json with current element refs.

Adding New Workflows

1. Create workflow file in skills/xc-console/workflows/
2. Follow existing patterns (see http-loadbalancer-create-basic.md)
3. Test with /xc:console create <type>

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

Author

Robin Mordasiewicz - GitHub