# Steel: workflows, use cases, and stacks

> Open-source browser API and managed cloud browser infrastructure for AI agents, with sessions, observability, profiles, and replay.

- Canonical: https://gptnavi.com/tools/steel
- Official website: https://steel.dev
- Category: Developer automation
- Pricing model: Freemium
- Has free plan: Yes
- Last materially updated: 2026-08-24
- Best for: AI engineers, Developers, Platform teams
- Tags: browser, infrastructure, agents

## Quick answer

Steel is a freemium developer automation option best suited to AI engineers, Developers, Platform teams. In the GPTNavi catalog it connects to 2 workflows and 2 compatible stacks.

## Workflows using Steel

- [AI website QA before client review](https://gptnavi.com/workflows/ai-website-qa-before-client-review) — Turn a repeatable website launch checklist into AI-assisted QA, then keep release approval with the team and client.
- [Browser agent with approval gates](https://gptnavi.com/workflows/browser-agent-with-approval-gates) — Automate a browser-only research or update task while preserving scoped credentials, replayable evidence, and approval before any irreversible action.

## Compatible stacks

- [AI Website QA Stack](https://gptnavi.com/stacks/ai-website-qa-stack) — A human-approved stack for checking websites and campaign assets before launch, with repeatable flow tests and evidence for client review.
- [Controlled Browser Agent Stack](https://gptnavi.com/stacks/controlled-browser-agent-stack) — A controlled technical stack for browser-only tasks where APIs are unavailable, with scoped access, replayable evidence, and approval gates.

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