Overview - Skyvern

Cookbooks are complete, production-ready workflow examples that demonstrate how to use Skyvern Browser Automation agent in real-world use-cases. Each cookbook walks through the workflow step-by-step, explaining design decisions and showing you how to adapt it for your use case.

Available cookbooks

Bulk Invoice Downloader

Download invoices from vendor portals, parse PDFs to extract amounts, and email a summary with attachments.

Job Applications Pipeline

Search for jobs on any portal, extract listings, generate tailored answers with AI, and submit applications automatically.

Healthcare Portal Data Extraction

Extract patient demographics and billing data from EHR portals like OpenEMR using residential proxies and browser profiles.

Getting your API key

All cookbooks require a Skyvern API key. Here’s how to get one:

Create an account

Go to Settings

Click Settings in the left sidebar, then copy your API Keys.

Set your environment variable

Set the SKYVERN_API_KEY environment variable in your shell.

export SKYVERN_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Or add it to your .env file:

SKYVERN_API_KEY=your-api-key

Other Resources

If you’re new to Skyvern workflows, start with these foundational guides:

Build a Workflow

Learn workflow basics: parameters, blocks, and data passing

Workflow Blocks Reference

Complete reference for all block types

​Available cookbooks