diff --git a/src/lib/browser-routing.ts b/src/lib/browser-routing.ts
index 7c5f0480..d0272a75 100644
--- a/src/lib/browser-routing.ts
+++ b/src/lib/browser-routing.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const BROWSER_ROUTING_SUBRESOURCES_ENV = 'KERNEL_BROWSER_ROUTING_SUBRESOURCES';
 // Path prefixes eligible for direct-to-VM routing. "telemetry/stream" is the live
 // SSE endpoint (served by the VM); "telemetry/events" is a historical read served
 // by the control plane (S2) and must NOT be here.
-const DEFAULT_BROWSER_ROUTING_SUBRESOURCES = ['curl', 'telemetry/stream'];
+const DEFAULT_BROWSER_ROUTING_SUBRESOURCES = ['curl', 'telemetry/stream', 'computer', 'playwright'];
 const BROWSER_ROUTE_CACHEABLE_PATH = /^\/(?:v\d+\/)?browsers(?:\/[^/]+)?\/?$/;
 const BROWSER_POOL_ACQUIRE_PATH = /^\/(?:v\d+\/)?browser_pools\/[^/]+\/acquire\/?$/;
 const BROWSER_DELETE_BY_ID_PATH = /^\/(?:v\d+\/)?browsers\/([^/]+)\/?$/;
diff --git a/tests/lib/browser-routing.test.ts b/tests/lib/browser-routing.test.ts
index 79ce4c87..93320230 100644
--- a/tests/lib/browser-routing.test.ts
+++ b/tests/lib/browser-routing.test.ts
@@ -444,20 +444,28 @@ describe('browser routing', () => {
     ).rejects.toThrow(/unsupported HTTP method/i);
   });
 
-  test('defaults browser routing subresources to curl and telemetry/stream when env is unset', async () => {
+  test('defaults browser routing subresources when env is unset', async () => {
     await withBrowserRoutingEnv(undefined, async () => {
-      expect(browserRoutingSubresourcesFromEnv()).toEqual(['curl', 'telemetry/stream']);
+      expect(browserRoutingSubresourcesFromEnv()).toEqual([
+        'curl',
+        'telemetry/stream',
+        'computer',
+        'playwright',
+      ]);
     });
   });
 
   test('allowlist matching is segment-boundary aware (telemetry/events stays on the control plane)', () => {
-    const prefixes = ['curl', 'telemetry/stream'];
+    const prefixes = ['curl', 'telemetry/stream', 'computer', 'playwright'];
     expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('telemetry/stream', prefixes)).toBe(true);
     expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('telemetry/stream/x', prefixes)).toBe(true);
     expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('telemetry/events', prefixes)).toBe(false);
     expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('telemetry/streaming-config', prefixes)).toBe(false);
     expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('telemetry', prefixes)).toBe(false);
     expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('curl/raw', prefixes)).toBe(true);
+    expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('computer/screenshot', prefixes)).toBe(true);
+    expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('playwright/execute', prefixes)).toBe(true);
+    expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('process/exec', prefixes)).toBe(false);
     expect(matchesDirectVMPrefix('fs/read', prefixes)).toBe(false);
   });
 
@@ -498,4 +506,88 @@ describe('browser routing', () => {
       expect(browserRoutingSubresourcesFromEnv()).toEqual([]);
     });
   });
+
+  test('routes computer screenshot and playwright execute to the VM by default', async () => {
+    await withBrowserRoutingEnv(undefined, async () => {
+      const calls: Array<{ url: string; headers: Headers }> = [];
+      const kernel = new Kernel({
+        apiKey: 'k',
+        baseURL: 'https://api.example/',
+        fetch: async (input, init?: RequestInit) => {
+          const url = normalizeURL(input);
+          const headers = input instanceof Request ? new Headers(input.headers) : new Headers(init?.headers);
+          calls.push({ url, headers });
+          if (url === 'https://api.example/browsers') {
+            return Response.json({
+              session_id: 'sess-1',
+              base_url: 'http://browser-session.test/browser/kernel',
+              cdp_ws_url: 'wss://browser-session.test/browser/cdp?jwt=token-abc',
+            });
+          }
+          if (url.includes('/computer/screenshot')) {
+            return new Response(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3]), {
+              status: 200,
+              headers: { 'content-type': 'image/png' },
+            });
+          }
+          return Response.json({ success: true });
+        },
+      });
+
+      await kernel.browsers.create();
+      await kernel.browsers.computer.captureScreenshot('sess-1');
+      await kernel.browsers.playwright.execute('sess-1', { code: 'return 1' });
+
+      expect(calls[1]?.url).toBe(
+        'http://browser-session.test/browser/kernel/computer/screenshot?jwt=token-abc',
+      );
+      expect(calls[1]?.headers.get('authorization')).toBeNull();
+      expect(calls[2]?.url).toBe(
+        'http://browser-session.test/browser/kernel/playwright/execute?jwt=token-abc',
+      );
+      expect(calls[2]?.headers.get('authorization')).toBeNull();
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('keeps process, fs, and telemetry/events on the API origin by default', async () => {
+    await withBrowserRoutingEnv(undefined, async () => {
+      const calls: string[] = [];
+      const kernel = new Kernel({
+        apiKey: 'k',
+        baseURL: 'https://api.example/',
+        fetch: async (input) => {
+          const url = normalizeURL(input);
+          calls.push(url);
+          if (url === 'https://api.example/browsers') {
+            return Response.json({
+              session_id: 'sess-1',
+              base_url: 'http://browser-session.test/browser/kernel',
+              cdp_ws_url: 'wss://browser-session.test/browser/cdp?jwt=token-abc',
+            });
+          }
+          if (url.includes('/telemetry/events')) {
+            return Response.json([]);
+          }
+          if (url.includes('/fs/read_file')) {
+            return new Response(new Uint8Array([1]), {
+              status: 200,
+              headers: { 'content-type': 'application/octet-stream' },
+            });
+          }
+          return Response.json({ exit_code: 0, stdout_b64: '', stderr_b64: '' });
+        },
+      });
+
+      await kernel.browsers.create();
+      await kernel.browsers.process.exec('sess-1', { command: 'echo' });
+      await kernel.browsers.fs.readFile('sess-1', { path: '/tmp/x' });
+      await kernel.browsers.telemetry.events('sess-1');
+
+      expect(calls.slice(1)).toEqual([
+        'https://api.example/browsers/sess-1/process/exec',
+        'https://api.example/browsers/sess-1/fs/read_file?path=%2Ftmp%2Fx',
+        'https://api.example/browsers/sess-1/telemetry/events',
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
 });