docs: sync browser stealth docs to Layer C (v1.58.3.0)

BROWSER.md "Stealth scope" still described the default as navigator.webdriver
masking only; Layer C is now the always-on default across all four
context-creation paths. Update the stealth-scope prose, the "What GStack
Browser means" blurb (stock-Chrome UA, no GStackBrowser suffix, captchas can
still get through at the CDP layer), the stealth.ts source-map line, and the
env-vars table (GSTACK_STEALTH, GSTACK_CDP_STEALTH, GSTACK_GPU_*, GSTACK_PLATFORM,
GSTACK_HW_CONCURRENCY/GSTACK_DEVICE_MEMORY + the explicit --gstack-* switches and
ignoreDefaultArgs stripping). Correct the stale "narrows to navigator.webdriver
masking only" premise on the open CDP-patch TODO (the TODO itself stays open —
the CDP-protocol layer is still unaddressed).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ Shipped in v0.6.5. TemplateContext in gen-skill-docs.ts bakes skill name into pr
**What:** Write a postinstall script that patches Playwright's CDP layer to suppress `Runtime.enable` and use `addBinding` for context ID discovery, same approach as rebrowser-patches. Eliminates the `navigator.webdriver`, `cdc_` markers, and other CDP artifacts that sites like Google use to detect automation.
**Why:** Our current stealth narrows to `navigator.webdriver` masking + ChromeDriver `cdc_` runtime cleanup + Permissions API patch (v1.28.0.0 narrowed it from also faking plugins/languages, since modern fingerprinters punish inconsistent fakes more than they punish admitted defaults). That's enough for most sites but Google still triggers captchas, because the real detection is at the CDP protocol level. rebrowser-patches proved the approach works but their patches target Playwright 1.52.0 and don't apply to our 1.58.2. We need our own patcher using string matching instead of line-number diffs. 6 files, ~200 lines of patches total.
**Why:** As of v1.58.3.0 our JS-layer stealth is "Layer C" — always-on `navigator.webdriver` mask + `window.chrome.*` shape + `Notification.permission`/Permissions alignment + per-install `hardwareConcurrency`/`deviceMemory` + a `Function.prototype.toString` proxy + an automation-global sweep + ChromeDriver `cdc_`/`__webdriver` cleanup (still NOT faking plugins/languages, since modern fingerprinters punish inconsistent fakes more than they punish admitted defaults). That closes most JS-observable tells, but Google still triggers captchas because the deepest detection is at the CDP protocol level, which a page-world init script can't reach. rebrowser-patches proved the CDP approach works but their patches target Playwright 1.52.0 and don't apply to our 1.58.2. We need our own patcher using string matching instead of line-number diffs. 6 files, ~200 lines of patches total. (Layer C's toString proxy still has descriptor/Reflect.ownKeys surfaces; pushing the spoofs to native code via CDP suppression or the Chromium fork makes the JS layer obsolete.)
**Context:** Full analysis of rebrowser-patches source: patches 6 files in `playwright-core/lib/server/` (crConnection.js, crDevTools.js, crPage.js, crServiceWorker.js, frames.js, page.js). Key technique: suppress `Runtime.enable` (the main CDP detection vector), use `Runtime.addBinding` + `CustomEvent` trick to discover execution context IDs without it. Our extension communicates via Chrome extension APIs, not CDP Runtime, so it should be unaffected. Write E2E tests that verify: (1) extension still loads and connects, (2) Google.com loads without captcha, (3) sidebar chat still works.