Rough example of how to use Laravel Dusk directly in production code.

automation.php

<?php

return [
    'screenshot_path' => storage_path('app/automator'),

    'chrome' => [
        'arguments' => [
//            '--headless',
        ]
    ]
];

BrowserAutomationServiceProvider.php

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Facebook\WebDriver\Chrome\ChromeOptions;
use Facebook\WebDriver\Remote\DesiredCapabilities;
use Facebook\WebDriver\Remote\RemoteWebDriver;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
use Laravel\Dusk\Browser;
use Laravel\Dusk\Chrome\ChromeProcess;

class BrowserAutomationServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Register services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app->singleton('chrome', function () {
            return (new ChromeProcess())->toProcess();
        });

        $this->app->bind(\Facebook\WebDriver\WebDriver::class, function () {
            $options = (new ChromeOptions())->addArguments(config('automation.chrome.arguments'));

            return RemoteWebDriver::create(
                'http://localhost:9515',
                DesiredCapabilities::chrome()->setCapability(
                    ChromeOptions::CAPABILITY,
                    $options
                )
            );
        });
    }

    /**
     * Bootstrap services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        Browser::$storeScreenshotsAt = config('automation.screenshot_path');
    }
}

example.php

<?php

app('chrome')->start();

$browser = new \Laravel\Dusk\Browser(app()->make(\Facebook\WebDriver\WebDriver::class));

$browser->visit('https://reddit.com');

app('chrome')->stop();