browser-automation

1Password has released a Mac integration that allows Claude to complete browser-based login tasks without accessing user passwords. The system injects approved credentials directly into web pages while keeping secrets out of Claude's context, memory, and Anthropic's systems entirely.

GitHub has made browser tools for Copilot in VS Code generally available. The feature allows Copilot agents to control real browsers, navigate live web applications, and integrate findings back into the development environment.

Google has added a screen selection tool to Chrome 149's Gemini panel that allows users to capture text or images from their current tab for prompts. Separately, the company integrated computer use capabilities directly into the Gemini 3.5 Flash model API, replacing the standalone Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model.

HCompany has released HoloTab, a Chrome extension that uses its Holo3 computer-use model to automate browser tasks. The free tool requires zero technical setup and includes a routine recording feature for repetitive multi-step workflows.

Amazon Web Services has detailed how its Nova Act browser automation SDK can streamline competitive price intelligence workflows. The service enables developers to build agents that navigate websites, extract pricing data using natural language instructions, and run parallel monitoring across multiple competitor sites—addressing manual processes that consume hours daily and delay pricing decisions.

The Allen Institute for AI has released MolmoWeb, a fully open web agent that operates websites using only screenshots without access to source code. The 8B-parameter model achieves 78.2% success on WebVoyager—nearly matching OpenAI's o3 at 79.3%—while being trained on one of the largest public web task datasets ever released.