5 AI-Powered Tools to Automate Your Browser Tasks

AI has transformed how we interact with the web such as how we could handle some browser tasks. From data extraction and form submissions to workflow automation, AI-powered tools can handle these processes easily.

So instead of manually clicking through pages or copying information, you can use these tools to automate these tasks to save time and streamline your workflow.

In this article, we’ve curated and tested some of the browser automation tools available today. If you’re a developer, researcher, or business professional, I’m sure you’ll appreciate these tools as they can help you work more efficiently.

Without further ado, let’s check them out.

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1. BrowserUse

BrowserUse is an open-source tool designed to enable AI agents to interact with web browsers. This allows the AI agents to perform tasks within the browser environment, such as navigating websites, extracting information, and interacting with the webapps.

It supports various models including OpenAI, Antrhopic, Gemini, DeepSeek, and even Ollama.

You can use it for a wide range of tasks, from web scraping, making a purchase, applying for a job, sending email, saving files, and a lot more. And as it is backed with Playwright, it is compatible with all the browsers that Playwright supports including Chromium, Firefox, and Safari.

BrowserUse provides a number of examples and use cases in their repository, which you can learn or take an inspiration from. Below is an example how it can apply for a job for you.

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2. Stagehand

Stagehand is an AI-powerd web browsing framework designed to simplify and improve browser automation tasks.

It allows you to convert natural language instructions into headless browser operations more efficiently. This not only reduces the complexity traditionally associated with browser automation but also could speed up your development workflows.

Stagehand also runs with Playwright under the hood. But what makes it different is that it provides an easy to follow API in JavaScript which makes it easier to integrate with your existing JavaScript-based projects.

You can use it to automate a wide range of tasks, from web scraping to testing and monitoring. Checkout how easy it is to use it.

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3. Skyvern

Skyvern is a tool that use LLMs and computer vision to automate workflows across various browsers.

It comes with several AI agents designed to handle different tasks:

• The 2FA Agent, which is capable of handling two-factor authentication
• The Auto-complete Agent, which is capable of filling out forms with dynamic auto-complete features
• The Data Extraction Agent, which is to extract information on the website like text and table and organize them in proper formatting.
• The Interactable Element Agent, which capable of parsing the HTML to identify elements like buttons, links, and input fields that can be interacted with.
• The Password Agent, which is capable of managing sensitive inputs such as usernames and password

It combines prompts, computer vision, and these intelligent agents to analyze and interact with web pages in real time. This allows it to navigate and automate tasks on websites it has never seen before without needing custom code by mapping visual elements to the actions required for a given workflow.

It supports a wide range of AI models, including OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, and it will soon also include Ollama, and Gemini.

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4. Shortest

Shortest is an open-source, AI-powered testing framework that allows you to write end-to-end tests using plain English instruction.

This allows you to focus on describing your test scenarios, while Shortest handles the implementation details. For example, using the shortest function, you can specify actions like logging into an application with a username and password.

import { shortest } from '@antiwork/shortest'

shortest('Login to the app using email and password', {
    username: process.env.GITHUB_USERNAME,
    password: process.env.GITHUB_PASSWORD
})

It is built on top of Playwright, and provides seamless GitHub integration for continuous integration and deployment workflows.

See how it works in action below.

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5. Automa

Automa is a free, open-source browser extension designed to automate various web tasks such as auto-filling forms, taking screenshots, scraping data from websites, and downloading assets.

Automating browser tasks is pretty simple.

It provides a user-friendly, low-code interface that allows you to create automation workflows by connecting different blocks. It also has a workflow recording feature that captures your actions automatically, and the marketplace features numerous shared workflows that you can add and customize to suit your needs.

Even though it is not an AI-powered tool per se, it’s the ease of use that makes it on the list, and it also provides a custom block where you can put your own functions to integrate with AI services such as OpenAI, Claude, or DeepSeek.

It is available both for Chrome and Firefox browsers, and you can install it directly from their respective extension stores.

Wrapping Up

AI-powered tools can help you automate your browser tasks, saving you time and streamlining your workflow. In this article, we’ve curated some of the best AI-powered tools available today that are free and open-source.

Give them a try and see how they can help you work more efficiently.