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Engineering

Browser Automation

A real, controllable browser Paw can navigate, read, and act in.

Overview

The Browser Runtime gives Paw a real, adapter-based connection to your browser — navigate pages, read content, fill forms, click elements, extract structured data, and compare results across sites, always with permission gates before anything that changes state.

How it works

  1. 1

    Describe the goal

    Tell Paw what you want to find, compare, or accomplish on the web.

  2. 2

    Paw navigates

    It opens, searches, and reads pages, narrating what it's finding as it goes.

  3. 3

    Permission gate

    Actions that submit forms or change external state ask for confirmation first.

  4. 4

    Structured result

    Paw returns extracted data or a completed action, not just a raw page dump.

Use cases

  • • Research that spans multiple sites without you tab-juggling
  • • Filling repetitive forms with data you already have
  • • Comparing prices, specs, or options across several pages

Limitations

  • • Browser automation is desktop-scoped — it drives a real local browser session, not a headless cloud fleet
  • • Sites with aggressive bot detection may still block automated interaction