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Field notes on AI browser automation: honest tool comparisons, MCP, and what changes when your assistant gets real hands.
EssaysSeptember 6, 2026 · 9 min readStop sending the browser to the model
Snapshot-driven browser agents ship the page through your LLM for every click, and their own users report 25K-token snapshots and multi-million-token days. There is a simpler architecture.
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GuidesSeptember 3, 2026 · 9 min readApply to jobs with Claude Code, step by step
Give Claude Code hands in your browser and a Greenhouse application becomes one instruction and one review. Full setup, the profile message, and what stays manual.
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GuidesSeptember 3, 2026 · 8 min readApply to jobs with Cursor's agent, step by step
Run your job hunt from the editor: Cursor's agent fills Lever applications from your real resume files and drafts cover letters grounded in them.
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GuidesSeptember 3, 2026 · 8 min readApply to jobs with Codex CLI, even on Workday
The page-by-page pattern that turns six-page Workday applications into a supervised walk: Codex CLI fills, you review and advance. Setup and honest limits included.
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GuidesSeptember 3, 2026 · 8 min readApply to jobs with Gemini CLI, LinkedIn Easy Apply included
The cheapest full setup in the series: Gemini CLI's free tier plus local element finding walks LinkedIn Easy Apply modals step by step, with you approving every send.
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GuidesSeptember 3, 2026 · 8 min readApply to jobs with Windsurf, step by step
Windsurf's Cascade reads the posting, fills the Ashby form, drafts the answers and narrates the plan; you review and submit. Setup and the full walkthrough.
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GuidesSeptember 2, 2026 · 10 min readHow to give Claude Code hands in your browser
A two-minute setup that lets Claude Code click, type and read pages in your own browser, with local element finding and hard guardrails.
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GuidesSeptember 2, 2026 · 9 min readBrowser automation in Cursor: the two-minute setup
Wire Cursor's agent to your real browser over MCP: setup, the config snippet, what it changes in practice, and where Playwright still fits.
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GuidesSeptember 2, 2026 · 10 min readAutomating form filling with AI, without handing over your passwords
Cloud agents, screenshot agents and local element finding compared on the job everyone actually wants automated: forms. Plus the fields no tool should touch.
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ComparisonsSeptember 2, 2026 · 9 min readDowser vs Nanobrowser: your assistant's hands, or a second agent
Nanobrowser runs its own multi-agent loop on your API key; Dowser gives your existing assistant instant local hands. Who drives, and who pays per step.
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ComparisonsSeptember 2, 2026 · 10 min readClaude in Chrome vs Dowser: screenshots or milliseconds
Anthropic's extension reads screenshots with a vision model; Dowser resolves elements locally in milliseconds. Where each genuinely wins, measured the same way.
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GuidesSeptember 2, 2026 · 11 min readThe best browser automation extension for Claude, tested
Claude in Chrome, Browser MCP and Dowser all give Claude hands in your browser. What each one actually does per click, what it costs, and how to set each up.
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ComparisonsSeptember 2, 2026 · 12 min readThe best MCP browser automation tools in 2026, compared
Playwright MCP, Browser MCP, Claude in Chrome, Nanobrowser, Browser Use and Dowser compared on speed, token cost, privacy and price.
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ComparisonsSeptember 2, 2026 · 10 min readDowser vs Playwright MCP: your browser or a lab browser?
Microsoft's Playwright MCP is great for clean-room automation. Here is where it burns tokens and where a local element finder in your own browser wins.
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ComparisonsSeptember 2, 2026 · 10 min readDowser vs Browser MCP: same idea, different engine
Both connect your AI assistant to the browser you already use. The difference is what happens after the snapshot: a model reading it, or a local ranker answering in milliseconds.
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ComparisonsSeptember 2, 2026 · 9 min readSider is a sidebar. Dowser is hands. Which one do you need?
Sider puts five chat models next to every page. Dowser lets the assistant you already pay for click, type and read pages itself. How to pick, and when to run both.
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