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Show HN: Autotab – Programmable AI browser for turning web tasks into APIs

Nov 20, 2024 - news.ycombinator.com
Alexi and Jonas, co-founders of Autotab, have introduced their chrome-based browser that can be taught to perform complex tasks. The browser, which started as a Chrome extension, has a simple API for running tasks from your app or backend. Autotab is designed to overcome the primary challenge in building flexible automations, which is performance quality. The browser allows users to build task specifications step by step, thereby improving reliability for production use cases.

Key features of Autotab include self-healing automations, a dedicated authoring tool, control flows, deep configurability, compatibility with any website, and secure running in the cloud or locally. It also offers a simple REST API and client libraries for Python and Node. The co-founders are seeking early feedback and ideas for product development from the Hacker News community.

Key takeaways:

  • Autotab is a chrome-based browser that can be taught to perform complex tasks, with a simple API for running them from your app or backend.
  • The browser was developed to overcome performance quality issues in building flexible automations, with a dedicated editor to help formulate complete requirements and build task specifications.
  • Key features of Autotab include self-healing automations, a dedicated authoring tool, control flows and deep configurability, compatibility with any website, secure running in the cloud or locally, and a simple REST API with client libraries for Python, Node.
  • The Autotab team is seeking early feedback from the HN community on the product and its potential future direction.
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