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What does the Browse AI Chrome extension do?
What does the Browse AI Chrome extension do?

The Browse AI Chrome extension works alongside Robot Studio to help you create web scraping robots that extract and monitor data directly from your browser.

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Written by Nick Simard
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For the best experience, it is recommended to create web scraping and monitoring robots is using Robot Studio.

What the extension does

The Browse AI Chrome extension helps you:

  • Record your actions (clicks, scrolls, and data selections) when creating a robot

  • Analyze webpage structure to identify data patterns as you build

  • Send your automation instructions securely to Browse AI servers

  • Schedule regular data extraction runs in the cloud

When building robots with the extension, you can choose to allow anonymous performance data collection to help us improve our service. This is completely optional and can be disabled in the extension settings.

What the extension doesn't do

For your peace of mind, the Browse AI Chrome extension:

  • Does not collect any personal information or browsing history

  • Only activates when you're actively building or running a robot

  • Never records your browsing activity outside of robot creation

  • Doesn't alter your normal browsing experience

How the extension fits with Robot Studio

We created the Chrome extension as a tool before we launched Robot Studio. While both allow you to scrape and monitor data Robot Studio is the recommended method to create robots.

Getting started

  1. Download the Browse AI Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store

  2. Sign up for a Browse AI account (free to get started)

  3. Visit the website you want to extract data from

  4. Click the Browse AI extension icon to begin creating your robot

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