Building your first robot takes one URL and a few minutes. Point Table Studio at the page that shows your data, and the AI builds a structured table from it. Your job is to review the result, not build it from scratch.
No coding, downloads, or browser extensions required.
All you need to get started is:
A Browse AI account (you can get started for free)
The Origin URL: the page that already shows the data you want
đĄ If the page needs clicks, typing, or a password login before the data is visible, use Robot Studio instead. This guide covers Table Studio, the fastest way to build a robot when the data is already on the page.
1. Point it at the Origin URL
From your Browse AI dashboard, click Build New Robot.
Enter the Origin URL.
Click Start Training Robot.
Under AI Training, click Table Studio.
đĄ Point the Origin URL at the page that already shows the data. Example: For a competitor's pricing, use the URL of the pricing page itself, not the homepage.
2. Let the AI build the table
The AI loads the live page, works out the structure of the data, proposes columns and lists, and fills in sample rows so you can see exactly what it found.
đ This can take 5 to 10 minutes, and that is normal: the AI is reading the page and structuring the data for you.
Progress shows at the bottom of the screen and there is nothing to configure while it works, so this is a good moment to skim the "What's next" section below and decide what you want to do with your data.
3. Review the table
When the AI is done, it shows you the table it built:
Your job here is to check its work, not to build anything:
Add column to capture extra fields. Choose text, a list, or a screenshot, name the column, and describe what you want in plain language under Instructions, then click Preview. No selectors or code, just a description.
Delete column to drop fields you do not need.
If the table includes a list, you will be asked how many items to extract.
Nothing is saved until you click Save Robot, so you can experiment freely.
4. Save your robot and get your data
When the preview looks right, click Save Robot in the bar at the bottom. Your robot immediately runs its first extraction against the Origin URL.
When it finishes, you will see the results on your robot's page as a structured table. That is your data, extracted and ready to use: export it straight away, or set up a monitor so it stays up to date automatically (both covered below).
That's it. You've built your first robot.
For the full Table Studio walkthrough, see How to train a robot using AI in Table Studio.
I've saved my first robot! What's next?
Keep the data up to date with a monitor
You can enable monitoring in just a few clicks. Your robot will check for specific content changes on a custom schedule and alert you when something changes.
Export or integrate the data
You can export the data you've extracted, turn it into an API, or create custom automations through integrations.
Clean and transform the data with Formula AI
Add calculated columns that clean, categorize, or transform your extracted data. Describe what you want in plain language and Formula AI writes the formula for you.
Scale this robot to thousands of pages
You can upload a list of URLs to have this robot automatically extract (and monitor) data from all of them. You can also connect multiple robots together using workflows to extract data from entire websites.
Frequently asked questions
When should I use Robot Studio instead?
Use Robot Studio when the robot has to click, type, fill a form, or log in with a password before the data is visible. You will find it under Visual Training on the same screen where you chose Table Studio.
The Chrome extension is only for sites Table Studio and Robot Studio cannot train. See How to build a robot using the Chrome extension.
The data is behind a login. Can I still use Table Studio?
If you are already logged in to the website on Chrome, yes: check This website needs logging in, choose Login with my session cookies, then select Table Studio. If the robot has to type a username and password itself, use Robot Studio instead.
How do I extract data across multiple pages?
To extract data across multiple pages (deep scraping), create a robot for each page type and connect them together using workflows.
Do you offer setup services?
Yes. Browse AI offers a full suite of services for web extraction, website monitoring, and more. See the full list of managed web data extraction services.