> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.perisclaw.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.perisclaw.com/skills-and-integrations/browser-automation.md).

# Browser automation

Perisclaw can use the web the way you do, from right inside your chats. It runs a real browser, so it doesn't just search and read — it navigates pages, clicks, fills things in, and pulls data out, completing actual tasks online while you stay in WhatsApp.

## What you can do with it

### Complete tasks on the web

Perisclaw works through a site the way a person would: filling in and submitting forms, completing a survey, signing up for something, logging in, and moving through multi-step flows. You describe the task in plain language and it carries it out — often as part of a larger job you've handed off.

{% hint style="info" %}
*Fill out this form for me: \[URL]*
{% endhint %}

### Pull data off any page

When the information you need is sitting on a web page, Perisclaw can extract it and hand it back in a usable shape — the prices from a listing, the rows from a table, the headlines from a site — and drop it straight into a Sheet if you want.

{% hint style="info" %}
*Get the prices from this page and log them to my tracker sheet*
{% endhint %}

See [Drive & Sheets](/skills-and-integrations/drive-and-sheets.md) for more on saving results to a spreadsheet.

### Research and compare for you

For decisions that need a few sources pulled together, Perisclaw does the legwork — comparing options and gathering the latest on a topic — and comes back with one clear answer instead of a pile of tabs.

{% hint style="info" %}
*Find and compare the pricing for these three SaaS tools*
{% endhint %}

![A Perisclaw competitor-research summary in chat, with bullet-point findings and cited source links](/files/AxgTeNbQYZDzXSnTTKot)

### Get answers from the live web

When you need something current — prices, news, reviews, the status of an event — Perisclaw searches and answers right in the chat, with cited sources so you can verify what it found. It pulls what's true today, not what it was trained on.

{% hint style="info" %}
*What are the latest reviews for the \[product] out this week?*
{% endhint %}

### Read and summarize any link

When you only need the gist of a long article, or one answer buried in it, send the URL and Perisclaw reads the page and gives you back the summary or the specific answer.

{% hint style="info" %}
*Summarize the key points from this link: \[URL]*
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="success" %}
Because Perisclaw works the web in the background, you can hand off a task and carry on with your day — it reports back in chat when it's done. Pair it with [autonomous jobs](/what-perisclaw-can-do/autonomous-jobs.md) for bigger, multi-step work.
{% endhint %}


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