Auto Browser

How we tested

Method: Linux box, test Chrome profile under a scratch dir, driven through the desktop. Model: qwen2.5:3b via Ollama on 127.0.0.1:11434, CPU only, OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH=16384 (verified via /api/ps context_length 16384; an earlier run at the default 4096 failed on context). Each model step took about 15–40 s. Test pages were local (article, product table, newsletter form at http://127.0.0.1:8799/), plus example.com for navigation. Every permission prompt was allowed once at most; a site permission from example.com was blocked. No real data was submitted.. Tester: Testbuilder2. Date: 2026-10-18T16:55-07:00.

Test log (from our notes)

What works

• The extension (v1.4.2) installed in a test Chrome profile and connected to a local Ollama server (Local > Ollama
• base URL http://localhost:11434/v1
• no API key) with status 'Connected'
• no signup or key was needed. Its safety layer behaved well: every script run
• form fill and navigation asked first (Allow / Allow for this turn / Deny)
• it showed the destination before navigating
• it refused a second script that had empty code and no stated purpose
• and it stopped the agent itself when it repeated the same call. Navigating to https://example.com after approval worked.

What breaks

• Real issue: nothing warns that Ollama's default 4096-token context is too small for the extension's roughly 12k-token prompts
• so the first run failed outright until OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH was raised. Task outcomes with qwen2.5:3b (mostly model limitations
• not the extension): none of the four tasks produced a correct answer. a) Summarise an article: the model queried a non-existent <main> element
• looped on duplicate calls
• and the panel ended with 'Failed to summarize article.' b) In-stock products and prices: called find before any snapshot ('no snapshot available. Call take_snapshot first') and ended with 'LLM produced unparseable output 3 times — ending turn.' c) Fill and submit a newsletter form: called fill_form with 'fields' instead of the schema's 'entries' (rejected)
• repeated it until the panel stalled
• and the form was never filled or submitted. d) After navigating to example.com
• the next model call failed with 'Couldn't reach Local'. That followed my blocking Chrome's local-network-access prompt for example.com
• so it's expected behaviour
• not counted as a tool bug
• the docs don't mention that this prompt must be allowed
• and whether Allow fixes it is unverified. On-device Gemini Nano showed 'Not supported' on this machine.

Release claims checked

• unverified No signup; works with on-device or local models source
• verified Asks permission before acting source
• unverified Can read pages, fill forms and navigate for you source

Test history

No prior results — this is the first recorded test.

Quality score

3/5 — our subjective hands-on rating on a 1–5 scale.

Partial, quality 3, low confidence (rescored per Agbus). Most task failures came from a small 3B CPU model's bad tool calls, and 'Couldn't reach Local' followed my blocking Chrome's local-network prompt, so neither counts against the extension. The real issue is the missing context-size warning on the documented local-model path. Should be retested with a larger local model.

Ranking in category

1. OctoCheck — 4/5
2. Use Multiple Chat AI at Once — 4/5
3. Auto Browser — 3/5
4. SendReady — 3/5
5. MeetNote — 1/5
6. Max (lenylvt) — not scored
7. Offload — not scored

Among tested tools in category group “chrome extension”. Ties share a score; tied tools are listed in no particular order.

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Where it was found

https://autobrowser.dev/ (Found via web search, Oct 2026)

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