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Re: Show HN: Open source alternative to Perplexity Comet

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Post by felarof »

bkyan wrote: post #51

Is there a way to hook BrowserOS up as a sub-agent for an orchestration agent/system?

Yes! We want to do this.

We were thinking of implement MCP protocol into the browser, so the browser can be an MCP server (that exposes bunch of tools -- navigation, click, extract) and you can connect that to your agent, would that work?

What is your use-case? Happy to chat on discord! https://discord.gg/YKwjt5vuKr

Re: Show HN: Open source alternative to Perplexity Comet

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Post by bkyan »

felarof wrote: post #52
bkyan wrote: post #51

Is there a way to hook BrowserOS up as a sub-agent for an orchestration agent/system?

Yes! We want to do this. We were thinking of implement MCP protocol into the browser, so the browser can be an MCP server (that exposes bunch of tools -- navigation, click, extract) and you can connect that to your agent, would that work? What is your use-case? Happy to chat on discord! https://discord.gg/YKwjt5vuKr

Yes, that works for me! My primary use case is automated testing of updates to websites that I maintain.

Re: Show HN: Open source alternative to Perplexity Comet

#54

Post by bkyan »

felarof wrote: post #52
bkyan wrote: post #51

Is there a way to hook BrowserOS up as a sub-agent for an orchestration agent/system?

Yes! We want to do this. We were thinking of implement MCP protocol into the browser, so the browser can be an MCP server (that exposes bunch of tools -- navigation, click, extract) and you can connect that to your agent, would that work? What is your use-case? Happy to chat on discord! https://discord.gg/YKwjt5vuKr

Thanks for the discord invite! My username is Mindcast on discord.

Re: Show HN: Open source alternative to Perplexity Comet

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Post by axus »

dotancohen wrote: post #43
felarof wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IIRC, Firefox's web extension API does not provide access to accessibility tree as well.

I'm not GP, but I agree that if your goal is to empower the end user and protect him from corporate overlords, then Firefox is a more logical choice to fork from.

I wonder if someone on the Chromium team will upstream all these BrowserOS changes, or "Not Invented Here" and re-implement it all for Gemini / Google Assistant.

Can't imagine Firefox acquiring a Firefox fork!

Re: Show HN: Open source alternative to Perplexity Comet

#56

Post by felarof »

bkyan wrote: post #54
felarof wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes! We want to do this. We were thinking of implement MCP protocol into the browser, so the browser can be an MCP server (that exposes bunch of tools -- navigation, click, extract) and you can connect that to your agent, would that work? What is your use-case? Happy to chat on discord! https://discord.gg/YKwjt5vuKr

Thanks for the discord invite! My username is Mindcast on discord.

thanks for joining! DMed you.

Re: Show HN: Open source alternative to Perplexity Comet

#57

Post by flymasterv »

paul7986 wrote: post #22

So would this or any AI browser go out and fetch a list of the best deals for my trip to Iceland? After Show me all the options it has found for flights, hotels, car rentals and show cheapest/best prices with all details (fly out of and into with times) to even allow me to pay for each item on same page I asked it to do so? As well it could group the overall best deal with details and then i can just click to pay ins…

Orbitz.com has done this for 20 years.
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