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Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code

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Re: Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code

#21

Biggest question I have is how this will overcome sites that implement aggressive anti-automation security. I can easily automate websites with existing tools until I slam into that wall.

Great question - we tried so many things and overtime, we ended up doing 2 things - custom chromium build and extension to solve captchas. In our docs, checkout stealth mode - https://intunedhq.com/docs/main/02-features/stealth-mode-cap... Also, one of our engineers did a write up on bot detection systems and how they work - https://intunedhq.com/blog/how-bot-detection-works

So far its cost me $2.27 to submit a contact form 3 times - why is this better than a captcha solver with human solves at 1000 per $2?

On your automation, your tool fed back to me as follows after 3 submissions:

> The CAPTCHA is persistently blocking now — Prosopo's widget appears to have flagged the session/IP due to the repeated submissions. The checkbox won't reset this time. This is expected behavior from their bot protection product. To submit again, you'd likely need to wait a while for the rate limit to clear, or submit manually from your own browser.

Re: Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code

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Great question - we tried so many things and overtime, we ended up doing 2 things - custom chromium build and extension to solve captchas. In our docs, checkout stealth mode - https://intunedhq.com/docs/main/02-features/stealth-mode-cap... Also, one of our engineers did a write up on bot detection systems and how they work - https://intunedhq.com/blog/how-bot-detection-works

So far its cost me $2.27 to submit a contact form 3 times - why is this better than a captcha solver with human solves at 1000 per $2? On your automation, your tool fed back to me as follows after 3 submissions: > The CAPTCHA is persistently blocking now — Prosopo's widget appears to have flagged the session/IP due to the repeated submissions. The checkbox won't reset this time. This is expected behavior from their b…

The cost is AI cost for using the agent - not captcha cost. Usually, you would write the project and then call it via API - instead of asking the agent to do the action more than 1 time. Considering using the web task API for this use case.

Re: Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code

#26

cool but we already pay $200/month to OpenAI to turn automation into code

definitely came up multiple times. Next week, we are releasing our codex/claude plugin, so you will be able to use codex to create the projects and deploy them to Intuned.

Intuned as a platform to deploy browser automation adds a lot - anti-bot detection, jobs, observability and more.

Re: Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code

#27

cool but we already pay $200/month to OpenAI to turn automation into code

definitely came up multiple times. Next week, we are releasing our codex/claude plugin, so you will be able to use codex to create the projects and deploy them to Intuned. Intuned as a platform to deploy browser automation adds a lot - anti-bot detection, jobs, observability and more.

I see I'm already using a FOSS project for anti-bot

for jobs/durability/obs i have sqlite and had codex generate an ugly but functional dashboard

im just curious to know what intune does that is different

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