Runbook AI

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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• May 24, 2026
  short_description

  Your AI agent in the browser — automate tasks, monitor pages for changes, schedule recurring runs, all in one click.

  Your AI agent in the browser -- automate tasks, monitor pages for changes, schedule recurring runs, all in one click.

• May 18, 2026
  description

  Spending a lot of effort on web based tasks? Runbook AI extension can help you! Assign a task to it and watch it carries browser actions in realtime.
  
  Runbook AI is a local-first privacy-first AI agent. It runs entirely in your browser. No remote calls except to your chosen LLM provider. No eval() or shady scripts (as enforced by Chrome extension sandbox).
  
  Discover and share runbooks at runbookai.net. Join the Discord community (https://discord.gg/SDtXkAKK2B) to provide your feedback and get involved in the development!
  
  You can also invoke Runbook AI from Claude Code and Gemini CLI etc using runbook-ai-mcp (https://github.com/runbook-ai/runbook-ai-mcp) which acts as a bridge to access the Runbook AI functionality.

  Spending too much time on repetitive web tasks? Runbook AI is a local-first AI agent that lives in your browser sidepanel. Give it a goal in plain language and watch it navigate, click, fill forms, and read pages in real time — using the same browser you're already signed into.
  
  What it can do:
  • Browse and automate: multi-step tasks across tabs and pages — searches, form fills, data extraction, following links, working with shadow DOM and iframes.
  • Schedule recurring runs: "check HN top 5 every morning", "send me a stock-price report twice a day".
  • Monitor pages for changes: cheap DOM-diff polling fires the agent only when content actually changes (Gmail inbox, PR status, dashboards, queues).
  • Native CLI delegation: hand off self-contained sub-tasks to Claude Code or Gemini CLI on your host without leaving the chat.
  • MCP bridge: invoke the agent from external coding tools and agents.
  
  Privacy by design:
  • Runs entirely in your browser — no Runbook-hosted servers in the loop.
  • Talks only to the LLM provider you configure (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, local Ollama, and other OpenAI-compatible endpoints).
  • No eval() or remote-loaded code — enforced by the Chrome extension sandbox.
  • Your task results are stored locally within the extension, and will be deleted once you remove the extension.
  
  Discover and share runbooks at runbookai.net. Join the Discord community (https://discord.gg/SDtXkAKK2B) to share feedback and follow development.
  
  You can also invoke Runbook AI from Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and other coding agents via runbook-ai-mcp (https://github.com/runbook-ai/runbook-ai-mcp), an MCP bridge to the extension.

• May 18, 2026
  short_description

  Runbook AI is an AI-powered Chrome extension that helps you automate tasks and manage your workflow efficiently.

  Your AI agent in the browser — automate tasks, monitor pages for changes, schedule recurring runs, all in one click.

• May 18, 2026
  permissions

  debugger, sidePanel, scripting, tabs, activeTab, webNavigation, clipboardRead, clipboardWrite, nativeMessaging, storage, downloads

  debugger, sidePanel, scripting, tabs, activeTab, webNavigation, clipboardRead, clipboardWrite, nativeMessaging, storage, downloads, unlimitedStorage

Permissions & access

Permissions

debuggersidePanelscriptingtabsactiveTabwebNavigationclipboardReadclipboardWritenativeMessagingstoragedownloadsunlimitedStorage

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