v0.3.1

Features

• timers: schedule a job the browser wakes you for (650dcaa)

Install

Download browsentic-0.3.1-chrome.zip, unzip it, then load the folder at chrome://extensions
with Developer mode on. Firefox users want the -firefox.zip.

The daemon runs from source:

git clone --branch v0.3.1 https://github.com/imshaikot/browsentic.git
cd browsentic && yarn setup && yarn mcp:link
browsentic-mcp pair

Full changelog: v0.3.0...v0.3.1

v0.3.0

Features

• a-eye: point at an element and hand it to the agent (860474f)
• skills: attach one of the agent's own skills from a / picker (5297790)
• panel: minimize into a rail the page carries (ea8cbbc)

Documentation

• internals: a flow diagram on every page, and three that animate (46564b9)

Install

Download browsentic-0.3.0-chrome.zip, unzip it, then load the folder at chrome://extensions
with Developer mode on. Firefox users want the -firefox.zip.

The daemon runs from source:

git clone --branch v0.3.0 https://github.com/imshaikot/browsentic.git
cd browsentic && yarn setup && yarn mcp:link
browsentic-mcp pair

Full changelog: v0.2.2...v0.3.0

v0.2.2

Features

• actions: hand page text back one group at a time, resumable by cursor (c15925f)
• panel: a settings tab for the guardrails, one row per rule (c7fa72f)
• settings: describe the guardrail policy, and write one override at a time (7f7584a)
• guardrails: ask before a sealed secret is released, and refuse one in a URL (de80cd9)
• secrets: seal what the daemon and the agent write back (9186ebd)
• secrets: keep the plaintext in the extension, release it only into a page field (e6146c9)
• secrets: a deterministic sanitizer both sides of the socket can agree on (1383b0b)
• mapping: let a mapping run record where a site's search lives (bf7f4cd)
• intent: run "search this site for X" without waking the agent (acfa1de)
• actions: add page.searchSite to search a site with its own search (82613be)
• actions: add page.findSearch to report how a site can be searched (83985cf)
• actions: detect a site's search box, its toggle and its URL template (4d6f556)

Refactoring

• fill-input: extract typeInto so other actions can reuse the native setter (5940318)

Documentation

• skills: sealed placeholders, and asking for the next group (8e7c80c)
• tools: grouped reads and the cursor page_extractText hands back (488d92b)
• guardrails: the release rules, the settings tab and the config it writes (7f44e22)
• secrets: where a credential may become plaintext, and where it may not (5379bc1)
• tools: document page_findSearch and page_searchSite (da07bc0)
• skills: teach the agent to search the site it is on, not the web (7c0801d)
• readme: illustrate the how-it-works flow, keeping the text diagram (5bbca50)
• add the security policy, disclaimer and private reporting route (d351ecc)
• readme: restructure around key capabilities, quick start and resources (1899bae)
• split the manual into a user guide, internals and a reference (46078b6)

Tests

• security: cover the sanitizer in the security check (92274ef)

Build

• release: generate release notes from the tag or the commit log (84d474d)

CI

• release: publish the GitHub release when a v* tag is pushed (8344fbd)

Chores

• add the MIT license file (afc8ba7)

Install

Download browsentic-0.2.2-chrome.zip, unzip it, then load the folder at chrome://extensions
with Developer mode on. Firefox users want the -firefox.zip.

The daemon runs from source:

git clone --branch v0.2.2 https://github.com/imshaikot/browsentic.git
cd browsentic && yarn setup && yarn mcp:link
browsentic-mcp pair

Full changelog: v0.2.1...v0.2.2

v0.2.1

Features

• agent: hold the agent to short answers in a narrow side panel (0868efb)
• agent: run several tab sessions at once, one instruction per session (e9ed880)
• guardrails: let a pinned run reach the tabs it opened itself (f554cc6)
• daemon: thread runId through to the extension on every agent invoke (0517ba1)
• ui: add a collapsible sessions rail above the side panel chat (379ec10)
• sessions: give every tab its own conversation, running side by side (6c00d6c)
• bridge: add useTabSessions to observe the live session registry (28fe9ed)
• bridge: pass runId on invokes and scope conversation resets to a session (f0cdd7f)
• bridge: route agent actions to the tab their session owns (05e0d4a)
• indicator: mark a working tab on the toolbar badge and its favicon (3a70d71)
• bridge: keep a registry of tab-bound sessions in session storage (5889cd6)
• protocol: carry sessionId and runId across the socket, bump to v11 (78b6404)
• bridge: dispatch trusted drags through the Chrome debugger (d11d57e)
• page: add page.dragElement for pointer and HTML5 drag-and-drop (ec11a4d)
• cli: add browsentic-mcp restart to replace a stale daemon (e9c4fec)

Fixes

• antigravity: give each run its own workspace and sweep stale ones (e35e747)
• pairing: report the daemon's close reason instead of "no daemon is running" (907a3d5)

Refactoring

• bridge: extract useActiveTab so callers can read the tab, not just its URL (7081d2c)
• bridge: move the run timeline reducer into its own module (d02e614)
• page: lift pointer geometry out of trusted-click into its own module (74a6a57)

Documentation

• cover the renamed check scripts and the daemon restart command (ed6722a)
• describe tab-bound sessions in the architecture and feature guides (63ebd1a)
• tools: document page_dragElement and its two drag mechanisms (3acef4d)
• skills: teach the browser-control skill when and how to drag (4d9dd62)

Chores

• scripts: fold both type checks and both fixture suites into yarn check (dcb3f73)
• mcp: pin the mcp workspace to yarn 4.17.1 (1180258)

Install

Download browsentic-0.2.1-chrome.zip, unzip it, then load the folder at chrome://extensions
with Developer mode on. Firefox users want the -firefox.zip.

The daemon runs from source:

git clone --branch v0.2.1 https://github.com/imshaikot/browsentic.git
cd browsentic && yarn setup && yarn mcp:link
browsentic-mcp pair

Full changelog: v0.2.0...v0.2.1

v0.2.0

Features

• ui: redesign the popup and side panel (d8c7ca2)
• ui: new panel building blocks (ef516db)
• extension: agent state bridge, side panel opener and context menu (3fd8bba)
• page: register the new tools and enrich page info and screenshots (2fbecd8)
• page: read, audit and restyle page themes (9bf472f)
• page: trusted clicks through the debugger API (f971312)
• page: detect captchas and walk the agent through solving them (36c79de)
• cli: agent switching and approval management commands (25a3452)
• daemon: route every run through guardrails and the chosen agent (0611590)
• agent: split the runner into adapters for claude, codex and antigravity (69aa05e)
• mcp: remember per-site approvals granted from the panel (24203eb)
• guardrails: declarative policy, prompt fencing and spawn containment (20daaa2)
• bridge: prove both ends of the socket with a challenge-response handshake (0abf895)
• agents: add a catalog of supported agent CLIs (32db029)

Documentation

• document the tools, agents and the reworked architecture (4202df9)
• publish architecture, installation and feature guides (b8fbbc0)

Tests

• security: cover guardrails, containment and the pairing handshake (1df982f)

Build

• bootstrap both projects from a fresh clone with one command (b564f63)

Chores

• icons: redraw the extension icon (8234960)
• manifest: request debugger and contextMenus permissions (1a277af)

Other

• style(ui): refresh primitives and global styles (8aaf210)

Install

Download browsentic-0.2.0-chrome.zip, unzip it, then load the folder at chrome://extensions
with Developer mode on. Firefox users want the -firefox.zip.

The daemon runs from source:

git clone --branch v0.2.0 https://github.com/imshaikot/browsentic.git
cd browsentic && yarn install && yarn mcp:install && yarn mcp:build && yarn mcp:link
browsentic-mcp pair

Full changelog: v0.1.7...v0.2.0