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Automate a web task that has no API

Dev, web & IT · Ops & admin automation · checked 2026-10-17

Use Browser Use to let an agent operate a website step by step, stop before any submit or purchase, and approve the final action yourself.

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Goal

Automate the tools that never shipped an API.

Connects through: MCP

Steps

#WhoWhat happensHowStatus
1Browser Use Runs the task in a cloud browser through its MCP server (run_session); you can watch it on the live URL
Ask it to stop before any submit or purchase.
 MCP Confirmed · source ↗
2You Check the live session and do the final submit or purchase yourself Human step Confirmed

Confirmed means the vendor documents it (linked). It doesn't mean IonBin has tested it. AI-platform and human steps need no source.

Human approval

The agent stops before any submit or purchase.

Watch out for

Check each site’s terms; some ban automated access.

Starter prompt

Goal: Automate the tools that never shipped an API. Tools involved: Browser Use. Your part: runs the task in a cloud browser through its mcp server (run_session); you can watch it on the live url. Work step by step, show me each draft or proposed change, and wait for my approval before anything is sent, published, signed, filed or changed in a live system.

Assembled from this page’s goal and steps. Paste it into your AI platform and adjust it to your situation.

Tools in this workflow

ToolRoleOfficial site
Browser UseMCP browser-use.com ↗
ClaudeOptional claude.ai ↗

Which AI platforms can run it

PlatformStatusWhy
Claude (incl. Claude Code) To verify Browser Use: pairing not named in vendor docs
OpenAI Codex To verify Browser Use: pairing not named in vendor docs
Google Antigravity To verify Browser Use: pairing not named in vendor docs
ChatGPT To verify Browser Use: pairing not named in vendor docs
Gemini To verify Browser Use: pairing not named in vendor docs
Perplexity To verify Browser Use: pairing not named in vendor docs

Computed from the MCP and API steps only: "Confirmed" needs the tool's docs to name the platform and the platform to support the connection. Browser, upload and human steps work from any platform.

What we checked (2026-10-17)

  • Browser Use MCP is a remote server at api.browser-use.com that authenticates with an API key. Its tools include run_session to run a task in a cloud browser, get_session to check status, step count, cost and a live URL, send_task to send follow-ups to a kept-alive session, and stop_session.
  • Pricing is pay as you go: browsers cost $0.02 an hour, residential proxies $5 per GB, and agent runs cost the model price plus 20%. Eligible signups get a one-time $1 credit. Browser Use says API-key monthly spending caps are soft limits, so concurrent work can go over them.
  • Site terms. Some websites ban automated access in their terms. Check before you automate, and don’t use this to get around logins or paywalls you don’t have rights to.

Set it up

  1. Write the task as numbered steps and end with “stop before submitting”.
  2. Run it and watch the live URL the first few times.
  3. When it stops, check the filled-in form or cart yourself, then submit by hand.
  4. Keep logins out of the prompt. Use a dedicated account with the least access the task needs.

Sources

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