Octer Browser: Let an AI Agent Complete Web Tasks in Your Local Chrome
1. Automate social media operations
Octer Browser can assist with social media work that involves repeated browser actions, including:
- Reviewing direct messages and collaboration requests
- Drafting replies based on your brand guidelines
- Organizing content and information from pages
- Following common social media operating procedures
Octer also provides site-specific playbooks for services such as Xiaohongshu and Instagram. These playbooks help the agent follow real page structures and common workflows more reliably.
2. Research the web and extract information
For research that spans several pages, Octer Browser can open sources, read structured information, and organize the findings. Example tasks include:
- Comparing products or services
- Collecting public market and competitor information
- Summarizing tables, lists, and key facts from pages
- Reading several sources and preparing a research summary
3. Run repetitive browser workflows
If a task requires the same clicks, inputs, and page changes every day, you can give the defined workflow to the browser agent. You can still watch every step and take over whenever necessary.
4. Handle other tasks that happen “in the browser”
If a task can be completed by clicking, typing, scrolling, and reading a web page, describe the outcome on the Octer platform and return to Chrome to watch the agent execute it.
How is it different from a cloud headless browser?
| Comparison | Octer Browser | Cloud headless browser |
|---|---|---|
| Execution environment | Your current local browser | A remote server |
| Authentication | Uses your existing browser session | Often requires a new login or transferred credentials |
| Visibility | Actions are visible on the page | Often invisible or shown through a remote replay |
| User control | Observe and stop the task directly | Depends on the service |
| Best suited to | Authenticated sites, personal workflows, supervised actions | Isolated environments and unattended batch jobs |
Both approaches have valid uses. Octer Browser is designed for tasks that need your existing login, benefit from visible execution, and require direct user control.
Why use Octer Browser?
Use your existing session without sharing website passwords
The agent works in a browser where you are already signed in. You do not need to submit website credentials to a remote browser service.
Local, visible, and controllable execution
Tasks run in front of you in Chrome. The Activity panel reports each step, and you can stop the agent whenever needed.
Site-specific skills and playbooks
Octer can provide predefined workflows for specific sites, helping the agent operate in ways that match their current interfaces and common procedures.
Automatic reconnection
After configuration, click Connect and check that the status indicator is green. If the network is briefly interrupted, the extension uses exponential backoff to reconnect automatically.
Permissions and privacy
To operate a web page on your behalf, Octer Browser needs permission to read and control the pages you actively assign to it. This can include clicking, typing, reading content, and taking screenshots when required by the task.
- The extension acts only after you click Connect and actively dispatch a task from the Octer platform.
- Task instructions travel between your Octer account and the extension through an encrypted WebSocket.
- Extension configuration, including the API key, is stored locally in
chrome.storage.local. - Actions remain visible in your browser, and you can stop a task at any time.
Before installing, review the current permissions shown in the Chrome Web Store. Enable browser control only for pages and tasks you trust.
Requirements
- An Octer account
- Chrome, Edge, or Brave version 120 or later
- The Octer Browser extension
Get started in three steps
Step 1: Install the extension
Install Octer Browser from the Chrome Web Store.
Step 2: Connect it to Octer
Open the extension, enter the API key provided by Octer, and click Connect. A green status indicator means the browser is ready to receive tasks.
Step 3: Dispatch a task
Sign in to Octer AI and describe the task in natural language. Return to Chrome to watch the agent work on the current page.
Frequently asked questions
What is Octer Browser?
Octer Browser is a local AI browser agent powered by Octer. Through a browser extension, it clicks, types, scrolls, captures screenshots, and reads pages in the Chrome session where the user is already signed in.
Does Octer Browser run my browser in the cloud?
No. Page interactions run in your local browser. The Octer platform dispatches task instructions, and the extension carries them out on the current page.
Do I need to give Octer Browser my website passwords?
No. The agent uses the authenticated session already available in your browser, so website passwords do not need to be transferred to a separate browser.
Can I see what the AI agent is doing?
Yes. Actions are visible on the current page, while the extension's Activity panel shows progress. You can stop the task at any time.
Which browsers are supported?
The current requirements are Chrome, Edge, or Brave version 120 or later.
What tasks are suitable for Octer Browser?
It is designed for social media operations, web research, information extraction, and repetitive workflows involving browser clicks and inputs. Payments, data deletion, and other high-impact actions should remain under direct user review.
Start using Octer Browser
If your work involves repeatedly clicking, typing, researching, or organizing information on websites where you are already signed in, Octer Browser can bring the Octer AI assistant into that existing workflow.
Install Octer Browser, then open Octer AI to dispatch your first browser task.