Credentials. The agent acts with your real cookies and sessions, so it can do anything you are signed in to do.
Who it is forA developer who wants the agent to check a dashboard they are signed into.
The problemHeadless agent browsers can only reach public pages.
The outcomeYour agent reading and clicking in your real tabs with your session.
What you need first
- Node.js and npm
- Chrome with the bundled MV3 extension
- An agent with shell access
Steps
- Install with
npm i -g open-web-bridge - Run
owb setupand load the extension it points to - Run
owband wait for two checks to pass - Tell your agent to open a page and summarize it
Prompt for your agent
Using woniu9524/open-web-bridge, run `owb` to confirm the self-check passes, then open <url> in my browser and summarize the page. Verify you read the logged-in version of the page.
Caveat. Everything the agent does happens in your actual browser profile, so keep sensitive tabs closed while it works.
Use this in your AI agent
Ask your agent
Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for woniu9524/open-web-bridge and "Let your agent work in your logged-in browser"
Add Deduped to Claude Code once
claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp
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