What it is

Automa browser extension. Automate browser by connect blocks. Vue project. Chrome and Firefox ecosystem. Problem: repeat browser tasks take time. User make workflow with blocks. No code write. Workflows do form fill, repetitive task, screenshot, scrape website data. Can schedule when automation execute. Marketplace share and download workflow. Automa Chrome Extension Builder make standalone Chrome extension from Automa workflow. Project lives as browser extension, not hosted automation service. The project also lists Chrome and Firefox extension downloads.

Concrete problem: browser work often manual. Automa gives visual block workflow. User connect blocks, run inside browser. It also lets user share workflow, download workflow, and package workflow as Chrome extension. This covers repetitive browser action, data collection, form work, scheduled runs.

Key capabilities

• Automate browser action. Connect block into workflow.
• Fill form. Run repetitive task. Take screenshot. Scrape website data.
• Schedule automation. Execute at chosen time.
• Support Chrome and Firefox. Use extension download.
• Share workflow. Download workflow. Use marketplace.
• Build standalone Chrome extension. Use Automa Chrome Extension Builder.
• Build, hot-reload, zip, lint. Use pnpm commands.

Who uses it and how

• Browser user run repetitive web task. Assemble block in extension.
• Data collector scrape website data. Take screenshot in workflow.
• Form worker fill form. Repeat action across site.
• Workflow creator share ready automation. Download ready automation from marketplace.
• Developer test extension locally. Load build folder in Chrome or manifest.json in Firefox.

Getting started

Install Automa from Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons; for local build, create getPassKey.js in src/utils, run pnpm install, then use pnpm dev, pnpm build, pnpm build:zip, pnpm dev:firefox, pnpm build:firefox, or pnpm lint. Load automa/build in Chrome, or load manifest.json in Firefox.

When to use it — and when not to

Use Automa when work happen inside browser and task fit block workflow, especially form fill, repetitive task, screenshot, scrape website data, or scheduled browser run. It fit user want extension workflow, not separate automation service. Less fit when task need run outside browser, because fact describe browser extension and build process, not hosted platform; mixed AGPL and commercial license plus manual load and build step require review.

export default function() {
  return 'anything-you-want';
}

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Compiles and hot-reloads for development for the chrome browser
pnpm dev

# Compiles and minifies for production for the chrome browser
pnpm build

# Create a zip file from the build folder
pnpm build:zip

# Compiles and hot-reloads for development for the firefox browser
pnpm dev:firefox

# Compiles and minifies for production for the firefox browser
pnpm build:firefox

# Lints and fixes files
pnpm lint