Built-in browser
Give a bot its own browser tab inside Murage that you can watch live and take over. On by default, on Mac, Windows and Linux.
When to use it
Use it when the job is on the web: research, filling in a form, checking a dashboard, or working in a site the bot signs in to. It's lighter and lower risk than giving a bot your whole screen, because the bot only ever sees the page in its own tab.
If the bot needs your own signed-in Chrome, see Use my Chrome. If it needs a whole desktop, see Local VM.
Where it works
- macOS, Windows and Linux: yes.
- In a browser or on your phone: no. It needs the Murage desktop app.
Some engines can't use it. The bot's settings tell you when: "This bot's current engine cannot use the built-in browser."
Switch it on
Step 1
Check the app switch
The app switch is on by default. To check it, open SettingsDevicesBuilt-in browser and find Built-in browser. The card reads "Enabled for this workspace. Each bot also has its own browser switch."
You're done when: the card reads Enabled for this workspace.
Step 2
Turn on the bot's switch
Open the bot's settings and go to Access. Turn on Browser ("Give this bot a built-in browser"). Bots start with the browser off, including bots the Chief of Staff creates and bots you import.
You're done when: the bot's Browser switch is on.
Step 3
Open the Browser tab
Open the bot's chat, choose Bot's computer at the top, and open the Browser tab.
You can also set a bot's Runs on choice to Browser, which means web pages only, with no desktop. If the browser isn't switched on yet, that choice shows Enable Browser in Settings.
You're done when: you see the bot's live page.
Watch and take over
The panel shows the live page, the address, and a status line such as Live · Bot control.
Step 1
Take control
Choose Take control to drive the page yourself. The status changes to Human control and the bot waits.
- Type a web address and choose Go to open a page.
- To type into the page, click a field, then use the box that says "Focus a page field, then type here" and choose Send text.
You're done when: the status reads Human control.
Step 2
Hand it back
Choose Return to bot to hand the page back.
If you lose connection while you're in control, you keep control until you return it. If control is held somewhere else, such as on another device, you'll see Take control here.
You're done when: the status reads Live · Bot control again.
Logins and profiles
Use the Profile menu under the page to choose where the bot's logins live:
- name's own: private to this bot. This is the default.
- A named profile you already have, such as "Work", shared by every bot you put on it.
- Guest: a clean session that's cleared when you switch away.
- Use my Chrome: your own Google Chrome. See Use my Chrome.
To rename or delete named profiles, open SettingsPhone and other devicesBrowser profiles. Deleting a profile erases its logins, storage and cache, and any bot using it goes back to its own.
You can't change profiles while the bot is mid-turn or while you hold control. Stop the turn, or return control, first.
Passwords and sensitive pages
Once you type or click in a page yourself, the bot can't use that page either. To give the bot its browser back, take control and choose Reopen blank page. The bot can also open a different page by itself.
Troubleshooting
You see
The Browser tab is missing.Do this
Check both switches: SettingsDevicesBuilt-in browser and the bot's own Browser switch under Access.
You see
The built-in browser is switched off under App Settings > Phone and other devices.Do this
Turn on Built-in browser first.
You see
The browser didn't start in time, so this turn ran without it. It'll try again next turn.Do this
Also shown as "The browser couldn't start, so this turn ran without it." The bot carries on without a browser for that turn. Send the next message and it tries again.
You see
This page was paused to free memory.Do this
Also shown as "The page stopped unexpectedly." Reopen the Browser tab.
You see
Input is catching up. Wait a moment before typing again.Do this
Pause briefly, then keep typing.
You see
Return browser control before changing profilesDo this
Also shown as "stop this bot's turn before changing its browser profile". Choose Return to bot, or stop the turn, then change the profile.