Tab Automation
Automations for the tabs you leave open.
Keep a dashboard or queue current while you work in another tab, or walk matching links one by one in the same tab. This Chrome auto refresh extension runs the timer and steps you choose from the side panel, on this computer.
Tab Automation
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ActivityHow it works
Choose the open page you need to keep current or work through, describe what should happen, then leave the automation running in the side panel.
Choose the tab that needs work
Leave the dashboard, queue, or link list open. The Chrome toolbar action titled Tab Automation opens the side panel.
Describe the outcome
Select New Automation, then pick that tab in Add New Automation. Its URL becomes Go To Web Page. Add only the steps the job needs.
Start it and keep working
For a timer, add Refresh Page and set Repeat. For a queue, add For Each Link on Page. Select Start; the assigned tab stays the place where the work runs.
Keep one page current or work a list
The preview shows both jobs: a Hacker News page that reloads and checks a condition, and a GitHub pull-request queue that opens matching links in one tab. See the real side-panel screens.
Return to a current dashboard
Leave the page open, add Refresh Page, and set the Repeat wait. The timer can reload a background tab while you work elsewhere. It does not decide by itself when a page is stale.
Process a queue in one tab
For Each Link on Page collects matching http(s) URLs and opens each one in the assigned tab before running its inner steps. The next URL starts when those steps finish; a Repeat wait applies between complete passes, not between links.
Build only the steps the job needs
Need a specific action? The product reference covers every Add Step item, plus Values, Repeat, and Activity. Open any step page for how it works and the guides that use it.
For Each Link on Page
Run the same inner steps on each matching http(s) URL.
Click Element
Click a button, link, checkbox, or tab you pick.
Refresh Page
Reload the current page, with optional Bypass cache.
Scroll Page
Scroll to the top, bottom, by a distance, or to an element.
Go To Web Page
Open a saved http(s) URL in the same tab.
Type Text
Fill a picked input, with optional text from a saved value.
Wait / Delay
Pause for a duration or wait Until a page condition is true.
If / Else
Choose which steps run from a page, URL, text, or saved-value check.
Save value
Store element text under a Values name for later steps.
Take a Screenshot
Download a PNG of the visible page in the automation tab.
Send Alert
Notify you on the desktop or with sound when this step runs.
Values
Declare names for data that later steps save or reuse.
Repeat
Run the graph again after an optional End wait. It never reloads.
Activity
Review each local run session and its step outcomes.
Inside the side panel
Check the real interface before setting anything up: the automation list, a timer, a link walk, Wait Until, Values, and Activity.
Control the work as it runs
See what is happening, change course, and review the result without leaving the side panel.
Branch now or wait for later
If / Else checks once when the runner reaches it, then follows Then or Else. Wait Until keeps polling for a match or element change until its timeout, then the flow continues.
Start, pause, restart
Control one automation, or use Pause All and Resume All. Restart begins again; Resume retries the same item. If the tab closes, use Restore when you are ready to reopen it.
Desktop alerts
Send Alert fires a desktop notification and optional sound when that step runs. Place it in an If / Else branch or after Wait Until. Repeat alerts for Each cycle and When it stops stay off until you enable them.
Stays on this computer
Automations persist in chrome.storage.local, and timers use Chrome alarms. Every automation card includes Activity, a local session log from Start to stop.
Built with boundaries
Tab Automation follows the page, timing, and steps you choose. It does not guess what matters, sync the automation elsewhere, or run after Chrome quits.
No cloud or device sync
Nothing is sent to this website.
No browsing history
It does not read browsing history. The tabs permission sees open-tab URL, title, and favicon. Scripting reads only elements you pick.
You pick what to watch
Wait Until and element conditions use the element you pick. Repeat can be off or stop after a set number of cycles.
Not after Chrome quits
Timers do not fire after you quit the browser. Firefox and Safari are not supported.
Some pages cannot be reloaded
Chrome UI pages, extension pages, and the Chrome Web Store cannot be reloaded.
Version 1
One payment for Version 1. Every later 1.x build stays with this purchase. A Version 2, if we ship one, is a separate purchase.
One-time purchase
$29
- Every later 1.x build stays with this purchase
- The Version 1 graph: Refresh Page and Repeat, For Each Link, Wait Until, and If / Else
- Values, screenshots, desktop alerts, and Activity
- Automations stay on this computer
Honest boundaries
No cloud or device sync. Firefox and Safari are not supported. Timers do not fire after Chrome quits.
Guides for common tab jobs
Set up a dashboard timer, understand background-tab reloads, or walk a queue of matching links in one tab.