Tab Automation is controlled from Chrome’s side panel. Pick an open tab, arrange the steps that should run, configure Repeat, and click Start.
For details about any control, use the steps reference. It covers every Add Step item, plus Values, Repeat, and Activity.
Create an automation
Click New Automation in the dock. The Add New Automation sheet lists open, reloadable tabs across Chrome windows. The tab you pick becomes Go To Web Page.
Every automation is one graph. A simple timer uses Refresh Page and Repeat. A link walk uses For Each Link on Page with steps inside Each Link.
Add Step inserts the actions that run on that page, in this menu order:
- For Each Link on Page — collect matching http(s) URLs and run the inner steps on each
- Click Element — click a picked button, link, checkbox, or tab
- Refresh Page — reload whichever page this tab is on
- Scroll Page — move to the top, the bottom, by a distance, or to a picked element
- Go To Web Page — open a saved http(s) URL in the same tab
- Type Text — fill a picked input
- Wait / Delay — pause for a duration or wait Until a page condition is true
- If / Else — compare a value, then run Then or Else
- Save value — read an element into a Values name
- Take a Screenshot — download a PNG of the visible page
- Send Alert — desktop notification and sound when this step runs
Values is the sheet section above Steps, not an Add Step item. Repeat is the End bookend. Activity is the run log on each automation card.
Click Save to keep an automation without starting it, or Start to begin the graph.
Read and control a run
Each automation row shows its current phase and the controls available for that state. Use Pause, Resume, or Restart for one automation. The bulk controls are Pause All, Resume All, and Remove All.
Open Activity to inspect the current or earlier run: collection, target, step, cycle, and watch outcomes are recorded there. If an assigned tab closes, Restore can reopen its saved URL.
The masthead gear opens Settings. Its Screenshot folder field controls the Downloads subfolder used by Take a Screenshot.
Choose a workflow guide
- Auto refresh one Chrome tab
- Auto refresh multiple tabs
- Keep a dashboard current
- Reload a background tab
- Walk through matching links
- Choose auto refresh or page monitoring
- Fix Chrome notification alerts
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