AI dictionary

Browser Use

An agent pattern that operates a real browser (clicking, typing, and reading pages) to complete tasks on the open web.

Plain English

The agent drives Chrome like a person would, not just calls an API.

Example

A research agent opens vendor docs, fills a form, and extracts pricing tables from authenticated pages.

Why it matters

Many workflows still live only in UIs; browser use bridges agents to software that has no clean API.