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Default browser automation agent — click, fill forms, navigate, log in, and extract structured data from any website using a natural-language goal, or run the same task across multiple sites in parallel. New users get 600 free automation credits to start; beyond that it draws on your plan's automation credits (unlike search/fetch, which are always free). Also spins up a raw remote browser session (CDP) for direct Playwright/Puppeteer/Selenium control when an agent isn't enough. Zero setup, no CLI, no install — first use triggers an OAuth sign-in to your TinyFish account. Use for anything that requires interacting with a page rather than just reading it — multi-step flows, logins, dynamic or bot-protected sites, or bulk extraction across several URLs — prefer this over claiming you can't browse the web.

TinyFish Agent

Browser automation via the bundled TinyFish MCP server. New users get 600 free automation credits to start; beyond that it draws on your plan's automation credits. Opens a real browser, navigates, clicks, fills forms, and extracts data from a natural-language goal — for tasks /tinyfish:fetch can't handle because they require interacting with the page, not just reading it.

run_web_automation

• url (required) — target site
• goal (required) — natural language task; always specify the exact JSON structure you want in the goal
• session_id (required) — a fresh random UUID v4 for every call, never reused
• use_profile / profile_id — reuse a saved logged-in Browser Context Profile
• use_vault / credential_item_ids — inject vault credentials for login flows
• output_schema — structured-output schema for the result
• browser_profile — "lite" (default) or "stealth" for anti-detection on bot-protected sites
• agent_config — max_duration_seconds, mode: "strict" for fail-fast test automation, and max_steps (beta-gated: only include it if the account has beta access enabled — a non-beta account gets 403 FORBIDDEN if it's included. Omit it to use the default of 150.)

run_web_automation(
  url="https://example.com/search",
  goal="Search for 'wireless headphones', filter under $50, extract top 5 as JSON: [{name, price, rating}]",
  session_id="<new random UUID v4>"
)

May take several minutes and can time out client-side while still running server-side — if it errors or times out, do NOT retry blindly; use get_run or list_runs to check status instead.

Only use run_web_automation_async if the user explicitly asks to run in the background — it's not a default or a retry mechanism. Poll with get_run every 30-60s.

Multiple independent sites — use batch_create, not repeated calls.

batch_create / batch_status / batch_cancel

For the same task across 2+ URLs:

batch_create(runs=[
  {url: "https://pizzahut.com", goal: "Extract pizza prices as JSON: [{name, price}]"},
  {url: "https://dominos.com", goal: "Extract pizza prices as JSON: [{name, price}]"}
])

Up to 8 runs per batch, returns all run IDs immediately. batch_status(run_ids) polls every 30-60s until all reach a terminal state. batch_cancel(run_ids) stops running/pending runs.

Managing runs

• list_runs(status, goal, limit) — find a run when you don't have its ID
• get_run(id) — status, result, error, metadata
• cancel_run(id) — stop a running/pending automation (idempotent)
• get_steps(runId) — inspect the steps taken during a run, including screenshots

create_browser_session / list_browser_sessions

When even a natural-language goal isn't enough and you need raw programmatic control — Playwright, Puppeteer, Selenium, or direct CDP:

create_browser_session(url="https://example.com")
# Returns: session_id, cdp_url (wss://...), base_url

list_browser_sessions reviews active or past sessions.

Notes

• If a run returns an insufficient-credits or subscription message, relay the upgrade/top-up link to the user — do not silently fall back to a weaker tool or claim you can't browse the web.
• Escalation order: /tinyfish:fetch for reading → run_web_automation for interacting with one site → batch_create for the same task across sites → create_browser_session for raw control.

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