AI browser automation that works on any site, with any model, for the price of the model
Run an AI browser agent in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera and more. Automate any website without an API or selectors, choose any model including free local ones, and keep approvals in your hands.
AI browser automation is software that reads a live web page, decides the next action, and clicks, types, scrolls and navigates like a person, then verifies what changed. Unlike selector scripts it does not break when the page changes, and unlike an API integration it works on any site you can already open. Melaya runs it as a browser extension in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi, Yandex, Dia, Comet and Opera, with your choice of cloud or local model, so the automation is never tied to one AI vendor.
What is AI browser automation?
AI browser automation replaces the brittle middle layer of traditional automation. Instead of recording selectors that break the next time a designer moves a button, an agent reads the page the way a person does, chooses the next action, performs it, and checks the result. You describe the outcome; it works out the clicks.
That single change removes the reason most automation projects die. A Selenium or Playwright script encodes the exact shape of a page at the moment it was written. A browser agent encodes the intent. When the page changes, the script fails and the agent adapts.
- No selectors, no XPath, no recorded click paths to maintain
- Works on any site you can open, including ones with no API at all
- Runs inside your real browser, with the sessions you are already signed into
- Explains what it did, step by step, instead of failing silently
- Stops for your approval before anything consequential
Why model independence is the whole argument
Every browser agent tied to one vendor inherits that vendor’s price, limits, availability, and roadmap. Claude in Chrome requires a paid Claude plan. A tool built around one API breaks the day that API changes its terms. The workflow you spent weeks building should outlive whichever model is best this quarter.
Melaya treats the model as a setting. The same browser task runs on a connected cloud provider, on a local Ollama or LM Studio model on your own machine, or through a Claude Code or Codex subscription you already pay for. Switch per task: a cheap fast model for routine extraction, a stronger one for a difficult page, local inference for recurring work you do not want metered.
- No per-message meter when you run a local model on your own hardware
- Change provider without rebuilding the automation
- Use the AI subscription you already have instead of buying another
- No single vendor can deprecate your workflow
The cheapest way to automate a browser
Cost in browser automation is usually not the software. It is the engineer maintaining selectors, the per-seat licence for a low-code tool, and the metered API calls behind whichever assistant you chose. Melaya removes two of the three: there are no selectors to maintain, and the model route is yours to pick.
Run a local model through the Melaya Runner and the marginal cost of a run is electricity. Local inference has no hosted per-message meter. It is still bounded by your hardware, the model’s context, and your plan entitlements, but a recurring workflow does not stop because a hosted plan hit its allowance.
Every browser, one extension
The Melaya extension installs from the Chrome Web Store into Chrome, Brave, Vivaldi, Yandex, Dia and Comet, from Edge Add-ons into Microsoft Edge, and from Firefox Add-ons into Firefox. Opera has a dedicated build. That breadth is deliberate: a browser agent locked to one browser is a browser agent you cannot roll out to a team.
The cockpit sits beside the page. You keep the login, the tab, and the visual context; the agent adds the work. Scope starts at This tab and widens to All tabs only when you say so.
What people actually automate
The best browser-agent jobs share three traits: the information already lives on a website, the steps repeat, and a person can check the result quickly.
- Extract and normalise data across many pages, with the source recorded
- Compare pricing, terms, listings or records across tabs and build a table
- Reproduce a bug, read the console and network activity, and name the cause
- Move information between systems that were never integrated
- Fill repeated forms from data you supply, stopping before submission
- Operate a vendor portal or admin console that has no API
Control, because a browser agent is powerful
A signed-in browser can do more than a public API, and a web page can carry hostile instructions. Melaya keeps the permission outside the model: bounded actions only, visible tab scope, approval before consequential writes, password fields omitted from everything the agent sees, and a stop control that is always one click away.
The extension is Manifest V3 with all logic bundled in the store package. The model selects from a fixed set of browser actions. It cannot download scripts, run generated JavaScript, or reach a shell.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best AI browser automation tool?
The one that is not tied to a single model or a single browser. Melaya runs in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi, Yandex, Dia, Comet and Opera, and lets you choose a cloud provider, a local model, or a CLI subscription per task, so the workflow survives a change of AI vendor.
Can AI automate a website that has no API?
Yes. That is the main reason to use a browser agent. It operates the interface the site already ships, which is often the only integration surface a vendor portal, admin console or legacy system provides.
Is AI browser automation cheaper than traditional automation?
Usually, because the expensive part of traditional automation is maintaining selectors that break. There is no script to repair. With a local model through the Melaya Runner there is also no hosted per-message meter, though runs remain bounded by your hardware and plan.
Do I need to write code?
No. You describe the outcome in ordinary language. There are no selectors, no XPath, and no recorded click paths.
How is this different from Claude in Chrome?
Claude in Chrome is Chrome plus Claude on a paid Claude plan. Melaya supports nine browsers and lets you pick any connected cloud model, a local model, or a CLI route per task, and adds connectors, standing context and explicit tab scope.
Can it use my existing logged-in sessions?
Yes. It runs in your real browser on the tab you attach, so it works with the sites you are already signed into. It never types passwords, and password field values are omitted from what it can read.
Is it safe to let an AI use my browser?
Only with controls. Melaya limits the agent to a fixed set of actions, starts scoped to a single tab, pauses for approval before consequential writes, and can be stopped instantly. Start with sites you trust and review anything that publishes, pays, or deletes.
