What an agent can do in the Mac browser window

Besides browsing, an agent in the Mac browser window can read console messages and requests, pick from dropdowns, upload files, wait for the page and answer dialogs.

Updated November 3, 2026

An agent driving the browser window on your Mac can also read what the page logs, pick from dropdowns, upload files, wait for the page and answer dialogs.

  • Console and network requests. The agent can read the shown tab's console messages, uncaught errors and requests since it started using that tab: method, address, status, type and any failure. Headers and bodies are not read. The newest 500 entries are kept.
  • Dropdowns. The agent can pick an option by its value or visible text.
  • File uploads. The agent can put up to 10 files from your Mac in a page's upload field, up to 100 MB each. The question names each file and the site. An upload runs without asking only where you already allowed the site and the folders the files are in. Protected folders are refused.
  • Waiting. The agent can wait up to 30 seconds for text or an element to appear or disappear.
  • Dialogs. While a page shows an alert, confirm or prompt, the agent must accept or dismiss it before doing anything else on that page.

Where: Mac app, in the browser window an agent is using.

Good to know: for saving files, see Let an agent download page files on your Mac. For a tab in your own Chrome, see Let an agent act in your own Chrome tab. Related: Browser logins on the Mac app, What is computer use?.

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