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actionbook/actionbook

Let your AI agent get the sources behind logins and paywalls. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/actionbook/actionbook · homepage · Rust · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

74/100

  • Activity 97
  • Release rhythm 77
  • Longevity 17
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 0.0
  • age_days: 248
  • days_rel: 72
  • days_push: 21
  • n_releases_24m: 83

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1584 stars · 118 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Actionbook is an AI agent that lives in a Chrome side panel and operates websites on your behalf, reading data behind logins and paywalls and delivering finished work like reports, CSVs, and drafts. It pairs a remote MCP connector with a Chrome extension, using action manuals to drive direct API calls with UI automation fallback, and supports saving repeatable workflows as Recipes.

Use cases

  • have an AI agent collect data from websites behind my logins
  • automate filling forms and operating web apps I use daily
  • scrape taglines from 200 company websites quickly
  • extract data from paywalled or login-walled pages into a CSV
  • run browser automation tasks in parallel across many tabs
  • save a web workflow as a reusable recipe and rerun it with new inputs
  • connect my AI coding agent to websites via MCP

When to choose

  • you want an AI agent that works inside your browser with your existing sessions and logins
  • you need faster, more resilient web automation than snapshot-based agents on SPAs and virtual DOM sites
  • you want to expose websites to AI agents through an MCP connector
  • you need to run many web tasks concurrently across tabs

When to avoid

  • you need a headless or server-side scraping solution without a browser
  • you only need simple HTTP API integrations with no UI automation
  • you require fully open-source self-hosting without any hosted credits or accounts
  • you need automation outside the Chrome browser, e.g. desktop apps or mobile

Facets

application · maturity active

agent-framework browser-extension web-scraping workflow-automation mcp developer-tools browser-extensions web-development developer-tools browser rust cross-platform browser-automation chrome-extension mcp-connector ai-browser-agent web-agent recipes login-handling side-panel-agent ai-agents automation

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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