Best Way to Automate Work in Google Chrome
Patrick Bushe · May 1, 2026
Match the tool to the job. Chrome's Autofill and password manager handle forms and logins; Settings > On startup opens your usual pages every morning; integration services such as Zapier connect web apps; and free browser automation extensions such as Automa (open source, with drag-and-drop blocks) or UI.Vision RPA (record and replay), handle repetitive clicking and typing. Patrick Bushe's AutoBrowser covers one more: cycling through a set of bookmarked pages on a timer, for dashboards or hands-free reading.
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