Clawpaw Helper

ClawPaw Helper connects the ClawPaw desktop app to your existing Chromium browser, so browser automation can run inside the browser session you already use.

With ClawPaw Helper enabled, ClawPaw can work with your current signed-in browser context instead of launching a separate managed browser. This makes it possible to automate websites while reusing tabs, sessions, and login state that already exist in your browser.

What ClawPaw Helper does:
- Connects securely to the local ClawPaw desktop app running on the same device
- Lets ClawPaw discover and attach to browser tabs that you choose to automate
- Enables browser automation actions such as navigation, tab selection, clicking, form filling, scrolling, page reading, screenshots, uploads, and downloads through the browser’s debugging interface
- Exposes browser targets to the ClawPaw desktop app so automation can run through a standard browser debugging connection

What ClawPaw Helper does not do:
- It does not provide a standalone web service
- It does not run browser automation by itself without the ClawPaw desktop app
- It does not automatically act on websites unless automation is initiated by the user through ClawPaw

How it works:
ClawPaw Helper runs as a Chrome extension and connects only to the local ClawPaw desktop app on your machine. When you ask ClawPaw to use the browser, the extension allows the desktop app to attach to a tab and send browser automation commands through Chrome’s debugger APIs.

Permissions:
- tabs: used to list tabs, identify the active tab, switch tabs, and attach selected tabs for automation
- debugger: used to forward browser debugging protocol commands and events required for automation, screenshots, downloads, and page interaction
- host permissions: required because ClawPaw is a general-purpose browser automation tool and may need to operate on any site you ask it to automate

ClawPaw Helper is intended for users who already use the ClawPaw desktop app and want browser automation to run in their real browser session with existing login state.