Claude for Chrome

Claude for Chrome is Anthropic's browser agent: a side panel extension that lets Claude navigate, click buttons, and fill forms on real pages, pairing with Claude Code, Cowork, and Claude Desktop so browser work feeds directly into coding, documents, and analysis. Third party analysis of the extension documents a recording to workflow system: user actions are captured (DOM snapshots and mouse events via rrweb), optionally narrated by voice, and converted into reusable parameterized shortcuts that can be scheduled for recurring daily, weekly, monthly, or annual execution, with external MCP server connections and a native messaging bridge to the local Claude Desktop or CLI. Safety is the product's signature: permission is required for high risk actions, site level access is user managed, an ask before acting mode is available, and Anthropic launched deliberately slowly (a 1,000 user Max research preview in August 2025) while publishing prompt injection defenses that significantly reduced attack success; first party materials still label the beta a feature with unique risks requiring alertness. It drives the browser at CDP level through the chrome.debugger API, and model access varies by plan, with higher tiers choosing among Anthropic models by task complexity. Indexed under the incumbent ruling as a named, independently installable, documented product; graded from retrieved evidence like any vendor.