Key takeaways
- Some work only happens on the page. Much of a store's daily work has no API or ready-made connector. For AI to help, it has to be able to use the page the way you do.
- You see every step. Each click and each entry happens on the real page, and you can watch it live in OperaX.
- Take over at any time. If something looks off, click Take control. The AI stops and you carry on.
- Your logins stay on your computer. No handing over passwords, and no signing in again on someone else's server.
Some work only happens on the page
A store team spends much of the day inside seller dashboards: changing prices, listing and delisting products, joining campaigns, replying to creators, downloading reports. Some of this has an official API. A lot of it doesn't, or the API covers only part of the job.
An AI that can only call APIs gets stuck right there. So we gave OperaX a second way to work: in your own browser, on the pages you already use, the same way you would.
You can see it, so you can trust it
"The AI changed my prices" is hard to feel good about if you can't see how. With Local Browser, every action happens on the real page. You can watch the AI scroll, click and type from inside OperaX, and the result shows up on the page the moment it's done. Nothing happens in a black box.
If something looks off, click Take control. The AI stops acting right away and you carry on yourself. When you're done, disconnect from OperaX or from the extension. Incognito tabs and the browser's own settings pages are never part of it.
Your logins stay on your computer
Another common approach is a cloud browser: a browser running on someone else's server, where you sign in to your store again. That means your session lives on their machine, and a login from an unfamiliar server can easily trigger the platform's security checks.
Local Browser works the other way round. The AI comes to your browser, so your logins stay where they already are. The extension doesn't read or export your saved cookies, passwords or browsing history. When the AI needs to understand a page, it looks at that page's text or a screenshot, and only for the task you gave it. Data from the extension isn't used to train general-purpose AI models.
| API only | Cloud browser | Local Browser | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work without an API | No | Yes | Yes |
| Where you're signed in | — | Their server | Your computer |
| See each step | No | Sometimes | Yes |
| Take over mid-task | No | Sometimes | Yes |
How to use it
- Install the extension. Add OperaX Local Browser to Chrome or a compatible browser.
- Connect it. Pair the browser with your OperaX workspace. Give it a name so you can tell browsers apart.
- Ask as usual. Pick a tab, or just say what you want done, like "set Hero Serum to $89.99 before Black Friday".
- Watch or step in. Follow along in OperaX, click Take control whenever you like, and disconnect when you're done.
APIs stay the first choice whenever they exist: they're faster and steadier. Local Browser covers the rest, so the AI can follow the work all the way to the last click.
About this research
Figures come from OperaX internal data and estimates, aggregated and rounded to show the pattern.