Lynx Helper

Connect Lynx to your signed-in Chromium browser for automation and information access.

Lynx Helper connects the Lynx Agent desktop app to your existing Chromium browser, so browser automation can run inside the browser session you already use. With Lynx Helper enabled, Lynx 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 Lynx Helper does: - Connects securely to the local Lynx desktop app running on the same device - Lets Lynx 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 Lynx desktop app so automation can run through a standard browser debugging connection What Lynx Helper does not do: - It does not provide a standalone web service - It does not run browser automation by itself without the Lynx desktop app - It does not automatically act on websites unless automation is initiated by the user through Lynx How it works: Lynx Helper runs as a Chrome extension and connects only to the local Lynx desktop app on your machine. When you ask Lynx 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 Lynx is a general-purpose browser automation tool and may need to operate on any site you ask it to automate Lynx Helper is intended for users who already use the Lynx desktop app and want browser automation to run in their real browser session with existing login state.