pi-chrome, patched to drive a signed-in browser on another host through a broker, with an MCP server https://git.soarez.net/sz/sz-chrome-remote-extension.git/atom?h=master 2026-11-14T09:15:34+00:00 2026-11-14T09:15:34+00:00 Igor Soarez igor@soarez.org 2026-11-14T09:15:15+00:00 urn:sha1:a76fbc3b9b82038ab44c04d6379cc2d45e5cecd8 Measured in Brave on 2026-11-14: an inactive tab takes trusted CDP clicks, key presses, text and mouse moves, and Page.captureScreenshot renders it live. Only mouseWheel hangs, waiting for a frame. The upstream guard that refused input to every hidden page was wrong for inactive tabs, and it is what made a window per session look necessary. - New sessions' tabs open inactive in the user's last focused window, in the session's tab group; a window is created only when none is open. - New groups start collapsed, unless their tab is the one showing, and expand when a tab in them is brought forward. Existing groups keep the user's setting. - Input is refused up front only in a minimized window (untested there). - chrome_scroll scrolls hidden pages by script instead of the wheel. - Focus emulation on attach, so blur-sensitive menus stay open. - Background mode is off by default. Calls still default to background; background:false or chrome_tab activate brings a tab forward. - Agent guidance, tool descriptions and docs say so.