osFoundry / Platform
Browser
Built-in web browser. Maestro can read a page, extract content, or hand it to a tool.
What it is
osFoundry's Browser is a real web browser built into the desktop workspace, not a headless fetch or a screenshot bot. You open pages in it like any browser, and Maestro — osFoundry's agent — can read whatever is currently rendered, extract the parts you care about, and hand that content to a tool for the next step. Because the browser lives inside the same local-first workspace as your chat, notes, code, knowledge base, and data, there's no copy-paste shuffle between a browser tab and your AI: the page and the model are in one place.\n\nUnder the hood, Maestro works against the live, rendered page rather than raw markup. It can read the page text and a structured snapshot of what's on screen, and pull out specific content — an article body, a table, a set of prices, a section of a doc. From there it can act: navigate to a URL, click, type, hover, and fill forms, including in canvas-style web apps (spreadsheets, design tools) that ordinary automation can't touch because they paint to a canvas instead of the DOM. When a site exposes its own tools to the page, Maestro can call those too, so \"hand it to a tool\" can mean the page's own actions, not just osFoundry's. Extracted content flows straight into osFoundry: summarize it in a note, translate it, save it to your knowledge base, or feed it into an agent workflow.\n\nBecause every model in osFoundry runs on your own API keys (BYOK, no reseller markup) and the workspace is local-first, reading a page does not route your browsing through a vendor's servers — the data can stay on your device, and you pay your model provider directly with no per-seat fee. The agent is also deliberately scoped: it binds to the specific pane you point it at and does not follow or take over the tab you're actively using, so \"read this page\" always means the page you meant.
Key capabilities
- Read the open page: Maestro pulls the rendered text, structure, and a snapshot of what's actually on screen — not raw HTML you have to parse yourself
- Extract content on demand: pull an article, a table, prices, or a specific section out of a live page and drop it straight into a chat, note, or dataset
- Hand the page to a tool: pass extracted content to any osFoundry tool or workflow — summarize it, translate it, save it to knowledge, or feed it to an agent step
- Act on the page when asked: navigate, click, type, and fill forms inside the built-in webview, including canvas-based web apps that ignore ordinary automation
- Bound to one pane, never hijacks your tab: the agent reads and acts on the surface you point it at and does not follow or seize the tab you're using
Use cases
- Researcher: opens a paywalled article behind their own login and asks Maestro to read it, pull the key findings, and save them to the knowledge base without leaving the workspace
- Analyst: points Maestro at a live pricing or listings page and has it extract the table into a dataset, then feed it to an agent step for comparison
- Operator: hands a web app's own on-page tools to Maestro to fill a form or drive a canvas-based spreadsheet that ordinary browser automation can't reach
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from just pasting a URL into a chat?
Pasting a URL asks the model to go fetch and guess at a page from the outside. osFoundry's Browser reads the page as it's actually rendered in front of you — including content behind logins or JavaScript that a plain fetch never sees — and lets Maestro extract exactly the section you want and act on it, all inside your workspace.
Can Maestro click and fill forms, or only read?
Both. It reads page text and a structured snapshot, and it can navigate, click, type, hover, and submit forms in the built-in webview — including canvas-based web apps like spreadsheets and design tools that normal browser automation can't drive. It works on the pane you point it at and does not seize the tab you're using.
Where does my browsing data go when Maestro reads a page?
osFoundry is a local-first desktop app and all models run on your own API keys, so page content is read on your device and sent only to the model provider you chose. There's no osFoundry reseller layer in the middle and no per-seat fee — you bring your key and pay your provider directly.