Syntic can now work alongside you in the browser, in your context, on your actual work. The Employee sees what you see, clicks what needs clicking, and shares the cognitive load of digital work. This guide helps you delegate the right jobs, build effective workflows, and get the most out of the browser surface.
Syntic for Chrome is available for paid-plan users on the Chrome web browser.
Important: browser use lets the dispatched Agent interact directly with websites on your behalf, which carries inherent risk. Please review Using Syntic for Chrome Safely before use.
How Syntic understands your browser
The Chrome extension brings the AI Employee directly into your web workflow. The dispatched Agent operates in your browser with your permissions, your logins, and your context to take action in the sites you use every day.
- Visual intelligence — Syntic sees your browser and recognizes the interface the same way you do, through buttons, forms, navigation menus, and content areas.
- Contextual understanding — Syntic understands what buttons on the page do. It knows that "Archive" in Gmail removes emails from the inbox, that "Share" in documents grants others access, that fields labeled "Email" expect email addresses.
- Tab-group awareness — Syntic sees and works across all tabs in the same tab group, providing larger context for its workflows. The Agent can reference information and coordinate actions across multiple tabs.
- Persistent work across tabs — Syntic continues working when you switch tabs. Start a research run, jump to email to handle something urgent, and Syntic keeps gathering as long as Chrome is open. Turn on notifications and Syntic pings you when it needs permission or the job is done.
Note: Syntic holds context within a single dispatched run but doesn't remember across sessions.
What makes a good browser job
Not every browser activity suits dispatching to the extension. A few examples to help you pick the right surface for the job:
Ideal for Syntic for Chrome:
- Taking action on specific websites — filling forms, clicking buttons, navigating interfaces, making changes to live pages
- Executing well-defined workflows using shortcuts you've created, repeating proven processes
- Specific, targeted information gathering behind a login or using your permissions
Ideal for Integrations:
- Exploratory research where you don't know exactly where to look and need the Employee to discover relevant sources
- Complex synthesis across many sources — reports that pull from dozens of articles, academic research with extensive citations
Better handled yourself:
- One-time tasks that are faster to do than explain — single clicks, simple copy-paste, quick edits
- Highly subjective decisions requiring nuanced judgment
- Learning through doing — exploring new tools or understanding a workflow firsthand
Repeat effective workflows with shortcuts
Once you have a workflow that runs reliably, or you find yourself repeating the same request, save it as a shortcut. From then on, type / to select the shortcut and trigger the workflow instantly.
Record a workflow to create a shortcut
Teach Syntic by demonstration. Click the cursor icon in the menu bar or type / in the chat bar and select 'Record workflow'. Perform the task, clicking, typing, and narrating, while Syntic watches your screen and listens to your voice. When you finish, Syntic generates a shortcut: a name, a prompt describing what you did, and the starting URL.
Convert a conversation to a shortcut
If you've completed a workflow across several chats, click Convert to task in the conversation header to save it as a repeatable shortcut.
Save a prompt as a shortcut
If you've already sent a well-crafted prompt in chat, hover over it to reveal an icon that lets you save it directly as a shortcut.
Schedule recurring tasks using shortcuts
Once a workflow runs reliably — whether from a recording or a saved shortcut — schedule it to run automatically. When creating or editing a shortcut, toggle on Schedule. Choose the frequency, set the date and time, and pick which Syntic AI tier to use. Syntic dispatches the workflow at the specified time and notifies you when it's done or needs input.
Good candidates for scheduling:
- Email cleanup — archive promotional emails and flag items needing response
- Data extraction that pulls weekly metrics from dashboards that don't offer exports
- Calendar planning — flag which meetings need prep for the upcoming week and pull the details
Additional shortcuts to try:
Taking action:
/vendor-application: Fill out this vendor application using information from our company info document. Pause before submitting for my review./inbox-cleanup: Go through my mail inbox: archive emails from these senders [list], star anything mentioning deadlines, delete obvious spam. Tell me what you archived and what needs my attention.
Research jobs:
/competitor-scan: Visit [competitor website]. Check: latest blog posts, pricing page updates, careers section for new roles. Note anything new or changed. Summarize in a brief./restaurant-finder: Search [food delivery site] for [cuisine type] restaurants. Filter by rating above 4 stars, check menus for [dietary preference]. Show me top 3 options with prices.
Communication prep:
/email-batch-draft: For unread emails tagged "needs response": draft replies maintaining my usual tone. Don't send, just stage them for my review. Note which ones need more context from me./stakeholder-map: For each person in this meeting invite: look up their professional background, note their role, identify their likely priorities, find recent posts/articles. Create a pre-meeting brief.
Setting yourself up for success
A few limits of the browser surface that are useful to know.
Permission confirmations
Visit our help center to see which actions Syntic always asks permission for, regardless of your settings.
Reduced functionality
Syntic for Chrome is "pure Syntic" without the extended platform features like Projects, MCP tool connections, or memory between sessions.
Blocked sites
For safety, Syntic cannot access financial-services, adult-content, or pirated-content sites.
Ready to practice?
Syntic in your browser is an early step in our work on AI that handles increasingly complex workflows where you do them. Try our interactive demo to build confidence before working with real jobs.