One way to boost your productivity and streamline your tasks is by leveraging the power of Chrome extensions with TaskMagic. While this feature may be unofficial, its potential to enhance your workflow is undeniable. (see steps below)

To begin integrating Chrome extensions with TaskMagic, the first step is to navigate to your settings and access the Chrome profile settings. By creating a dedicated profile with the necessary configurations, such as cookies and preferences, you pave the way for adding Chrome extensions seamlessly.

When selecting Chrome extensions to complement TaskMagic, it's crucial to opt for ones that do not require direct interaction. Extensions that alter website functionalities, like adding buttons or modifying layouts, are ideal for automation purposes. By ensuring compatibility between TaskMagic and the chosen extensions, you set the stage for a more streamlined workflow.

Adding extensions to your Chrome profile is a straightforward process. After creating a new Chrome profile, navigate to the Chrome Web Store and choose extensions that align with your automation needs. Once added to your profile, these extensions can be pinned for easy access and customization, all within the dedicated Chrome window.

During task automations, having the selected Chrome extensions integrated with TaskMagic proves invaluable. While TaskMagic itself may not directly interact with these extensions, their presence in the browser window allows for seamless recording of clicks and interactions within the specified parameters. This synergy between TaskMagic and Chrome extensions optimizes the automation process for enhanced efficiency.

To address limitations regarding headless automations and Chrome extensions, leveraging visual automation settings becomes essential. By configuring your automation settings to always show the browser window, you ensure that Chrome extensions remain accessible during task executions. This adjustment not only guarantees compatibility but also enhances the overall performance of your automated workflows.

While utilizing Chrome extensions with TaskMagic offers unparalleled efficiency, it's important to note the trade-offs involved. In scenarios where headless automations are incompatible with Chrome extensions, opting to display the browser window becomes a necessary compromise. This choice balances functionality with visibility, ensuring seamless execution of automated tasks without sacrificing performance.

By incorporating Chrome extensions into your TaskMagic workflows, you unlock a new level of efficiency and productivity. With the right extensions, proper setup, and strategic configurations, you can revolutionize the way you approach task automations. Streamline your processes, maximize your output, and embrace a more efficient workflow with the combined power of Chrome extensions and TaskMagic.

Step 1- Click on New Automation

Step 2-Click on Setting- Click on Chrome Profile Setting

Step 3- Click on Launch Icon

Step 4- Go to Chrome extention store and add it in the browser address

Step 5- Click on the Icon and pin it

Step 6- Click on Screen Settings-Click on alsays shwo browser when running—Click on Save

Step 7- To turn on this automation— Click on Turn On-Click on Turn on from Desktop

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Okay, so this is a little bit more of an unofficial feature, but if you go to your settings and then chrome profile settings, and you set up one of your profiles here with cookies and things like that, Um, you'll also be able to add Chrome extensions. So what's important here is that we only use Chrome extensions that we are not required to interact with that Chrome extension.

So what I mean by that is some Chrome extensions will change something on the page. For example, some users have Facebook Chrome extensions that will add a button to the page that says, says like message all users. Um, there's some things that manipulate the website so that you have a new button to click.

If that's the scenario that you have, that's a Chrome extension that task magic should support. In your automation. So the way that we add an extension to our profile is we first create that Chrome profile again, settings, and then Chrome profiles, and then clicking new Chrome profile. Then we can click this launch browser icon, which is going to open up that Chrome window with this profile.

This is a fully customizable Chrome window with all of the settings that Chrome normally has, which means that you can also add extensions here. So, we can go to the Chrome extension store by pasting in chromewebstore. google. com and then I'm just going to pick a random, I don't know which one, let's do this one.

We can add this one to our. Chrome profile, and then again, pin it the same way that we normally would. Uh, maybe now you do any customization or setup that you need, and this is all going to again, be saved in this Chrome window. What matters now is when you start an automation, I'll go ahead and completely close this window.

When I start an automation with that profile. Let me go ahead and connect it really quick. Then I will have that Chrome extension added to the browser while I'm recording again. So we can see that here again, what's important here is task. Magic is not able to interact with this Chrome extension. So you will not be able to record a click of clicking this and then clicking on an option inside of here.

You're only going to be able to record clicks inside of the browser. So again, We're depending on this extension to be adding information to the browser that you're wanting to interact with. Now, one very important, um, feature to be aware of when you're using this that you'll no longer be able to use is headless.

Automations will not be able to use the Chrome extensions. Um, they are very much in an experimental state, so they're expected not to work right now. Uh, the way that you can counteract this is if I click exit recording and then I click screen settings in my automation, I can make sure that I always show the browser by clicking this option and then I click save.

Now, if I was to turn this automation on from desktop, since that, uh, always, uh, Show browser feature is not available on cloud. If I turn this on from desktop, it's going to launch that Chrome window when my automation is running. So it will have access to that Chrome extension. Um, and we do not need to do anything still.

The only caveat is the browser is going to be visible, so it might pop up in the middle of your workday. Um, however, you do not need to interact with it. You can simply minimize it. And the browser will continue running. You can also let that just be in the background of your desktop. It just as a window, you don't need to interact with it.

Just needs to show the browser. Otherwise the Chrome extensions will not work.