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300 areas/350 AI/AI Tools to try.md

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 | Extension | Command / Tool | Strategy | Context Footprint | Live Auth Session? |
 | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
 | **`pi-browser-harness`** | `/browser-setup` | Accessibility Tree (AX) over direct CDP | Minimal | **Yes** (Uses your active Chrome profile) |
-| **`pi-agent-browser-native`** | `agent_browser` | Native wrapper for `agent-browser` | Optimized / Compact | Isolated Profile (Saves cookies) |
+| **`pi-agent-browser-native`** (`@picassio/...`) | `agent_browser` | Native wrapper for `agent-browser` CLI | Optimized / Compact | Isolated Profile (Saves cookies) |
-| **`@amaster.ai/pi-browser-use`** | `browser_` tools | Multi-tab script automation (`browser-use`) | Moderate | Isolated Session |
+| **`@amaster.ai/pi-browser-use`** | `browser_` tools | Wraps official **Chrome DevTools MCP** (`chrome-devtools-mcp`), `browser_` prefix | Moderate | Isolated default; **can attach to running Chrome** |
-| **`pi-textbrowser`** | `text_browser` | DOM to Compressed Markdown / Text | **Ultra-Low** | No |
+| **`@bytesbrains/pi-textbrowser`** | `text_browser` | Headless DOM + OCR text maps (no image tokens) | **Ultra-Low** | No |
+| **`camofox-browser`** (via `@askjo/camofox-browser-mcp` or `camofox-web-search-pi`) | `camofox_*` tools | Standalone anti-detection browser server (Camoufox/Firefox fork) — REST API :9377 | Low (AX snapshots) | Cookie import + persisted sessions; VNC login |
+
+> **Verified 2026-09-08:** `pi-textbrowser` (old name) was **unpublished from npm 2026-07-21**; same project lives on as **`@bytesbrains/pi-textbrowser`**. Matrix updated to reflect real, currently-installable packages.
 
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+### 🦊 Option C: `camofox-browser` (Stealth Scraping / Bot-Walled Sites)
+Use this if you need access to pages that block normal playwright/headless browsers (Cloudflare challenges, bot detection) — e.g. heavy research scraping, YouTube transcripts, price/product research.
+
+- **What it is:** a standalone REST server (localhost:9377) wrapping **Camoufox** — a Firefox fork with C++-level fingerprint spoofing. *10.4K stars, MIT, very active (v1.14.0 Aug 2026 / npm 2.4.7), created Jan 2026 (young project).*
+- **Not a pi-native tool by default** — it's a server you run (npm/Docker/Fly/Railway), then reach from agents via its MCP server (`@askjo/camofox-browser-mcp`) or REST. There is a small Pi extension (`camofox-web-search-pi`) for the web-search side.
+- **Notable features:** accessibility snapshots ~90% smaller than HTML, stable element refs (`e1`, `e2`…), session isolation + persistence (`~/.camofox/profiles/`), Netscape cookie import for authenticated sites, VNC interactive login, YouTube transcripts (no API key), 15 search macros (`@google_search`, `@youtube_search`, `@amazon_search`, `@reddit_subreddit`…), screenshots, proxy + GeoIP, structured JSON extraction, Playwright traces, OpenAPI docs.
+- **NixOS:** explicit `CAMOUFOX_EXECUTABLE=/nix/store/.../camoufox-bin` support; otherwise postinstall auto-fetches the Camoufox binary. **Docker is the cleanest route on NixOS.**
+- **Caveats (assessed):** young + fast-growing repo (hype factor), ~200MB Camoufox binary, **crash telemetry ON by default** (anonymized, posts GitHub issues; opt-out `CAMOFOX_CRASH_REPORT_ENABLED=false`), 131 open issues, and it's a marketing vehicle for the "jo" AI agent. Overkill unless you actually hit bot walls.
+
+```bash
+# Option C quickstart (Docker — cleanest on NixOS)
+cd camofox-browser && make up          # clone https://github.com/jo-inc/camofox-browser
+# connect from pi via MCP:
+# npx @askjo/camofox-browser-mcp  (stdio MCP server proxying :9377)
+```
+
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