[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":338},["ShallowReactive",2],{"help-category-\u002Fsettings\u002Fbrowser-automation-settings":3,"help-article-\u002Fsettings\u002Fbrowser-automation-settings":4,"related-articles-\u002Fsettings\u002Fbrowser-automation-settings":144},[],{"id":5,"title":6,"body":7,"category":129,"description":130,"draft":131,"extension":132,"meta":133,"navigation":134,"order":135,"path":136,"relatedArticles":137,"seo":138,"slug":139,"stem":140,"updatedAt":141,"__hash__":142,"excerpt":130,"searchText":143},"help\u002Fhelp\u002Fsettings\u002F06.browser-automation-settings.md","Browser automation settings",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":119},"minimark",[10,19,26,31,34,38,44,47,51,56,60,71,75,78,82,85],[11,12,13,14,18],"p",{},"Browser automation settings control the local browser engine that agents use when running browser tasks. 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