# Let Plexii work on a web page

> Ask Plexii to read, scroll, follow links or fill in a web page for you, one visible step at a time, with a running cost and a Stop button.

Source: https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-browse
Section: Plexii assistant > Agents and browsing
Plans: Pro and Team plans
Updated: 2026-10-15

Plexii can work on a web page for you inside PlexiDesk's browser. Tell it what you want, such as "summarise this article", "pull the price list into a table" or "find five alternatives to this product", and it drives the page itself: reading, scrolling, following links, searching and filling in forms. You watch every step as it happens, see what it is costing, and can stop it at any moment.

## Before you start

- **Pro and Team plans** include Plexii browsing for you.
- **Plexii needs AI to run.** See [AI credits and where your AI runs](https://plexiidesk.com/help/ai-credits).
- **Plexii asks before it acts on a new site.** Reading a page needs no permission. The first time Plexii wants to click or type on a site, it asks you. See [Allow, limit or revoke Plexii on websites](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-browsing-consent).

## Start Plexii on a page

Plexii works in PlexiDesk's own browser, on the page you can see. Use either:

- **The Browser in Office.** Open **Office** and choose **Browser**, go to the page, then click **Ask Plexii** in the toolbar, or the **Let Plexii do something here** button at the bottom of the page. See [Browse the web inside PlexiDesk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/browser-overview).
- **Plexii's browser panel.** When a web page opens beside your work, for example from a web source in an answer, click the Plexii mark in the panel's toolbar (**Let Plexii do something on this page**), or **Let Plexii do something here** at the bottom.

A box opens that asks **What should Plexii do on this page?**

1. Type what you want and press `Enter`. Or click one of the ready-made jobs below the box.
2. Plexii starts straight away. Press `Esc` or click the cross to close the box without starting.

You can also ask in a conversation. When a task needs the web, Plexii may offer a **Let Plexii browse** card. Applying it opens the browser panel and starts the run. See [Everything Plexii can create or change](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-actions-reference).

### Ready-made jobs

| Job | What Plexii does |
| --- | --- |
| **Summarise** | Reads the whole page, scrolling to the end, and writes a summary, noting any facts, figures and dates. |
| **Links** | Gathers the links that matter on the page, skipping menus, sign-in and footer links. |
| **Images** | Gathers the content images, skipping logos and icons, with a description from the image's own text where there is one. |
| **Extract data** | Pulls the listings, rows, products or people on the page into records with the same columns for each, scrolling to catch every row. |
| **Find similar** | Works out what the page is about and finds at least five comparable options elsewhere, with what makes each different, a link and a price if there is one. |
| **Research** | Researches the page's subject across several sources, with a link for every fact, and notes where sources disagree. |

## While Plexii works

A panel at the bottom of the browser shows the run:

- **Plexii is browsing**, followed by your task.
- **A line saying what it is doing now**, such as "Reading the page…" or the step it has just taken.
- **The cost so far**, such as **$0.02**, or **<$0.01** for a short run. Rest the pointer on it to see how much AI it has used.
- **Stop**, which ends the run straight away.
- **A count of steps.** Click it to list each step: what Plexii clicked, typed, chose, opened or scrolled. Click a step to see more, such as what it was aiming at and how much of the page it could see.

### Guide it while it works

If Plexii is heading the wrong way, tell it. Type in the box that reads **Guide it — e.g. "only UK suppliers", "skip the blog posts"** and press `Enter` or click **Send**. The panel says **Passed on — it will pick this up on its next step.**

Your words are added to the task rather than replacing it, so nothing Plexii has already found is lost, unless you plainly ask it to change course.

## What Plexii never does

Some steps are always left to you. When Plexii reaches one, it stops short and the step shows as held back:

- **Signing in.** It never types into password fields or submits sign-in forms.
- **Paying.** It never enters card details or submits a payment.
- **Moving files.** It never uploads or downloads files.
- **CAPTCHAs.** A "prove you're human" check needs you.

If a page needs you to sign in, sign in yourself in the same browser, then click **Try again**. PlexiDesk's browsers share one sign-in, so once you are signed in, Plexii can carry on as you.

## How a run ends

| Header | What happened |
| --- | --- |
| **Done** | Plexii finished the task. A summary of what it did shows underneath. |
| **Stopped** | You clicked **Stop**. |
| **Plexii needs you** | Plexii reached something only you can do, such as signing in, and says what. Do it, then click **Try again**. |
| **Not run** | You answered **No** when Plexii asked to act on the site. |
| **Paused** | The run used up its steps before the task was finished. Run it again with a narrower task. |
| **Did not finish** | Something went wrong. |

If Plexii found things, they show under the result, such as **Found 12 results** with the first few listed. Click **Put on a desk…** to place them on a desk as a table and a written summary. See [Put what Plexii found onto a desk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-browse-findings).

Click the cross to dismiss a finished run.

## Tips

- **Say what to collect.** "List each supplier with name, location and minimum order" gives you a tidy table at the end.
- **Start on the right page.** Plexii works from the page you can see, so open the best starting point first.
- **Steer early.** If the first few steps go somewhere unhelpful, guide it rather than stopping and starting again.

## Common questions

**Plexii asked "Let Plexii act on this site?"** That is the first time it wants to click or type on that site. Choose **Always allow**, **Just this once** or **No**. See [Allow, limit or revoke Plexii on websites](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-browsing-consent).

**Where are the results?** Under the finished run, until you dismiss it. To keep them, click **Put on a desk…**. See [Put what Plexii found onto a desk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-browse-findings).

**It said Paused.** A run has a limited number of steps. Make the task smaller, for example one category at a time, and run it again.

**Does it see my passwords?** No. It never types into password or card fields, and never submits sign-in or payment forms.

## Related tasks

- [Put what Plexii found onto a desk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-browse-findings)
- [Allow, limit or revoke Plexii on websites](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-browsing-consent)
- [Browse the web inside PlexiDesk](https://plexiidesk.com/help/browser-overview)
- [Turn live web search on or off](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-web-search)
- [Everything Plexii can create or change](https://plexiidesk.com/help/plexii-actions-reference)