{
  "measurement": "agent-uses-the-extension",
  "date": "2026-08-03",
  "question": "Can an agent that drives a browser load the capture extension and trigger it without a human gesture? Where exactly does it stop, and why?",
  "method": {
    "browser": "145.0.7632.6",
    "driver": "Playwright persistent context, --headless=new",
    "extension": "chrome-mv3 build, loaded unpacked",
    "trigger": "runOnActiveTab() called directly in the service worker — the same function the toolbar button and the keyboard command reach. No OS-level mouse or keyboard event was generated.",
    "extension_permissions": [
      "activeTab",
      "downloads",
      "downloads.open",
      "storage",
      "contextMenus",
      "notifications",
      "scripting"
    ],
    "host_permissions": [],
    "page": "https://provinglab.dev/measurements/reading-list-to-bibliography/"
  },
  "results": {
    "steps_passed": 2,
    "steps_total": 4
  },
  "steps": [
    {
      "step": "extension loads",
      "passed": true,
      "detail": "Full Page PDF Snap – Save Webpage  2.10.0, ENABLED"
    },
    {
      "step": "service worker wakes",
      "passed": true,
      "detail": "background.js, manifest 2.10.0"
    },
    {
      "step": "sees the page without a gesture",
      "passed": false,
      "detail": "0 von 2 Tabs mit Adresse"
    },
    {
      "step": "captures without a gesture",
      "passed": false,
      "detail": "Kein Tab geladen."
    }
  ],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
}