Install the Chrome recorder and record a flow

The Tyrbo recorder is a Chrome extension that watches you perform a task once and turns it into automation steps you can replay, edit, and combine with app integrations.

What the recorder captures

While recording, the extension captures your real interactions with the page:

• Clicks on buttons, links, and controls
• Typing, coalesced into clean "type" steps rather than one step per key
• Key presses like Enter or Tab
• Dropdown selections, scrolling, and copy/paste
• Navigation between pages
• Scraping, via an explicit picker overlay — point at the data you want to extract, and it becomes a scrape step

For every element you interact with, Tyrbo stores a ranked list of candidate selectors (test IDs, stable IDs, ARIA roles and names, text, scoped CSS, and XPath) plus a visual-and-structural fingerprint of the element. That redundancy is what lets replays survive page changes — see Troubleshooting flaky selectors.

Install the extension

1. Install the Tyrbo Recorder from the Chrome Web Store.
2. Pin it to your toolbar so it's one click away while recording.

The extension is built for Chrome's current extension platform (Manifest V3) and does not use Chrome's debugger API, so you won't see a "browser is being debugged" banner while you record.

Link the extension to your account

The first time you open the extension you'll link it to your Tyrbo account:

1. Click the extension icon. It shows a short link code.
2. Open app.tyrbo.ai/link and approve the code while signed in.
3. The extension confirms it's connected to your organization.

The link persists across browser restarts; you won't need to re-approve it for each recording.

Record a flow

1. Navigate to the site where the task starts.
2. Click the extension icon and start recording.
3. Perform the task exactly as you normally would — click, type, navigate. Keep an eye on the step counter to confirm actions are being captured.
4. To extract data, use the scrape picker: activate it from the recorder, then hover and select the text, field, or list you want. Picking one item in a repeating list lets Tyrbo capture the whole list.
5. Stop recording and give the recording a name. It's saved to your account.

Save your logged-in session

If the task happens behind a login, you can export the browser session alongside the recording so cloud replays start already signed in. Tyrbo stores exported sessions encrypted, and they're only decrypted inside the worker that runs your automation. For accounts you'd rather never leave your machine — for example anything behind MFA — run those steps locally with the desktop app instead: see Cloud runs vs local runs.

Tips for a reliable recording

• Go at a normal pace. You don't need to wait for the recorder, but letting each page settle before the next click gives cleaner steps.
• Prefer clicking real controls over selecting text or clicking empty areas — controls carry the most stable selectors.
• Record the happy path. Handle rare pop-ups and edge cases later by editing the draft and marking steps as optional.
• Use the scrape picker for any data you want out of the page, rather than copying to the clipboard, so the extraction is explicit.

Next step: turn the recording into an automation

A recording isn't an automation yet — import it as an editable draft, adjust steps, and add triggers and integrations: Import recordings into editable drafts.