Browser Gemini Search

Use OpenClaw's browser tool to control the user's Chrome and search Gemini.

Workflow

1. Ensure browser is connected
• Run browser(action="start", profile="user", target="host")
• If attachOnly error or timeout: Chrome is not running with debugging port
• Ask user to run: & "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --remote-debugging-port=9222
• Then retry connection

1. Find or open Gemini tab
• Run browser(action="tabs", profile="user", target="host") to list open tabs
• Look for existing Gemini tab (URL contains gemini.google.com)
• If found: browser(action="focus", targetId="", profile="user", target="host")
• If not found: open new tab via browser(action="navigate", url="https://gemini.google.com", target="host")

1. Wait for page load
• Run browser(action="snapshot", profile="user", target="host") to verify page is ready
• Look for the input textbox (usually textbox with placeholder like "Ask Gemini" or "输入双子座的提示")

1. Type the search query
• Use browser(action="act", kind="type", ref="", text="", profile="user", target="host")
• Then browser(action="act", kind="click", ref="", profile="user", target="host") to send

1. Read Gemini's response
• Wait 5-10 seconds for response to generate
• Run browser(action="snapshot", profile="user", target="host") to read the answer
• Present the answer to the user

Quick reference

# Step 1: connect
browser(action="start", profile="user", target="host")

# Step 2: find tab or navigate
browser(action="tabs", profile="user", target="host")
browser(action="focus", targetId="11", profile="user", target="host")  # if found
browser(action="navigate", url="https://gemini.google.com", target="host")  # if not found

# Step 3 & 4: type and send
browser(action="act", kind="type", ref="1_1236", text="search query here", profile="user", target="host")
browser(action="act", kind="click", ref="2_2", profile="user", target="host")  # send button

# Step 5: read response
browser(action="snapshot", profile="user", target="host")

Common issues

• "Chrome MCP existing-session attach timed out": Chrome debugging port not enabled. User must restart Chrome with --remote-debugging-port=9222.
• SSRF blocked URL: The Gemini domain must be in browser.ssrfPolicy.hostnameAllowlist in openclaw.json. Add if missing: *.google.com
• Tab focus fails: Use correct targetId from tabs output
• Input ref changes: Re-run snapshot to get fresh refs after page navigation