{
  "id": 17835,
  "title": "datasette-agent 0.4a0",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/datasette-agent-0-4a0",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-07-31T14:14:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Simon Willison",
    "slug": "simon-willison",
    "url": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/31/datasette-agent/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Release: datasette-agent 0.4a0 New await context.browser_task() mechanism allowing agent tools to run code directly in the user's browser. #33 This is an exciting new capability: it makes it easy for Datasette Agent plugins to provide tools that execute custom JavaScript in the user's browser . I used this to add a debug loop to Datasette Apps in datasette-apps 0.2a0 . Tags: datasette ,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}