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await context.browser_task() ships arbitrary JS into the user's browser session and returns the result, so a server-side agent can observe real client-side rendering instead of reasoning blind about its own output. datasette-apps 0.2a0 builds on it with app_debug(), opening an app in an iframe styled opacity: 0; pointer-events: none and executing agent-supplied JavaScript inside it. Invisible, non-interactive sandboxed frame plus arbitrary JS gives you programmatic UI verification far cheaper than driving a full browser automation stack.
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