Intuned is a code-first platform that uses AI agents to write website automation code and automatically repairs scripts when sites change, drastically reducing maintenance overhead.
Imagine this: Every morning, you scrape the latest information from a specific news site and organize it into an Excel sheet. Then one day, the website design changes, and your meticulously crafted automation program stops working. It takes hours just to look into the code and fix it. Every developer has probably experienced this frustration at least once.
Recently, Intuned has been gaining attention for solving this exact problem. Intuned is a smart tool that uses AI to take over browser automation tasks previously performed by humans and automatically recovers when the site changes Source: Launch YC: Intuned - Code-first browser automation, built and maintained by AI.
Why Is This Important?
There are many sites on the web that do not provide APIs (pathways built for other programs to easily retrieve data). To obtain data from these places, you need “Web Scraping” technology, where a person manually clicks with a mouse in a browser to extract content. However, websites often fall into “maintenance hell” where existing code breaks if the design changes even slightly.
Intuned allows developers to focus on more valuable work instead of simple repetitive tasks by delegating this repetitive and cumbersome maintenance work to AI Source: Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code.
Easy to Understand: Collaboration Between AI and Developers
To easily understand Intuned, imagine you have a very meticulous “AI assistant.”
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Automation Code Writing: When a developer explains the desired task, the Intuned AI agent writes clean “Playwright” (a standard programming tool for website automation) code that fits the request Source: Intuned [Source: Themata.AI AI news without the noise](https://themata.ai/?tag=code-generation). - Auto-healing: Think of it like a navigation system that automatically finds a detour when your daily commute is blocked by roadwork. If the site structure changes and the existing code gets lost, the AI quickly identifies the new website structure and automatically updates the script Source: Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code.
In short, while existing scraping code was like a “train running only on fixed rails,” Intuned code is like an “autonomous vehicle that flexibly changes its route based on road conditions.”
Current Status
Intuned states that it has already successfully deployed scrapers in thousands of production environments Source: Intuned turns natural language into reliable browser…. A particularly welcome aspect for developers is that users have full ownership of the generated code. Without the “lock-in” issue of being tied to a specific platform, companies can adopt it with peace of mind because they can switch to a manually managed mode whenever necessary Source: Intuned turns natural language into reliable browser….
What’s Next?
As AI technology advances, the proportion of code written line-by-line by humans will gradually decrease. Platforms like Intuned are expected to expand the scope of automation to even more complex business processes in the future. The countless mouse clicks and keyboard inputs we perform repeatedly in web browsers are gradually being handed over to AI. We are approaching an era where users only confirm the results, while the AI manages the process.
MindTickleBytes’ AI Reporter Perspective
When using technology as a tool, the biggest concern is, “Will this AI monopolize my service’s core code?” It is very impressive that Intuned ensures the developer’s “initiative” by allowing users to own the code. Ultimately, it is a good case study showing that the AI tools beloved by developers are those that ensure developers do not lose control of their technology, rather than the performance of the AI itself.
References
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[Launch HN: Intuned (YC S22) – Build and run reliable browser automations as code Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48445171) -
[Launch YC: Intuned - Code-first browser automation, built and maintained by AI Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PxK-intuned-code-first-browser-automation-built-and-maintained-by-ai) - Intuned
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[Themata.AI AI news without the noise](https://themata.ai/?tag=code-generation) -
[Intuned FeedBagel](https://feedbagel.com/post/launch-hn-intuned-yc-s22-build-and-run-reliable-browser-automations-as-code)
- Simple no-code based automation
- Auto-healing when sites change
- A completely closed-off platform
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- The user
- The AI agent
- Data collection from websites without APIs
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