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Shop on Amazon and Amazon Fresh through your browser

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Use browser automation for all Amazon actions. All browser operations are executed through the assistant browser CLI, invoked via host_bash. Use helper scripts with host_bash to normalize extraction results and decide the next step.

Required tools

  • host_bash for assistant browser CLI commands and deterministic helper scripts under scripts/.

Hard constraints

  • Do not call assistant browser chrome relay.
  • Do not use legacy relay-backed scripts.
  • Always require explicit user confirmation before final order submission.

Step graph (state machine)

Step 1: Classify workflow state

Run this early in each turn when intent is unclear:

bun {baseDir}/scripts/amazon-intent.ts --request "<latest user request>" --checkout-reviewed <true|false> --has-cart-items <true|false>

Use the returned step to route to one of: search, variant_select, cart_review, checkout_review, fresh_slot, place_order.

Step 2: Product discovery (search)

  1. Navigate to search results page:
assistant browser --session amazon navigate --url "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=<urlencoded query>"
  1. Capture current state:
assistant browser --session amazon --json snapshot
assistant browser --session amazon --json extract --include-links
  1. Parse candidates deterministically:
bun {baseDir}/scripts/amazon-parse-search.ts --query "<query>" --input-json '<json payload with extracted text/links>'
  1. Present top options with title, price, ASIN (if present), Prime/Fresh hints.

Step 3: Product detail + variant resolution (variant_select)

  1. Open product result.
  2. Re-snapshot + re-extract.
  3. Parse product details:
bun {baseDir}/scripts/amazon-parse-product.ts --input-json '<json payload with extracted text/links>'
  1. If variation hints are present, resolve user choice before add-to-cart.

Step 4: Add to cart + verify (cart_review)

  1. Click Add to Cart on product page.
  2. Navigate to cart page and extract:
assistant browser --session amazon navigate --url "https://www.amazon.com/gp/cart/view.html"
assistant browser --session amazon --json snapshot
assistant browser --session amazon --json extract --include-links
  1. Parse cart summary:
bun {baseDir}/scripts/amazon-parse-cart.ts --input-json '<json payload with extracted text>'
  1. Show parsed line items and totals. Ask user to confirm cart contents.

Step 5: Fresh slot validation (fresh_slot)

For Amazon Fresh flows, explicitly verify slot selection in UI before checkout:

  1. Navigate to Fresh delivery slot surface if needed.
  2. Snapshot + extract delivery slot details.
  3. Confirm selected slot text is visible before proceeding.

If slot cannot be verified after retries, stop and ask user to choose slot manually.

Step 6: Checkout sanity (checkout_review)

  1. Navigate to checkout review page.
  2. Snapshot, extract, and capture a full-page screenshot:
assistant browser --session amazon --json snapshot
assistant browser --session amazon --json extract
assistant browser --session amazon screenshot --full-page --output /tmp/amazon-checkout.jpg
  1. Validate readiness:
bun {baseDir}/scripts/amazon-checkout-sanity.ts --cart-confirmed true --input-json '<json payload with extracted text>'
  1. Report missing markers (shipping/payment/total/submit action) before any submission.

Step 7: Final submit gate (place_order)

Immediately before clicking final submit button:

  1. Ask for explicit final confirmation in plain language.
  2. If user confirms, click final submit action (Place your order, Buy now, or equivalent).
  3. Take post-submit snapshot/screenshot and report confirmation details.

Retry and fallback policy

  • Retry budget: 3 attempts per step that mutates page state.
  • After each mutation, run a fresh assistant browser --session amazon --json snapshot before the next click/type.
  • If a step fails 3 times, stop and ask user to complete that step manually, then resume.

Example helper payload shape

{
  "phase": "search",
  "context": { "checkoutReviewed": false, "hasCartItems": false },
  "extracted": {
    "text": "...",
    "links": ["https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XGDN3TZ"]
  },
  "userIntent": "order aa batteries"
}

Safety rules

  • Always show price/totals before confirmation.
  • Never infer final consent from prior messages; ask again right before submission.
  • If CAPTCHA or anti-bot challenge appears, ask user to solve it and continue after refresh.