Thomas Zaugg

Thomas Zaugg

Founder of webSlinger -- Be the spider!
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About

Ultimately I want to build a general purpose AI agent. My first attempt failed when found that AIs don't really know how to do web navigation. They can list steps to accomplish a task, but they can't execute those steps without selectors. I created webSlinger as a way to bridge that gap. The idea is simple, you show webSlinger how do each action by performing it one tab. webSlinger replicates the action in another tab, giving you immediate feedback that it can copy each action. webSlinger saves a session map, which is like a Rosetta Stone, translating what to do into how to do it. Given the task and the session map, the AI can generate the automation script. webSlinger is just the start. I'll get back to the agent one day. Meanwhile, enjoy web automation like you've never seen it before.

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Maker History

  • webslinger.ai
    webslinger.aiDemonstate any web task once. Happily automate ever after.
    May 2026
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    Joined Product HuntApril 7th, 2026

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2mo ago

Introducing webSlinger - The hottest new web automation tool.

Show webSlinger a task. It copies you in real time.

Secure login & MFA.

Locally held credentials.

Array extraction.

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2mo ago

If you build it they will come. Won't they?

I'm an engineer. I love solving problems. When working on an AI agent I discovered that LLM are really bad at web automation. They know what steps to perform to complete a task, they just don't know how to do them. I saw this as a fundamental problem that had to be solved before I could create a general purpose agent. So I solved it.

The solution is webSlinger. This is how it works. You show webSlinger how to perform the task in your browser and webSlinger copies you in real time in another tab. You get immediate feedback that webSlinger can perform each action as you do it. Save the resulting "session map", and now webslinger can translate from "what to do" to "how to do it." The LLM then has what it needs to generate an automation script.

Plan -> Record -> Generate -> Automate (repeatedly).

I built in the capabilities I cared about the most, secure login and MFA with locally held credentials and array extraction.

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2mo ago

Automatic Array Detection - Extract any table, list, or repetitive structure from any website

Websites often display lists, tables or repetitive structures like job search results or real-estate listings. One thing that webSlinger excels at is extracting such data in just a few clicks. Right-click on an instance of the array, check the boxes corresponding to the data you want, and click Record. The array is extracted with field names matched to your goals or semantically discerned.

What array-like data would you like to extract from a site?

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