What it is
Besides searching the internet, Echidna can open pages and navigate through them: enter a site, walk through its sections, read the information and bring you what you asked for. The browser is the tool it uses for that: it works for you and the result lands in your conversation.
How it is used
- You ask naturally: "go to this site and tell me the prices on the plans page", "check this link and summarize it".
- While it works, the conversation tells you what it is doing: which pages it opens and what it finds.
- When it finishes, it leaves the result in the conversation, with the data and links it found.
The difference from a simple search
For "give me a summary with sources" there is no need to open anything: search brings the results and their links. The browser comes into play when you need to navigate inside a site: walk through pages, compare sections, reach a piece of data that is several clicks away.
Examples that work well
- "Go to this site and tell me the opening hours."
- "Go through this blog and give me a summary of the three most recent articles."
- "Look at this pricing page and compare it with the competition's."
Honest limits
- Some sites block automated visits (captchas, paywalls or rules of their own). When that happens, Echidna tells you instead of pretending it made it.
- It never browses in secret and never submits forms or payments on your behalf: if something needs your decision, it asks you in the conversation.
- Like everything else, its visits follow the same privacy promise: no advertising tracking, and the information is used only to serve you.