automation

Boost productivity with pi-extensions

Name: Boost productivity with pi-extensions
Author: narumiruna

Get native Chrome DevTools extensions for automation and web scraping, ideal for startup founders and developers using Node.js and TypeScript.

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free

216 stars31 forksTypeScriptQuality 8/10Updated 7/25/2026100% free · open source

What it is

You build Chrome DevTools extensions, automations, and integrations using Pi coding agent.

What you can make with it

Automations like: when a Chrome browser loads, fill a form with generated data and send to a webhook in Stripe.

How it helps

This skill helps developers streamline repetitive tasks, create custom integrations, and improve productivity by leveraging native Pi extensions.

Real use case example

"A founder needs to automate data entry for new customers in Stripe. They install pi-extensions, create an automation that generates fake data, and integrates it with Stripe using a Chrome DevTools extension; the result is automated data entry for their new customers."

If you're new

Pick this up when you want to learn the basics of automation using a free and open-source tool.

If you're senior

Senior engineers will reach for this when they need to create complex custom extensions or integrations for Chrome DevTools.

Common confusion cleared up

Pi-extensions may be confused with the parent project, pi, but they are distinct tools for building and running custom extensions.

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Why we list it on WorkflowStacks: This free and open-source skill is included to provide developers with a flexible tool for creating custom extensions and workflows.

What it does

Pi-extensions provides native Chrome DevTools extensions for automation and web scraping, allowing startup founders and developers to streamline their workflow with Node.js and TypeScript.

Install / run

Clone the repository from https://github.com/narumiruna/pi-extensions

When to use it

•When building a web scraper to extract data from complex websites
•When automating repetitive tasks in Chrome DevTools
•When developing a Node.js or TypeScript application that requires browser automation

Quick start

1Load the extensions in Chrome by going to chrome://extensions/, enabling developer mode, and clicking 'Load unpacked'
2Select the folder containing the pi-extensions repository
3Use the Firecrawl web scraping extension to extract data from a website
4Configure the goal mode and retries in the extension's options page
5Use the statusline and caffeinate automation features to streamline workflow

Ready-to-paste prompt

Use the Firecrawl extension to scrape all links on a website by running the command 'firecrawl https://example.com --extract links'

Heads up: Make sure to enable developer mode in Chrome and load the unpacked extensions from the pi-extensions repository, as the extensions are not available in the Chrome Web Store

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