Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your web app

Re:Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your we... by MeteorMarc on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:41PM (#47265471)

Confusing name because of the existence of pageant, the putty agent.

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Re:Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your we... by simon_luv_pho on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:57PM (#47265703)

Darn. Pageant would've been a nice name though. Maybe `page-agent.js` is more relevant in web dev community.

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Re:Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your we... by graypegg on Thursday March 05, 2026 @04:01PM (#47267231)

I think every successful Show HN post ends up with a "thought this was about X" or "didn't look up the name first?" comment. Consider it a win! I don't think anyone will mistake a tool for putty with your tool, but you might share a google search page with it.

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Re:Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your we... by mmarian on Thursday March 05, 2026 @02:54PM (#47266442)

I think page agent is good. I've never heard of putty's pageant. And I think it's better to distinguish it from general meaning of pageant (for beauty).

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Re:Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your we... by simon_luv_pho on Thursday March 05, 2026 @03:02PM (#47266546)

Thanks!

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Re:Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your we... by kirth_gersen on Thursday March 05, 2026 @01:49PM (#47265604)

Came here to say missed opportunity to call it "PAgent". Rolls off the tongue better than Page Agent.

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Re:Show HN: PageAgent, A GUI agent that lives inside your we... by simon_luv_pho on Thursday March 05, 2026 @02:59PM (#47266509)

I'm 2 years too late for that one...

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