Nate Grahek 23H AGO

The new ChatGPT Chrome extension is surprisingly good at navigating complicated technical settings. My favorite use case so far has been using it to create the special DNS records for a new website. This has always been confusing, even though I’ve done it dozens of times. The process varies across platforms, every DNS registrar uses different names for records such as A and CNAME records, and the interfaces are constantly changing. It’s tedious and easy to get wrong. For this kind of one-off, highly detailed technical task, I copy and paste the specific instructions from my website host provider into the extension while I’m logged in to my DNS provider. GPT then takes control of the mouse and fills in the required fields. The use cases are endless, from filling out an expense report to handling other tedious tasks in legacy or old-school software that doesn’t have a simple CLI, MCP, or API connection. If AI can’t control a system directly through the backend, browser control closes another gap. These legacy systems often lack newer integrations, which also makes them annoying, tedious, and frustrating to use. That makes them particularly good tasks to give to AI—especially now that the ChatGPT Chrome extension is good at following instructions and completing actions in the browser. Step-by-step: 1. I log in to my DNS provider. 2. I copy and paste the specific DNS instructions from my website host provider into the ChatGPT Chrome extension. 3. I let GPT navigate the DNS provider’s interface and take control of the mouse. 4. GPT fills in the required fields for records such as A or CNAME records, accounting for the registrar’s particular interface. 5. I use the same approach for other detailed, repetitive tasks in legacy software that lacks CLI, MCP, or API connections.