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datasette-agent 0.4a0

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  • Adds context.browser_task(), letting Datasette Agent plugins provide tools that execute custom JavaScript directly in the user’s browser rather than just server-side.
  • First real use case landed two days later in datasette-apps 0.2a0’s invisible app_debug() testing tool (see 2026-08-01 entry above).
  • Takeaway: agent frameworks are increasingly reaching across the backend/frontend boundary — giving agents direct, sandboxed browser execution rather than treating the browser as opaque.