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This guide takes you from your first request to a task saved in your Octoparse account.

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Before you start

  • An Octoparse account. Any plan works, Free included. On Free, each run collects up to 100 rows. See Credits and plans.
  • For Browser Use: Octoparse in Chrome, the Octoparse browser extension.
  • For Auto-detect and Desktop templates: Octoparse Desktop, to edit and run the task.
You only need what the route you end up using requires. AI Assistant tells you if something is missing.
1

Open AI Assistant

Go to octoparse.com/console/task/agentic, or type your request into the chat box on the Octoparse homepage.
2

Describe the data you need

Write what you want in your own words, in any language: the site, the fields, and any filters. You can paste a URL. If you’d rather start from an example, pick one of the suggested requests.For example: Collect dental clinics in New York from Google Maps with name, address, rating, and phone.
For your first try, pick a popular site such as Google Maps or Amazon. A ready-made template likely covers it, so it’s the quickest way to see data.
See Describe your data for tips, or copy one of the example requests.
3

Check what AI Assistant understood

AI Assistant sums up your request in a What I understood card, with the Website, Goal, and Constraints. If anything is off, select Edit, fix it, and select Save.
4

Pick an option

If a ready-made template fits, AI Assistant shows it first. Otherwise, it recommends a way to build the task: Browser Use, Cloud Agent, or Auto-detect (shown as Desktop app in the chat). See How AI Assistant works.
AI Assistant's What I understood card for a Google Maps request, followed by four matching Google Maps templates labeled Cloud or Desktop, a Request a custom template link, and other data sources to consider
5

Get your task

What happens next depends on the option you picked:

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Next steps

To see where your task is saved, and which chats are kept, see Chats and tasks.

Manage AI tasks

Run, change, schedule, and export tasks built with AI Assistant.

How AI Assistant works

How it reads your request and picks a route.