web_type

Web automation · macOS · Windows

Effect: write (strongest supported action). Status: gated.

Gated means the tool requires an installed app, a connected account, permission, or runtime availability. Check those requirements on the listed platform before using it.

macOS

Purpose

Types text into a form field (input/textarea) on the current page. `target` is a CSS selector or the field's visible label/placeholder. Does NOT submit — use web_click on the submit button afterwards (that step is gated). SPECIAL CASE — file inputs: if `target` resolves to an <input type="file">, `text` is instead treated as a LOCAL FILE PATH on this Mac and the file is attached (JS can't set a file input's value directly; this answers the native file panel programmatically without ever showing it).

Required inputs

target — CSS selector or visible label/placeholder of the field.
text — The text to type. For an input[type=file], this is instead the LOCAL FILE PATH to upload.

Permissions and confirmation

No explicit confirmation parameter is exposed in this snapshot. This does not grant permission to act: obtain user authorization before any real action.

Use only the apps, accounts and resources authorized by the user on this platform. Consult this tool's platform-specific description for its connection and permission requirements; this catalog does not assert additional OAuth scopes or OS entitlements.

Full input schema — macOS

{
  "properties": {
    "session": {
      "description": "Session name (default 'default').",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "target": {
      "description": "CSS selector or visible label/placeholder of the field.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "text": {
      "description": "The text to type. For an input[type=file], this is instead the LOCAL FILE PATH to upload.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "target",
    "text"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Documentation example

Do not execute this example. These concrete inputs refer to a fictional demonstration dataset. Resolve real handles and obtain user authorization before any real call.

{
  "session": "demo-browser",
  "target": "input[name='search']",
  "text": "launch checklist"
}

Windows