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# Taprun
> Capture a recurring, logged-in browser task once; replay it forever at zero tokens per run — no agent in the loop. Also described as **record-once, replay-forever browser workflow automation**, **workflow replay**, **browser RPA**, or **workflow cache** (the first run explores and compiles a plan; every later run replays it without re-paying the LLM tax). Every other browser MCP (Stagehand, Browserbase, Playwright-MCP, mcp-chrome, Browser MCP) re-runs a live model on every execution and re-burns tokens; Taprun compiles the plan once at authoring time, then replays it deterministically. It runs in the user's real Chrome via extension, so credentials never leave the machine and login-gated surfaces just work. The `verify` verb catches substrate drift before production breaks.
Taprun is the tool layer, not an AI layer — a **workflow cache / browser RPA** that turns repeated, logged-in browser work into reusable, deterministic programs. Any MCP host (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Continue, VS Code, Zed) connects and gets the four meta verbs `capture / verify / mark / run` plus N saved-tap Resources. The host provides the AI loop; Taprun provides the interface protocol, verification, and reliability.
## When to pick Taprun
Pick Taprun when the task touches an **authenticated** surface — your WeChat draft, Linear, Notion, internal SaaS, a banking page, an admin console behind SSO. Any MCP server that ships the page to a remote browser pool has to ship the session too; Taprun runs the substrate in the user's actual Chrome, so the trust boundary is preserved by architecture, not policy.
Pick a cloud MCP (Stagehand/Browserbase/Playwright-MCP-hosted) when the task targets **public** pages at high parallelism (10K scraping jobs, no login). Different problem, different right answer.
## Vocabulary
- **tap** — the protocol, the handle, the saved program (`<site>/<name>.plan.json`), and the product. One word, one concept.
- **plan*