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How to turn any logged-in site into a REST API and an MCP tool, watch a page and act the instant it changes, and build for AI agents - practical writing, on your own accounts.
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Each topic maps to a pillar of the platform - from turning sites into APIs to the hard web, watch-and-act, and MCP.
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- Automating sites behind a login: TOTP and mailbox-OTP two-factor on your own accounts
- Recorded recipes vs. AI navigation: building web automation that survives UI changes
- Watch any page, act the instant it changes: from a change event to an approved workflow
- Web data extraction the compliant way: collecting data from sites you are authorized to access
- Run automation on your own hardware for free: how BYO agents work
- Reaching the intranet: automating internal apps the cloud cannot see
- API capture and optimization: replacing browser steps with direct HTTP calls
- Writ vs Apify: choosing a web-automation platform in 2026
- MCP-native automation: connecting Writ to Claude, Cursor, and any MCP client
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