Watch and take over the agent's browser #191

Each OpenAI Dot's browser can be opened to watch or take over. Sentient runs in the user's own browser profile and IP, so it likely meets fewer of the bot walls that stalled Dots' errands. That advantage is worth testing and advertising.

Idea: A clear "Sentient is using this tab" state, with a Take over button that pauses the agent and a Hand back button that resumes it.

Status in Sentient today: Partial. A live view and open_for_user exist in the browser service; there is no explicit take-over and hand-back state.

Where: sentient/browser/service.py, sentient/gateway/routes/browser.py, desktop/src/features/browser/BrowserPanel.tsx and desktop/src/features/browser/state.ts, and docs/API.md.

Done when:

• Take over pauses agent actions in the browser until Hand back
• the tab shows who is in control

Sources:

• https://www.datacamp.com/blog/openai-dots
• https://www.neoteo.com/en/openai-dots-review-website-and-video-tasks-worked-online-errands-hit-snags

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