Tool Dismiss Overlay

Category: Browser Automation · Tier: All

Detect and close modal overlays (cookie consent, age gates, newsletter popups). Constitutional Yellow zone.

When to Use

Browser automation tools map to human motor interaction research. Click accuracy, form filling speed, and scroll behavior follow HCI models.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
type	string	No	Overlay type to detect
customSelector	string	No	Custom CSS selector for overlay close button

Example

Close the cookie consent banner

Tips

• Pass _browserToken from a previous tool call to maintain the same browser session
• The tool returns a _browserToken in its response — pass it to subsequent calls
• Without _browserToken, each call gets a fresh browser (blank page)

Research

• Grossman & Balakrishnan (2005) — Probabilistic pointing models for click targets
• Fitts' Law — Movement time = a + b × log₂(D/W + 1)

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