Comet Browser Tutorials

What is Comet?

Comet is an AI-enhanced web browser (built on Chromium) that blends a familiar browsing experience with a powerful assistant capable of summarizing pages, managing tabs, drafting emails, scheduling, shopping, and performing step-by-step actions you can approve. Think of it as a browser that can also do things for you.

• AI Sidebar: Ask questions about the page, summarize, translate, extract data, or generate tasks.
• Actionable Agents: Let Comet walk through flows (e.g., “book dinner at 7pm”), showing every step for approval.
• Chromium Core: Use your favorite extensions, bookmarks, profiles, and dev tools.

Install & First-Time Setup

• Download & Install: Get the Comet installer for your OS and follow the on-screen steps.
• Sign In: Log in with your account to enable the AI assistant and syncing.
• Import: Settings → Import to bring over bookmarks, passwords, history from your current browser.
• Extensions: Install must-have Chromium extensions (password manager, ad blocker, note-taking, etc.).
• Privacy Presets: Settings → Privacy to pick tracking protection, site permissions, and data retention.

Tip: Create separate profiles for Work and Personal to keep sessions, extensions, and automation rules cleanly separated.

Everyday Workflows

1) Research & Summarization

• Ask: “Browse several bank websites in the US and create a table of bank name and home mortgage loan interest rate in ascending order”
• “Create a table of bank name and home mortgage loan interest rate in ascending order”

2) Content Drafting

• Ask: “Extract stats with sources and generate a 300-word blog draft.”
• Refine tone: “Make it concise and add a CTA.”

3) Task Automation (Approval-First)

• Command: “Book a table for two tomorrow 7pm near Jubilee Hills, budget ₹1,500.”
• Review the step log; approve/deny each step.

Prompt Cookbook

Tab & Workspace Mastery

• Group by Topic: “Group tabs by project and color-code.”
• Auto-Archive: “Archive tabs inactive for 7 days into ‘Cold Storage’.”
• Save Sessions: “Snapshot this workspace as ‘Sprint 10 Wrap-Up’.”
• Switch Fast: Use the command palette to jump between workspaces.

Pro Tip: Pair workspaces with profiles (e.g., “Client A” profile + “Client A – Q3” workspace) for clean isolation.

Comet Connectors

• https://www.testingdocs.com/perplexity-comet-connectors/

Email & Calendar Automation

1. Open your email provider in a tab.
2. Ask: “Summarize threads awaiting my reply and propose responses.”
3. Approve drafts one by one before sending.
4. For scheduling: “Find a time with John next week; prefer Tue-Thu, mornings.”
5. Approve the calendar event details (attendees, time zone, meeting link).

Shopping & Research Assistant

• Product Scouting: “Compare mid-range phones under ₹25,000. Show battery, camera, updates policy.”
• Deal Tracking: “Alert me if any pick drops below ₹22,000 this week.”
• Cart Flow: Let Comet add items to cart, then you approve checkout steps.

Privacy & Safety Controls

• Permissions: Review per-site permissions (camera, mic, location, clipboard).
• Data Retention: Choose whether to store conversations, activity logs, and auto-delete cadence.
• Local-Only Tasks: When available, prefer on-device actions for sensitive flows.
• Approval Gates: Require confirmation before purchases, emails, or calendar sends.
• Profiles: Keep banking/shopping in a dedicated, locked-down profile.

Heads-up: Always review the step-by-step action log before approving any automated operation.

Comet Widgets

• https://www.testingdocs.com/perplexity-comet-widgets/

Handy Shortcuts

Troubleshooting

FAQ

Next Steps

1. Install Comet and import your browsing data.
2. Pin the AI Sidebar and try the quickstart guide.
3. Create two workspaces: Today and Backlog.
4. Test one automation end-to-end with approvals.