interceptor

name: interceptor description: "Choose the right Interceptor surface. Use interceptor-browser for page DOM, network, browser tabs, rich editors, screenshots, and browser automation. Use interceptor-macos for native apps, browser chrome, URL bars, OS dialogs, cross-app routing, AX trees, native screenshots, Apple Events, and trusted OS input. Background-first by default; focus changes require explicit opt-in." metadata: short-description: Choose the right Interceptor surface

Use this as the routing skill before loading a surface-specific skill.

Task	Skill
Page DOM, text, network, SPA state, browser monitor, screenshots of browser content	`interceptor-browser`
Rich browser editors, canvas / scene graph reads, page-world request overrides	`interceptor-browser`
Native macOS apps, OS dialogs, browser chrome, URL bars, app windows, menu bars	`interceptor-macos`
Open or control a named app such as Brave, Mail, Finder, Signal, or Cursor	`interceptor-macos`
Backgrounded, occluded, minimized, or cross-Space app capture	`interceptor-macos`
Deep web research: investigate a topic across many sources with breadth + verification	`interceptor-research`

Browser commands operate inside the cyan interceptor tab group. Do not use --any-tab unless the user explicitly authorizes acting outside that group.
interceptor open <url> and interceptor tab new <url> create background tabs by default. Only open --activate, tab new --activate, tab switch <id>, and window focus <id> intentionally move browser focus.
The macOS surface is background-first by default. Only interceptor macos app activate <app> and interceptor macos open <app> --activate intentionally move focus.
If multiple browser profiles are connected, run interceptor contexts and pass --context <id>.
Prefer compound commands (open, read, act, inspect) and structured reads before screenshots.
If an already-loaded unpacked extension behaves stale after a package update, reload it from chrome://extensions or brave://extensions, or run interceptor reload once the extension is reachable.

Load interceptor-browser for browser page content, network, tabs, scene graphs, and browser screenshots.
Load interceptor-macos for native apps, browser chrome, OS dialogs, window capture, AX trees, and Apple Events.
Load interceptor-research for deep web research — investigating a topic across many sources with a planner loop, an on-disk source ledger, and adversarial verification (methodology layered on the browser surface). Pull the playbook any time with interceptor research.