patcher-browserlisted

# The browser inside Patcher Patcher has its own browser, with the user's real logins in it. Reaching it is gated, and by default you cannot: **the browser is closed until the user opens it.** So "can you see my page" is not answered by "no" — it is answered by which of the two cases below you are in. ## Which case are you in **Are you a thread inside Patcher, or a terminal beside it?** The answer decides everything below, and you can tell without asking: a thread inside Patcher has `PATCHER_THREAD_ID` set in its environment. ### Inside Patcher Check whether your own tools include one that lists the browser's tabs. Match on what a tool does, not on an exact name. The same tool reaches Codex under its bare name and Claude Code behind an `mcp__patcher-bridge__` prefix, so a prefixed name is the tool you are looking for, not a different one. - **You have it** — the plugin is enabled. Use it. - **You do not** — the plugin is off. See [Access is off](#access-is-off). Answer from your tool list. Do not go reading Patcher's source to find out, and do not run `patcher plugin list`: your tool list already answers it. ### Outside Patcher You have no browser tools and never will — they are served to Patcher's own threads. What you have is the CLI, and it reaches exactly the same browser: ```bash patcher browser status ``` That one command answers everything at once — whether Patcher is running, whether a browser window is open, whether you are allowed, and which tab is in fr