> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dendrite.systems/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> What is Dendrite?

Dendrite is an open-source framework that makes it easy to build web agents that actually work. Instead of focusing on building a fully autonomous agent Dendrite is built to create web agents that make atomic actions reliably.

* 👆🏼 Interact with elements

* 💿 Extract structured data

* 🔓 Authenticate on websites

* ↕️ Download/upload files

Dendrite consists of a browser wrapping around Playwright and a logic engine that generates scripts for extracting content and selectors for interacting with elements in a deterministic and repeatable manner.

> **⚠️ Notice:** For better performance and reliability, use the async API over the sync API.

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  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="book" href="/getting-started">
    Build your first web action in five minutes.
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  <Card title="LangChain Agent" icon="link" href="/examples/langchain">
    An agent built with LangChain and Dendrite that handles your Instagram
    account.
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  <Card title="See Examples Repos" icon="github" href="https://github.com/dendrite-systems/dendrite-examples">
    Dive into different examples of Dendrite use-cases and clone them to your
    machine.
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