AI Recorder — Overview & Setup
The AI Recorder captures your manual actions in real time and converts them into fully-configured Genzbots workflow activities — complete with selectors, text inputs, and navigation steps. No coding required.
What the Recorder Captures
| Action you perform | Activity generated |
|---|---|
| Left click on a button or link | Click with element selector auto-filled |
| Double click | Click with ClickType = Double |
| Right click | Click with ClickType = Right |
| Type text into a field | Type Into with text value captured |
| Select a dropdown option | Select Item with the chosen value |
| Press a keyboard shortcut | Send Hotkey (e.g., Ctrl+S, Alt+F4) |
| Navigate to a URL (browser) | Navigate with the URL captured |
| Browser page load | Navigation marker — not a separate activity |
Two Recording Modes
- Desktop Recording — captures interactions with native Windows applications using UI Automation. Generates UiPath-style XML selectors (
<wnd><ctrl>). - Web Recording — attaches to a running Chrome or Edge browser via the Genzbots Browser Extension. Captures DOM context and generates CSS selectors.
Starting a Recording
- Open a project in the Workflow Designer
- Click Record in the toolbar and select Desktop or Web
- The Recording Indicator appears at the top of the screen — a red blinking badge
- Perform your actions normally; each action is shown in the indicator list as it is captured
- Click Stop in the indicator (or press Shift+F2) to end recording
- Recorded activities appear on your canvas, ready to run
Pause RecordingPress Ctrl+F2 to pause the recorder without ending the session — useful when you need to navigate to a different state before capturing the next action.