Skip to content

Get Accessibility Tree Node

Automation/Computer/Accessibility

Retrieves the accessibility tree for a window (requires platform-specific accessibility APIs)

computer_get_accessibility_treeautomationLocal only
Inputs4
Outputs7
Security exposure5/10
Packageautomation

Ratings

Scores range from 0 to 10. Higher values mean more impact, exposure, or operational weight.

SecurityAttack surface and exposure impact.
5/10Medium
PrivacyPotential sensitivity of processed data.
5/10Medium
PerformanceRuntime or resource pressure.
6/10Medium
GovernancePolicy, audit, or compliance impact.
6/10Medium
ReliabilityOperational stability considerations.
6/10Medium
CostExternal or compute cost impact.
9/10High

Input Pins

4

▶

Execution
exec_in

Trigger

Session

Struct
session

Computer session handle

AutomationSessionAutomationSession11 fields
session_refstringrequired
platformPlatformrequired
enum "Windows", "MacOS", "Linux"
default_delay_msinteger:uint64required
format uint64min 0
click_delay_msinteger:uint64required
format uint64min 0
debug_modebooleanrequired
browser_typeanyOf (2)

Browser context info if browser is attached

variant 1BrowserTypevariant
enum "Chrome", "Firefox", "Edge", "Safari"
variant 2nullvariant
browser_headlessboolean | null
browser_user_data_dirstring | null
current_page_refstring | null

Current page info if a page is open

current_window_handlestring | null
browser_frame_selectorsArray<Selector>
default []
itemsSelectorarray item
kindSelectorKindrequired
variant 1enumvariant
enum "Css", "Xpath", "TextExact", "TestId"...
variant 2constvariant

Visible text contained in the element; script, style and head content is ignored.

const "Text"
variant 3constvariant

ARIA role, optionally filtered by accessible name: `button`, `button|Sign in` (case-insensitive substring), `button|=Sign in` (exact) or `button|/^sign/i` (regex).

const "Role"
variant 4constvariant

Element ref from the latest Browser Snapshot, such as `e12`.

const "Ref"
valuestringrequired
confidencenumber | null
format double
scopestring | null

Window Title

String
window_title

Window title; empty targets the focused window outside Flow-Like (on Linux the desktop accessibility root when no window resolves)

Max Depth

Integer
max_depth

Maximum tree depth (1–32); results are limited to 2000 elements

Default 10

Output Pins

7

▶

Execution
exec_out

Continue

⚠

Execution
exec_error

Triggered if accessibility APIs are unavailable

Session

Struct
session_out

Computer session handle (pass-through)

AutomationSessionAutomationSession11 fields
session_refstringrequired
platformPlatformrequired
enum "Windows", "MacOS", "Linux"
default_delay_msinteger:uint64required
format uint64min 0
click_delay_msinteger:uint64required
format uint64min 0
debug_modebooleanrequired
browser_typeanyOf (2)

Browser context info if browser is attached

variant 1BrowserTypevariant
enum "Chrome", "Firefox", "Edge", "Safari"
variant 2nullvariant
browser_headlessboolean | null
browser_user_data_dirstring | null
current_page_refstring | null

Current page info if a page is open

current_window_handlestring | null
browser_frame_selectorsArray<Selector>
default []
itemsSelectorarray item
kindSelectorKindrequired
variant 1enumvariant
enum "Css", "Xpath", "TextExact", "TestId"...
variant 2constvariant

Visible text contained in the element; script, style and head content is ignored.

const "Text"
variant 3constvariant

ARIA role, optionally filtered by accessible name: `button`, `button|Sign in` (case-insensitive substring), `button|=Sign in` (exact) or `button|/^sign/i` (regex).

const "Role"
variant 4constvariant

Element ref from the latest Browser Snapshot, such as `e12`.

const "Ref"
valuestringrequired
confidencenumber | null
format double
scopestring | null

Tree

Struct
tree

Accessibility tree root node

AccessibilityNodeAccessibilityNode12 fields
native_idstring | null
default null
rolestringrequired
namestring | null
valuestring | null
descriptionstring | null
boundsanyOf (2)
variant 1AccessibilityBoundsvariant
xinteger:int32required
format int32
yinteger:int32required
format int32
widthinteger:int32required
format int32
heightinteger:int32required
format int32
variant 2nullvariant
statesArray<string>required
itemsstringarray item
actionsArray<string>required
itemsstringarray item
childrenArray<#>required
items#array item
normalized_rolestring

button, link, text_field, checkbox, radio_button, combo_box, menu_item, tab, list_item, …

default ""
normalized_statesArray<string>

enabled, disabled, focused, focusable, selected, checked, mixed, expanded, collapsed, editable, …

default []
itemsstringarray item
normalized_actionsArray<string>

Actions accepted by Act on Accessibility Element: invoke, focus, select, expand, collapse, set_value.

default []
itemsstringarray item

Tree JSON

String
tree_json

Accessibility tree as JSON string for LLM processing

Elements

Struct Array
elements

Every element of the tree as a flat list in document order (children omitted); each can be passed to Act on Accessibility Element

AccessibilityNodeAccessibilityNode12 fields
native_idstring | null
default null
rolestringrequired
namestring | null
valuestring | null
descriptionstring | null
boundsanyOf (2)
variant 1AccessibilityBoundsvariant
xinteger:int32required
format int32
yinteger:int32required
format int32
widthinteger:int32required
format int32
heightinteger:int32required
format int32
variant 2nullvariant
statesArray<string>required
itemsstringarray item
actionsArray<string>required
itemsstringarray item
childrenArray<#>required
items#array item
normalized_rolestring

button, link, text_field, checkbox, radio_button, combo_box, menu_item, tab, list_item, …

default ""
normalized_statesArray<string>

enabled, disabled, focused, focusable, selected, checked, mixed, expanded, collapsed, editable, …

default []
itemsstringarray item
normalized_actionsArray<string>

Actions accepted by Act on Accessibility Element: invoke, focus, select, expand, collapse, set_value.

default []
itemsstringarray item

Error

String
error

Error message if accessibility APIs are unavailable

Node Info

Internal name
computer_get_accessibility_tree
Category
Automation/Computer/Accessibility
Version
2