Launch Application Node

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Automation/Computer/Window

Launches an application by path or name

computer_launch_appautomationLocal only

Inputs6

Outputs3

Security exposure2/10

Packageautomation

Ratings

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

SecurityAttack surface and exposure impact.

2/10Low

PrivacyPotential sensitivity of processed data.

2/10Low

PerformanceRuntime or resource pressure.

6/10Medium

GovernancePolicy, audit, or compliance impact.

4/10Medium

ReliabilityOperational stability considerations.

7/10High

CostExternal or compute cost impact.

10/10High

Input Pins

6

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Execution

exec_in

Trigger

Session

Struct

session

Computer session handle

SchemaAutomationSessionAutomationSessionAutomationSession11 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

Path

String

path

Application path or command

Arguments

String

args

Command line arguments (space-separated)

Argument List

String Array

arguments

Arguments passed directly without shell evaluation

Default []

Wait (ms)

Integer

wait_ms

Time to wait after launching (ms)

Default 1000

Output Pins

3

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Execution

exec_out

Continue

Error

Execution

exec_error

Launch failed

PID

Integer

pid

Process ID if available

Node Info

Internal name

computer_launch_app

Category

Automation/Computer/Window

Version

1