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This W3C repository is the home of the WebDriver project, a standardized remote control interface that enables introspection and control of user agents. It serves as the authoritative source for the WebDriver protocol and related materials intended for browser vendors, tool builders, and implementors who need to automate or control user agents in a consistent, interoperable way. The repository collects the specification text, normative descriptions of commands and behavior, and associated resources that define how external clients should open sessions, issue commands, and inspect or manipulate a user agent. Its purpose is to provide a common, implementation-oriented reference that promotes cross-user-agent automation and predictable behavior across environments.

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The repository defines a standardized protocol for remote control and introspection of user agents, including a normative API that external clients can use to open sessions and issue commands. It focuses on interoperability across different user agents so tooling and browsers can implement a common behavior. The spec describes command semantics for interacting with user interfaces and elements, handling session lifecycle and capabilities negotiation, and specifying expected responses and error conditions. As a W3C project, it also provides governance and reference material to guide implementors and maintain consistency across implementations. The repo is organized to support specification updates and to signal the official project source for the protocol.
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For browser vendors, automation tool authors, and QA engineers, this repository provides the authoritative protocol definition needed to implement or consume a remote control interface for user agents. It reduces fragmentation by defining expected command behavior and response formats so clients and servers can interoperate. Implementors can use the specification to ensure compatibility across browsers and automation frameworks, enabling tasks such as automated testing, remote control, accessibility inspection, and integration with CI pipelines. By centralizing the protocol and normative guidance under the W3C project, it helps coordinate changes, clarifies edge cases, and provides a stable target for tooling authors and browser teams to reference during development and debugging.

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