Industry observers note that i’ve heard that promise before, and up until now, it’s been an empty one. But thanks to a fresh integration with 1Password, the widely used password manager, Claude just did my weekly FreshDirect shopping, all without me ever touching a web browser. AI agents doing our grocery shopping?
In a fresh development, the key is that Claude never actually sees your passwords; instead, when it needs to sign into a website, Claude pings the 1Password connector, and 1Password handles your login info using a separate channel that Claude never sees. Detailed just today, Claude’s 1Password connector lets Claude log into websites using your stored 1Password credentials.
The report highlights that to further protect your secret 1Password information, a fresh Agentic Mode locks down the 1Password extension for Chrome, ensuring that Claude (which browses the web using its own Chrome extension) can’t click on it.
In a fresh development, also, passkeys aren’t supported either (or at least not yet, 1Password says). Before going any further, two important caveats: Claude’s 1Password connector doesn’t support social logins (like “Sign in with Google”).
In a fresh development, and if you haven’t done so already, you’ll also need to install the Chrome extensions for Claude and 1Password. To test Claude’s fresh 1Password abilities, I fired up the Claude Desktop app (for now, you must use Claude Desktop for Mac), clicked Customize > Connectors, added the 1Password connector, and authorized it.
According to the latest update, you must grant Claude’s 1Password connector permission to handle your login credentials for a given website.
As part of the ongoing story, next, I went to Claude Cowork, and gave Claude a prompt: “Can you browse to FreshDirect and sign in?” (I chose FreshDirect because it’s a shopping site I use regularly, and I have a weekly delivery spot, which gives me a few days to edit Claude’s choices.).
According to the latest update, claude directed 1Password to enter my username (I had to give Claude’s 1Password connector permission to use my FreshDirect credentials), then told me that a six-digit authorization code was incoming. I entered that code into a separate modal that Claude couldn’t see, and then — success:. Claude began navigating in Chrome, eventually hitting the login portal.
According to the latest update, you’re signed in to FreshDirect (account: Benjamin), with your weekly Saturday 7–9 AM delivery slot showing.
Industry observers note that while I love FreshDirect as a service, I hate its finicky website. Letting Claude do the searching and clicking was, in a word, heaven. This is where the fun started.
According to the latest update, “OK,” I told Claude, “can you go to the ‘reorder’ section and suggest 10 items to add to my cart?” It did (milk, scallions, strawberries, cucumbers, shrimp, and more), I approved them, and boom — they were in my shopping cart.
According to the latest update, upping the ante, I gave Claude a recipe for barbecue chicken, asked for side suggestions (potato salad, corn bread), and then we talked over ingredients, discussing what I had on hand and what I needed.
According to the latest update, claude came up with a shopping list (potatoes, cabbage, carrots, and so on), and I gave the go-ahead, allowing Claude to handle the rest:.
In a fresh development, now searching for carrots…. Adding the whole-stalk Ocean Mist Farms Celery, the top result … Added celery to the existing order … Good, cabbage confirmed at quantity 1.
Industry observers note that you’re all set for oven BBQ chicken with coleslaw and potato salad, and you can still tweak anything before Friday 11:45 PM. Order revised — chicken leg quarters, gold potatoes, green cabbage, carrots, celery, red onion, and bread & butter pickle chips are all added, bringing the fresh total to $109.60 for Saturday’s 7–9 AM delivery.
As part of the ongoing story, the order looked good, and I checked my weekly FreshDirect to-do item off my list. A few minutes later, a receipt popped up in my email.
According to the latest update, within a few minutes, Claude had finished my weekly FreshDirect shopping (and yes, I asked it to add a tip).
Industry observers note that but the ability for Claude to use 1Password to log into websites as me unlocks all kinds of interesting possibilities, like a weekly routine where Claude does a first-pass on my FreshDirect cart, allowing me to go in later and look over its picks. Now, Claude’s fresh 1Password connector is about passwords, not grocery shopping.
In a fresh development, ah, no. Would I let Claude and 1Password take FreshDirect off my plate? You bet. Would I let Claude pay my online credit card bills, or log into my checking account?
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