diff --git a/cli/src/connect.rs b/cli/src/connect.rs
index 030d5a4..caf28f8 100644
--- a/cli/src/connect.rs
+++ b/cli/src/connect.rs
@@ -233,6 +233,19 @@ fn relay_url_path() -> PathBuf {
         .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("/tmp/ab-relay-cdp-url"))
 }
 
+/// The live relay CDP WebSocket URL, if the native-messaging host is running
+/// (it writes the file on connect and removes it on exit). Used by
+/// `agent-browser extension connect` to attach without the user copying a URL.
+pub fn relay_url() -> Option<String> {
+    let s = std::fs::read_to_string(relay_url_path()).ok()?;
+    let s = s.trim().to_string();
+    if s.starts_with("ws://") {
+        Some(s)
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
 /// Hidden `__nm-host` mode: launched by Chrome for the ab-connect extension.
 ///
 /// Bridges the extension (native-messaging stdio, envelope protocol) to a local
@@ -390,6 +403,9 @@ async fn handle_cdp_client(
         Err(_) => return,
     };
     nm_log("[nm-host] cdp client connected");
+    // Ask the extension to (re)attach + announce every tab so this client
+    // discovers the user's existing tabs instead of racing an empty list.
+    let _ = to_ext.send(br#"{"method":"attachAll"}"#.to_vec()).await;
     let (mut tx, mut rx) = ws.split();
     loop {
         tokio::select! {
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 9de762a..fdf29d1 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().skip(1).collect();
     let mut flags = parse_flags(&args);
-    let clean = clean_args(&args);
+    let mut clean = clean_args(&args);
 
     // Loudly warn when launching a fresh browser with no profile: it gets a
     // temporary EMPTY profile (no cookies / no login). For logged-in sites the
@@ -650,11 +650,29 @@ fn main() {
         return;
     }
 
-    // Handle extension (doesn't need daemon): native-messaging host install/status
-    // for the ab-connect extension. (`connect <port>` stays the CDP-attach command.)
+    // Handle extension: native-messaging host install/status, and
+    // `extension connect` which attaches to the live relay (auto-discovers the
+    // CDP url the host wrote) by rewriting into the normal `connect <url>` flow.
+    // (`connect <port>` stays the plain CDP-attach command.)
     if clean.first().map(|s| s.as_str()) == Some("extension") {
-        connect::run_connect(&clean, flags.json);
-        return;
+        if clean.get(1).map(|s| s.as_str()) == Some("connect") {
+            match connect::relay_url() {
+                Some(url) => {
+                    clean = vec!["connect".to_string(), url];
+                    // fall through to the normal connect handling below
+                }
+                None => {
+                    eprintln!(
+                        "{} extension not connected. Run `agent-browser extension install`, load the\n  ab-connect extension in Chrome (chrome://extensions → Developer mode →\n  Load unpacked → extensions/ab-connect), then retry.",
+                        color::error_indicator()
+                    );
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            connect::run_connect(&clean, flags.json);
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     // Handle session separately (doesn't need daemon)
diff --git a/extensions/ab-connect/background.js b/extensions/ab-connect/background.js
index 2a47ced..ed35ee0 100644
--- a/extensions/ab-connect/background.js
+++ b/extensions/ab-connect/background.js
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ async function onHostMessage(msg) {
     postToHost({ method: 'pong' })
     return
   }
+  // Daemon (re)connected — (re)attach and announce every tab so it discovers
+  // the user's existing tabs rather than racing an empty target list.
+  if (msg.method === 'attachAll') {
+    reannounceAttachedTabs()
+    await attachAllTabs()
+    return
+  }
   if (typeof msg.id !== 'undefined' && msg.method === 'forwardCDPCommand') {
     try {
       const result = await handleForwardCdpCommand(msg)
@@ -163,7 +170,18 @@ async function attachTab(tabId) {
   const existing = tabs.get(tabId)
   if (existing) return existing
   const dbg = { tabId }
-  await chrome.debugger.attach(dbg, '1.3')
+  try {
+    await chrome.debugger.attach(dbg, '1.3')
+  } catch (e) {
+    // After a service-worker restart, chrome.debugger may still be bound to
+    // this tab from the previous instance — "Another debugger is already
+    // attached". The tab is still controllable via {tabId}, so don't skip it
+    // (skipping is why existing tabs went un-announced and the daemon opened a
+    // blank tab instead). Re-announce it. Any other error (restricted page) is
+    // surfaced and the caller skips this tab.
+    const msg = String((e && e.message) || e)
+    if (!/already attached|already being debugged/i.test(msg)) throw e
+  }
   await chrome.debugger.sendCommand(dbg, 'Page.enable').catch(() => {})
   const info = /** @type {any} */ (await chrome.debugger.sendCommand(dbg, 'Target.getTargetInfo'))
   const targetInfo = info?.targetInfo
diff --git a/skill-data/core/references/commands.md b/skill-data/core/references/commands.md
index 282b48c..1680645 100644
--- a/skill-data/core/references/commands.md
+++ b/skill-data/core/references/commands.md
@@ -318,6 +318,35 @@ agent-browser --version               # Show version (-V)
 agent-browser <command> --help        # Show detailed help for a command
 ```
 
+## Drive your real, logged-in Chrome (extension — zero confirmation)
+
+Chrome 136 blocked `--remote-debugging-port` on the default profile, so to drive
+the user's *existing* logged-in window, agent-browser uses a Chrome **extension**
+over native messaging — no port, no token, no per-use confirmation (the
+codex/claude approach).
+
+One-time setup:
+```bash
+agent-browser extension install        # writes the native-messaging host manifest
+# then in Chrome: chrome://extensions → Developer mode → Load unpacked →
+#   <repo>/extensions/ab-connect   (load once)
+```
+
+Then, any time:
+```bash
+agent-browser extension connect        # auto-attaches to the live, logged-in tabs
+agent-browser tab                      # list the real tabs it now controls
+agent-browser tab t3                   # switch the session to one of them
+agent-browser snapshot -i / eval / click ...   # drive it like any session
+agent-browser extension status         # is the host installed?
+agent-browser extension uninstall      # remove the host manifest
+```
+
+Security: the extension↔host link is authenticated by Chrome (extension id); the
+host↔agent-browser CDP link uses an unguessable URL in a 0600 file. Use this when
+you need the user's real cookies/login on their actual machine. (`--extension
+<path>` is unrelated — that loads an extension into a *launched* browser.)
+
 ## Debugging
 
 ```bash