diff --git a/cli/src/commands.rs b/cli/src/commands.rs
index 2ec3c95..0d5ac36 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands.rs
@@ -1066,6 +1066,18 @@ fn parse_command_inner(args: &[String], flags: &Flags) -> Result<Value, ParseErr
         // === Get ===
         "get" => parse_get(&rest, &id),
 
+        // Top-level shortcuts for `get <x>` status reads — users naturally type
+        // `agent-browser url` / `cdp-url` / `title` without the `get` prefix
+        // (and expect `cdp-url`/`cdp_url` to work interchangeably).
+        "url" | "cdp-url" | "cdp_url" | "title" | "html" | "text" | "value"
+        | "count" | "box" | "styles" | "attr" => {
+            let sub = if cmd == "cdp_url" { "cdp-url" } else { cmd };
+            let mut get_args: Vec<&str> = Vec::with_capacity(rest.len() + 1);
+            get_args.push(sub);
+            get_args.extend_from_slice(&rest);
+            parse_get(&get_args, &id)
+        }
+
         // === Is (state checks) ===
         "is" => parse_is(&rest, &id),
 
diff --git a/cli/src/native/actions.rs b/cli/src/native/actions.rs
index 4cd4acf..f1fbc2a 100644
--- a/cli/src/native/actions.rs
+++ b/cli/src/native/actions.rs
@@ -1607,11 +1607,14 @@ async fn auto_launch(state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<(), String> {
                 // Return a helpful error guiding the user to enable it.
                 return Err(format!(
                     "Could not connect to your Chrome browser.\n\n\
-                     To let agent-browser work with your existing Chrome (recommended):\n\
+                     If Chrome showed an \"Allow remote debugging?\" dialog, click \
+                     Allow and re-run — that consent is what lets agent-browser attach.\n\n\
+                     Otherwise, to let agent-browser work with your existing Chrome (recommended):\n\
                      {}\n\n\
                      Or start a standalone browser with: agent-browser --launch open <url>\n\n\
-                     Note: chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging only enables remote *target discovery* — \
-                     it does NOT expose the standard CDP HTTP API on /json/version. \
+                     Note: remote debugging is a startup flag, not a Chrome setting — \
+                     chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging only enables target discovery and \
+                     does NOT expose the CDP HTTP API on /json/version. \
                      A full restart with --remote-debugging-port=<port> is required.",
                     chrome_relaunch_hint(),
                 ));
@@ -2167,11 +2170,14 @@ async fn handle_launch(cmd: &Value, state: &mut DaemonState) -> Result<Value, St
             Err(_e) => {
                 return Err(format!(
                     "Could not connect to your Chrome browser.\n\n\
-                     To let agent-browser work with your existing Chrome (recommended):\n\
+                     If Chrome showed an \"Allow remote debugging?\" dialog, click \
+                     Allow and re-run — that consent is what lets agent-browser attach.\n\n\
+                     Otherwise, to let agent-browser work with your existing Chrome (recommended):\n\
                      {}\n\n\
                      Or start a standalone browser with: agent-browser --launch open <url>\n\n\
-                     Note: chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging only enables remote *target discovery* — \
-                     it does NOT expose the standard CDP HTTP API on /json/version. \
+                     Note: remote debugging is a startup flag, not a Chrome setting — \
+                     chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging only enables target discovery and \
+                     does NOT expose the CDP HTTP API on /json/version. \
                      A full restart with --remote-debugging-port=<port> is required.",
                     chrome_relaunch_hint(),
                 ));
diff --git a/cli/src/native/cdp/chrome.rs b/cli/src/native/cdp/chrome.rs
index 5de4fd6..a8192be 100644
--- a/cli/src/native/cdp/chrome.rs
+++ b/cli/src/native/cdp/chrome.rs
@@ -741,7 +741,11 @@ pub async fn auto_connect_cdp() -> Result<String, String> {
         }
     }
 
-    Err("No running Chrome instance found. Launch Chrome with --remote-debugging-port or use --cdp.".to_string())
+    Err("No running Chrome with remote debugging found. Remote debugging is a \
+         startup flag, not a setting: fully quit Chrome and relaunch it with \
+         --remote-debugging-port=9222 (then agent-browser auto-connects), or pass \
+         --cdp <port>/--launch."
+        .to_string())
 }
 
 /// Resolve a CDP WebSocket URL from a DevToolsActivePort entry.
diff --git a/cli/src/native/cdp/discovery.rs b/cli/src/native/cdp/discovery.rs
index 23d4259..54ee1ff 100644
--- a/cli/src/native/cdp/discovery.rs
+++ b/cli/src/native/cdp/discovery.rs
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ pub async fn discover_cdp_url_with_timeout(
     match discover_cdp_ws(host, port, timeout).await {
         Ok(ws_url) => Ok(append_query(&ws_url, query)),
         Err(ws_err) => Err(format!(
-            "All CDP discovery methods failed for {}:{}: /json/version: {}; /json/list: {}; WebSocket: {}",
-            host, port, version_err, list_err, ws_err
+            "All CDP discovery methods failed for {host}:{port}. \
+             Note: Chrome 136+ no longer serves the HTTP discovery endpoints \
+             (/json/version, /json/list), so `--cdp <port>` cannot find the target — \
+             use the default auto-connect (just `agent-browser open <url>`), which reads \
+             DevToolsActivePort and attaches over WebSocket. \
+             (details: /json/version: {version_err}; /json/list: {list_err}; WebSocket: {ws_err})"
         )),
     }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/output.rs b/cli/src/output.rs
index 0c8320b..dfc18c7 100644
--- a/cli/src/output.rs
+++ b/cli/src/output.rs
@@ -1042,6 +1042,11 @@ pub fn print_response_with_opts(resp: &Response, action: Option<&str>, opts: &Ou
 
         // Default success
         println!("{} Done", color::success_indicator());
+    } else {
+        // Success response with no data payload — still confirm the command ran
+        // instead of printing nothing (a silent exit 0 looks like a no-op and
+        // hides whether anything happened).
+        println!("{} Done", color::success_indicator());
     }
 
     print_warning(resp);