diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb17c69..3630d78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,12 +43,37 @@ test("auto Playwright example", async ({ page }) => {
 
 ## Usage
 
-At minimum, the `auto` function requires a _plain text prompt_ and an _argument_ that contains your `page` and `test` objects.
+At minimum, the `auto` function requires a _plain text prompt_ and an _argument_ that contains your `page` and `test` (optional) objects.
 
 ```ts
 auto("<your prompt>", { page, test });
 ```
 
+### Browser automation
+
+Running without the `test` parameter:
+
+```ts
+import { chromium } from "playwright";
+import { auto } from "auto-playwright";
+
+(async () => {
+  const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: true });
+  const context = await browser.newContext();
+  const page = await context.newPage();
+  // Navigate to a website
+  await page.goto("https://www.example.com");
+
+  // `auto` can query data
+  // In this case, the result is plain-text contents of the header
+  const res = await auto("get the header text", { page });
+
+  // use res.query to get a query result.
+  console.log(res);
+  await page.close();
+})();
+```
+
 ### Debug
 
 You may pass a `debug` attribute as the third parameter to the `auto` function. This will print the prompt and the commands executed by OpenAI.
diff --git a/src/auto.ts b/src/auto.ts
index 1f1f838..2b9bc06 100644
--- a/src/auto.ts
+++ b/src/auto.ts
@@ -6,34 +6,23 @@ import { getSnapshot } from "./getSnapshot";
 
 export const auto = async (
   task: string,
-  config: { page: Page; test: Test },
+  config: { page: Page; test?: Test },
   options?: StepOptions
 ): Promise<any> => {
-  if (!config || !config.page || !config.test) {
+  if (!config || !config.page) {
     throw Error(
-      "The auto() function is missing the required `{ page, test }` argument."
+      "The auto() function is missing the required `{ page }` argument."
     );
   }
 
-  const { test, page } = config as { page: Page; test: Test };
+  const { test, page } = config as { page: Page; test?: Test };
 
-  return test.step(`auto-playwright.ai '${task}'`, async () => {
-    if (task.length > MAX_TASK_CHARS) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Provided task string is too long, max length is ${MAX_TASK_CHARS} chars.`
-      );
-    }
+  if (!test) {
+    return await runTask(task, page, options);
+  }
 
-    const result = await completeTask(page, {
-      task,
-      snapshot: await getSnapshot(page),
-      options: options
-        ? {
-            model: options.model ?? "gpt-4-1106-preview",
-            debug: options.debug ?? false,
-          }
-        : undefined,
-    });
+  return test.step(`auto-playwright.ai '${task}'`, async () => {
+    const result = await runTask(task, page, options);
 
     if (result.errorMessage) {
       throw new UnimplementedError(result.errorMessage);
@@ -50,3 +39,27 @@ export const auto = async (
     return undefined;
   });
 };
+
+async function runTask(
+  task: string,
+  page: Page,
+  options: StepOptions | undefined
+) {
+  if (task.length > MAX_TASK_CHARS) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Provided task string is too long, max length is ${MAX_TASK_CHARS} chars.`
+    );
+  }
+
+  const result = await completeTask(page, {
+    task,
+    snapshot: await getSnapshot(page),
+    options: options
+      ? {
+          model: options.model ?? "gpt-4-1106-preview",
+          debug: options.debug ?? false,
+        }
+      : undefined,
+  });
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/tests/auto.spec.ts b/tests/auto.spec.ts
index 807cb20..51dd338 100644
--- a/tests/auto.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/auto.spec.ts
@@ -78,3 +78,11 @@ test("executes query, action and assertion", async ({ page }) => {
 
   expect(searchInputHasHeaderText).toBe(true);
 });
+
+test("runs without test parameter", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto("/");
+
+  const headerText = await auto("get the header text", { page });
+
+  expect(headerText.query).toBe("Hello, Rayrun!");
+});