Abstract: A system and method for controlling a headless browser automation (an automation that does not render web pages or involve direct user input), where the web portals accessed by the browser automation employ a rule system for generating web content and the rules can result in the dynamic presentation of new response elements that could not be a priori determined from existing content already encountered, or the history of interaction with the web portal. The control system has the capability to pause the headless browser automation in place, collect the new information being requested by the web portal, present the requested new information to a remote user, capture the information from the remote user, feed the information collected to the portal automation, and restart the automation from the point that it left off.