BrowserMCP/mcp

Project overview

A Model Context Provider server and Chrome extension that enables AI applications to automate the user's existing browser. It keeps logged-in sessions active, executes tasks locally, and avoids basic bot detection by using the user's real browser fingerprint.

Project type

MCP · AI Agent · Workflow

Use cases

Automation

Deployment

Refer to project documentation

License

Apache-2.0

Best for

• Developers who need to automate browser workflows with AI applications while preserving authenticated local sessions and real browser fingerprints.

Key capabilities

• Provides a Model Context Provider (MCP) server and Chrome extension that allows AI applications to automate the user's browser.
• Uses the user's existing browser profile, keeping them logged into all their services.

Limitations and risks

• The repository cannot be built on its own due to dependencies on utils and types from the monorepo where it is developed.
• Runtime requirements including operating systems, minimum hardware, databases, external services, and model requirements are currently undocumented. GPU, cost dependency, coding requirement, and telemetry details are also not documented.

Getting started

• The setup difficulty is unclear because the repository contains all the core MCP code but currently cannot be built on its own due to dependencies on utils and types from the monorepo where it is developed. There is no documented first success path.

Evidence and sources

• GitHub project description: Browser MCP is a Model Context Provider (MCP) server that allows AI applications to control your browser
• README: Browser MCP is an MCP server + Chrome extension that allows you to automate your browser using AI applications like VS Code, Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf.
• README: - ⚡ Fast: Automation happens locally on your machine, resulting in better performance without network latency. - 🔒 Private: Since automation happens locally, your browser activity…
• README: This repo contains all the core MCP code for Browser MCP, but currently cannot yet be built on its own due to dependencies on utils and types from the monorepo where it's develope…
• README: Browser MCP was adapted from the [Playwright MCP server](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp) in order to automate the user's browser rather than creating new browser inst…

Reviewed at: 2026-07-15T14:48:11Z