Headless Browser Tool
by parruda
MCP Server with a headless Chrome browser based on Capybara and Selenium. Works with SSE and STDIO
No known CVEs
MIT license
Stale
Last commit 337d ago
Works with most clients
Transport: stdio, sse, http
4 tools · ~239 tok
Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx
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Headless Browser Tool is an MCP server that MCP Server with a headless Chrome browser based on Capybara and Selenium. Works with SSE and STDIO. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 64/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.
Step 1
Install in your client
Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.
CD
Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"headless-browser-tool": {
"url": "<see-readme-for-url>"
}
}
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What Headless Browser Tool does
A headless browser control tool that provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server with tools to control a headless browser using Capybara and Selenium. Features multi-session support, session persistence, and both HTTP and stdio communication modes.
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Why this score
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Score breakdown
64/100across 5 weighted dimensions
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OSV.devNo known CVEs.
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~239 tokens total
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Headless Browser Tool safe to use?
- Headless Browser Tool has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.
- How do I install Headless Browser Tool?
- Headless Browser Tool is a hosted remote MCP server - there is no local package to install. Configure your MCP client to connect to its endpoint instead of running it locally.
- What can Headless Browser Tool do?
- Headless Browser Tool provides 4 tools: navigate, screenshot, click, type_text. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
- What AI clients work with Headless Browser Tool?
- Headless Browser Tool is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
- Is Headless Browser Tool actively maintained?
- Headless Browser Tool is less actively maintained - last commit was 337 days ago. It has 5 GitHub stars.
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