Puppeteer MCP Server

Browser automation with Puppeteer for web scraping and testing

CommunityActiveNot tested★MCPpedia VerifiedUpdated 4/3/2026

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Score

No CVEsActive5 toolsstdioMIT

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Should you use this server?

The Puppeteer MCP Server enables browser automation through your AI assistant. Navigate to URLs, take screenshots, click elements, fill forms, and execute JavaScript in the browser. Useful for web scraping, testing, and automating browser tasks.

✓

Is it safe?

No known CVEs for @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer.

No authentication — any process on your machine can connect to this server.

MIT. View license →

Last scanned 0 days ago.

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Is it maintained?

Last commit 5 days ago. 82,845 GitHub stars. 27,305 weekly downloads.

Will it work with my client?

Transport: stdio. Works with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code, windsurf.

How much context will it use?

5 tools. Estimated ~100 tokens of your context window (0.1% of 200K).

What if it doesn't work?

Common issues: JSON syntax errors in config, wrong Node.js version, npx cache. Setup guide covers troubleshooting. Or check GitHub issues for known problems.

Quick Install

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "puppeteer": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

Setup guide

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

After testing, let us know if it worked:

Tools (5)

puppeteer_navigate

Navigate to a URL

puppeteer_screenshot

Take a screenshot

puppeteer_click

Click an element

puppeteer_fill

Fill out an input field

puppeteer_evaluate

Execute JavaScript in the browser

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Security

30/30

Last scanned 1h ago

No known vulnerabilities.

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CVEs — No known CVEs for this packagecheck OSV.dev \u2192

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Authentication — None required — easy to connect

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License — MITview license \u2192

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Repository — Activeview repo \u2192

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Has anyone used this with Cursor?How do you handle auth?Any alternatives?