Puppeteer MCP Server

Name: Puppeteer MCP Server
Author: Anthropic (reference implementation)

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@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer · by Anthropic (reference implementation)

Browser automation with Puppeteer for web scraping and testing

85.9k 29.6k/wk 5 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Maintained

Last commit 31d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio

5 tools · ~122 tok

Grade A · 0.1% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

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What Puppeteer MCP Server does

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Puppeteer MCP Server safe to use?: Puppeteer MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Puppeteer MCP Server?: Puppeteer MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Puppeteer MCP Server do?: Puppeteer MCP Server provides 5 tools: puppeteer_navigate, puppeteer_screenshot, puppeteer_click, puppeteer_fill, puppeteer_evaluate. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Puppeteer MCP Server?: Puppeteer MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.
Is Puppeteer MCP Server actively maintained?: Puppeteer MCP Server is recently maintained — last commit was 31 days ago. It has 85,853 GitHub stars.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Puppeteer MCP Server safe to use?

Puppeteer MCP Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Puppeteer MCP Server?

Puppeteer MCP Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Puppeteer MCP Server do?

Puppeteer MCP Server provides 5 tools: puppeteer_navigate, puppeteer_screenshot, puppeteer_click, puppeteer_fill, puppeteer_evaluate. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Puppeteer MCP Server?

Puppeteer MCP Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio transport.

Is Puppeteer MCP Server actively maintained?

Puppeteer MCP Server is recently maintained — last commit was 31 days ago. It has 85,853 GitHub stars.