# Puppeteer Mcp Claude > Browser automation MCP server for Claude, powered by Puppeteer. - **Type:** MCP server - **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-jaenster-puppeteer-mcp-claude` - **Verified:** Pending review - **Seller:** [jaenster](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/jaenster) - **Installs:** 0 - **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml) - **Latest version:** 0.1.0 - **License:** MIT - **Upstream author:** [jaenster](https://github.com/jaenster) - **Source:** https://github.com/jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude - **Website:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-mcp-claude ## Install ```sh agentstack add mcp-jaenster-puppeteer-mcp-claude ``` Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. ## About # puppeteer-mcp-claude [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-mcp-claude) [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-mcp-claude) [](https://github.com/jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](https://nodejs.org/) [](LICENSE) A [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that gives Claude Code (and any other MCP-aware client) a real browser via Puppeteer — navigate pages, click and type, run JavaScript, capture screenshots, manage cookies, intercept requests. ## Requirements - Node.js ≥ 18 - An MCP-aware client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex CLI, …) - Chromium is downloaded automatically by Puppeteer on first install (~170 MB) ## Install **macOS / Linux** ```bash curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude/main/install.sh | bash ``` **Windows (PowerShell)** ```powershell iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude/main/install.ps1 | iex ``` Both scripts verify Node ≥ 18, install the package globally via npm, and register it with Claude Code at user scope. Override scope with `SCOPE=project` (bash) or `$env:SCOPE='project'` (PowerShell). **Manual** — if you'd rather not run a remote script: ```bash npm install -g puppeteer-mcp-claude claude mcp add puppeteer-mcp-claude -- npx -y puppeteer-mcp-claude serve ``` Then restart Claude Code and ask: *"Take a screenshot of example.com"*. ## Tools You don't have to call `puppeteer_launch` first — the browser auto-launches with defaults the moment any other tool runs. Page ids default to `"default"`, so single-tab flows can omit `pageId` entirely. | Tool | What it does | |-|-| | `puppeteer_launch` | (Optional) launch a browser or connect to an existing Chrome via `browserWSEndpoint`. Use this for stealth mode, proxies, custom viewport, etc. | | `puppeteer_new_page` | Open a new tab. | | `puppeteer_navigate` | Go to a URL. | | `puppeteer_click` | Click a CSS selector. | | `puppeteer_type` | Type into an input. | | `puppeteer_get_text` | Read `textContent` of an element. | | `puppeteer_screenshot` | Capture a PNG — returned inline as an MCP image block, optionally also saved to disk. | | `puppeteer_evaluate` | Run a JS expression in page context, returns the value. | | `puppeteer_wait_for_selector` | Wait until an element appears. | | `puppeteer_close_page` | Close a tab. | | `puppeteer_close_browser` | Close the whole browser. | | `puppeteer_set_cookies` / `puppeteer_get_cookies` / `puppeteer_delete_cookies` | Cookie jar management. | | `puppeteer_set_request_interception` | Block resources by type or inject request headers. | ### Response format Every tool returns its result in two parallel forms: - `content[0].text` — **[TOON](https://toonformat.dev) (Token-Oriented Object Notation)**, a compact, schema-aware JSON alternative. Good for hosts that pipe the text body straight into the model's context. - `structuredContent` — the same data as a typed JSON object, for MCP clients that prefer machine-readable output. Which one your host uses is up to the host — both are MCP-spec-compliant. Typed clients that want the object without depending on `structuredContent` can `import { decode } from '@toon-format/toon'` and parse `content[0].text`. ## Examples How an LLM would typically drive this server — each example shows the prompt you'd give Claude and the tool sequence it produces. ### Take a screenshot of a site > "Take a screenshot of news.ycombinator.com." ```text puppeteer_navigate { url: "https://news.ycombinator.com" } puppeteer_screenshot { fullPage: true } ``` Returns the PNG as an inline image block (Claude sees it directly), plus structured `{ bytes, path: null, fullPage: true }`. ### Scrape article titles > "Give me the titles of the top 10 stories on Hacker News as a markdown list." ```text puppeteer_navigate { url: "https://news.ycombinator.com" } puppeteer_evaluate { script: "[...document.querySelectorAll('.titleline > a')].slice(0,10).map(a => a.textContent)" } ``` Claude formats the resulting array into the requested markdown list. ### Fill a form > "On example.com, fill the search box with 'TOON' and submit." ```text puppeteer_navigate { url: "https://example.com" } puppeteer_type { selector: "input[name=q]", text: "TOON" } puppeteer_click { selector: "button[type=submit]" } puppeteer_wait_for_selector { selector: ".results" } puppeteer_get_text { selector: ".results h1" } ``` ### Reuse an existing logged-in browser > "Connect to my running Chrome and take a screenshot of the GitHub dashboard." ```bash # In one terminal puppeteer-mcp-claude chrome 9222 # Sign in to GitHub once in the launched Chrome window. ``` ```text puppeteer_launch { browserWSEndpoint: "ws://localhost:9222" } puppeteer_navigate { url: "https://github.com" } puppeteer_screenshot {} ``` Avoids re-doing login flows in every session. ### Block images for faster scraping > "Scrape the article text from as quickly as possible." ```text puppeteer_set_request_interception { enable: true, blockResources: ["image","media","font","stylesheet"] } puppeteer_navigate { url: "" } puppeteer_get_text { selector: "article" } ``` ## CLI ```text puppeteer-mcp-claude install [--scope user|project|local] Register with Claude Code puppeteer-mcp-claude uninstall [--scope ...] Remove from Claude Code puppeteer-mcp-claude status Show "claude mcp list" puppeteer-mcp-claude serve Run the MCP server on stdio puppeteer-mcp-claude chrome [port] [userDataDir] Launch Chrome with remote debugging puppeteer-mcp-claude help Show help ``` ## Development ```bash pnpm install pnpm build pnpm test # node:test via tsx, ~165 tests pnpm dev # run the server directly from src/ ``` ## Other MCP servers I maintain - [**remote-shell-mcp**](https://github.com/jaenster/remote-shell-mcp) — persistent SSH, SFTP, port forwarding, and Docker over MCP. Long-running daemon so sessions, tunnels, and PTY shells survive across Claude Code / Claude Desktop / Cursor / Codex CLI restarts. - [**node-debugger-mcp**](https://github.com/jaenster/node-debugger-mcp) — real Node.js debugger over MCP. Breakpoints, stepping, scope inspection, eval, source-map-aware BPs, child-process and worker-thread auto-attach. Speaks the V8 Inspector Protocol. ## Links - [npm package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-mcp-claude) - [Issues](https://github.com/jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude/issues) - [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md) - [Model Context Protocol docs](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) ## License MIT ## Source & license This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code. - **Author:** [jaenster](https://github.com/jaenster) - **Source:** [jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude](https://github.com/jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude) - **License:** MIT - **Homepage:** https://www.npmjs.com/package/puppeteer-mcp-claude Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above. ## Pricing - **Free** — Free ## Security capabilities Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access: - **Network access:** yes - **Filesystem access:** no - **Shell / process execution:** no - **Environment & secrets:** no - **Dynamic code execution:** no *"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.* ## Versions - **0.1.0** — security scan: flagged — Imported from the upstream source. ## Links - Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-jaenster-puppeteer-mcp-claude - Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/jaenster - Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse --- Listed on AgentStack — the marketplace for AI agent skills and MCP servers. 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