MCP Chrome Extension - AI Browser Control

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• Jun 3, 2026
  description

  Chrome MCP Server — AI-Powered Browser Automation via Model Context Protocol
  
    The best MCP server for Chrome browser automation. Transform your Chrome browser into a fully-featured MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, enabling AI coding assistants to interact with your browser in real
    time.
  
    🔧 PREREQUISITES
    - Node.js ≥ 20.0.0
    - Chrome or Chromium browser
  
    📦 QUICK SETUP (3 steps)
  
    1. Install the native bridge:
       npm install -g mcp-chrome-bridger
       Then run: mcp-chrome-bridger register
      Or pnpm install -g mcp-chrome-bridger
      Then run: mcp-chrome-bridger register
  
    2. Load this extension and click "Connect" in the popup.
  
    3. Add to your MCP client config (Claude Code / Cursor / Windsurf / Kiro / Cline etc), 
  following the connection info shown in the popup:
     {
       "mcpServers": {
         "mcp-chrome": {
           "type": "http",
           "url": "http://127.0.0.1:12306/mcp"
         }
       }
     }
  
    ✨ KEY FEATURES
    - Navigate and control browser tabs programmatically
    - Take full-page or viewport screenshots
    - Extract and parse page content (text, HTML, DOM)
    - Interact with page elements — click, scroll, hover
    - Fill and submit forms automatically
    - Capture and inspect network requests
    - Search browsing history and bookmarks
    - Multi-tab management and coordination
  
    🤖 COMPATIBLE AI CLIENTS
    Works with any MCP-compatible AI assistant:
  
    🔒 PRIVACY & SECURITY
    This extension only communicates with a local native bridge on your own machine (127.0.0.1). No data is sent to external servers by the extension itself.
  
    📖 OPEN SOURCE
    Full source code and documentation available on GitHub:
    https://github.com/femto/mcp-chrome
  
    ⚠️ REQUIREMENT: The mcp-chrome-bridger npm package must be installed on your system for full functionality.

  Chrome MCP Server — AI-Powered Browser Automation via Model Context Protocol
  
    The best MCP server for Chrome browser automation. Transform your Chrome browser into a fully-featured MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, enabling AI coding assistants to interact with your browser in real
    time.
    📦 QUICK SETUP (3 steps)
  
    1. Install the native bridge:
       npm install -g mcp-chrome-bridger
       Then run: mcp-chrome-bridger register
      Or pnpm install -g mcp-chrome-bridger
      Then run: mcp-chrome-bridger register
  
    2. Load this extension and click "Connect" in the popup.
  
    3. Add to your MCP client config (Claude Code / Cursor / Windsurf / Kiro / Cline etc), 
  following the connection info shown in the popup:
     {
       "mcpServers": {
         "mcp-chrome": {
           "type": "http",
           "url": "http://127.0.0.1:12306/mcp"
         }
       }
     }
  
    ✨ KEY FEATURES
    - Navigate and control browser tabs programmatically
    - Take full-page or viewport screenshots
    - Extract and parse page content (text, HTML, DOM)
    - Interact with page elements — click, scroll, hover
    - Fill and submit forms automatically
    - Capture and inspect network requests
    - Search browsing history and bookmarks
    - Multi-tab management and coordination
  
    🤖 COMPATIBLE AI CLIENTS
    Works with any MCP-compatible AI assistant:
  
    🔒 PRIVACY & SECURITY
    This extension only communicates with a local native bridge on your own machine (127.0.0.1). No data is sent to external servers by the extension itself.
  
    📖 OPEN SOURCE
    Full source code and documentation available on GitHub:
    https://github.com/femto/mcp-chrome
  
    ⚠️ REQUIREMENT: The mcp-chrome-bridger npm package must be installed on your system for full functionality.

Permissions & access

Permissions

nativeMessagingtabsactiveTabscriptingdownloadswebRequestdebuggerhistorybookmarksoffscreenstorage

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