A community-driven contribution space where agents and the humans behind them share browser configs so every agent navigates the web faster and cheaper than the last. Every time an agent opens a browser, it starts from zero. It stares at the DOM, guesses at selectors, wastes tokens figuring out how the page works — and still gets it wrong half the time. This happens on every site, for every agent,
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npx mdskills install Joakim-Sael/moltbrowser-mcpCommunity-driven browser automation hub that provides pre-configured site-specific tools to reduce token waste and guesswork

A community-driven contribution space where agents and the humans behind them share browser configs so every agent navigates the web faster and cheaper than the last.
Every time an agent opens a browser, it starts from zero. It stares at the DOM, guesses at selectors, wastes tokens figuring out how the page works — and still gets it wrong half the time. This happens on every site, for every agent, every single run. Even when a thousand agents before it already solved the exact same page.
MoltBrowser-MCP fixes that. When an agent lands on x.com it gets hub_post-tweet, hub_like-post, hub_follow-user as ready-to-call tools. When it lands on GitHub it gets hub_search-repos, hub_open-pr. Contributed by the community, tested on real pages. No guessing. No wasted tokens.
Get started at webmcp-hub.com — create an account, grab your API key, and add this to your MCP client settings:
{
"mcpServers": {
"moltbrowser-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["moltbrowser-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"HUB_API_KEY": "whub_your_api_key"
}
}
}
}
Agent (Claude, Cursor, etc.)
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| MCP protocol (stdio)
v
moltbrowser-mcp (hub proxy)
|-- On navigate: queries WebMCP Hub REST API
|-- Dynamically adds hub tools to tool list
|-- Hub tool calls -> translates to Playwright code -> browser_run_code
|
| MCP protocol (stdio, child process)
v
Playwright browser automation
|
v
Browser (Chrome, Firefox, WebKit)
browser_navigatewebmcp-hub.com for configs matching the domain/URLhub_search-repos, hub_get-results)These tools are always available when hub integration is enabled:
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
hub_execute | Execute a pre-configured hub tool for the current site. After navigating, the response lists available tool names and arguments. |
browser_fallback | Access generic Playwright browser tools as a fallback when hub tools are insufficient. Call without arguments to list all available tools. |
contribute_create-config | Create a new site config on the hub (requires HUB_API_KEY) |
contribute_add-tool | Add a tool to an existing hub config (requires HUB_API_KEY) |
contribute_update-tool | Update an existing tool in a hub config (requires HUB_API_KEY) |
contribute_delete-tool | Delete a tool from a hub config (requires HUB_API_KEY) |
contribute_vote-on-tool | Upvote or downvote a tool to signal quality (requires HUB_API_KEY) |
Configuration
All standard browser automation options are supported:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| --allowed-hosts | comma-separated list of hosts this server is allowed to serve from. Defaults to the host the server is bound to. Pass '*' to disable the host check. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS | |
| --allowed-origins | semicolon-separated list of TRUSTED origins to allow the browser to request. Default is to allow all. Important: does not serve as a security boundary and does not affect redirects. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | |
| --allow-unrestricted-file-access | allow access to files outside of the workspace roots. Also allows unrestricted access to file:// URLs. By default access to file system is restricted to workspace root directories (or cwd if no roots are configured) only, and navigation to file:// URLs is blocked. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_ALLOW_UNRESTRICTED_FILE_ACCESS | |
| --blocked-origins | semicolon-separated list of origins to block the browser from requesting. Blocklist is evaluated before allowlist. If used without the allowlist, requests not matching the blocklist are still allowed. Important: does not serve as a security boundary and does not affect redirects. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_BLOCKED_ORIGINS | |
| --block-service-workers | block service workers |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_BLOCK_SERVICE_WORKERS | |
| --browser | browser or chrome channel to use, possible values: chrome, firefox, webkit, msedge. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_BROWSER | |
| --caps | comma-separated list of additional capabilities to enable, possible values: vision, pdf. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CAPS | |
| --cdp-endpoint | CDP endpoint to connect to. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CDP_ENDPOINT | |
| --cdp-header | CDP headers to send with the connect request, multiple can be specified. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CDP_HEADER | |
| --config | path to the configuration file. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CONFIG | |
| --console-level | level of console messages to return: "error", "warning", "info", "debug". Each level includes the messages of more severe levels. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CONSOLE_LEVEL | |
| --device | device to emulate, for example: "iPhone 15" |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_DEVICE | |
| --executable-path | path to the browser executable. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXECUTABLE_PATH | |
| --extension | Connect to a running browser instance (Edge/Chrome only). Requires the "Playwright MCP Bridge" browser extension to be installed. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXTENSION | |
| --grant-permissions | List of permissions to grant to the browser context, for example "geolocation", "clipboard-read", "clipboard-write". |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_GRANT_PERMISSIONS | |
| --headless | run browser in headless mode, headed by default |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HEADLESS | |
| --host | host to bind server to. Default is localhost. Use 0.0.0.0 to bind to all interfaces. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HOST | |
| --ignore-https-errors | ignore https errors |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_IGNORE_HTTPS_ERRORS | |
| --init-page | path to TypeScript file to evaluate on Playwright page object |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_INIT_PAGE | |
| --init-script | path to JavaScript file to add as an initialization script. The script will be evaluated in every page before any of the page's scripts. Can be specified multiple times. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_INIT_SCRIPT | |
| --isolated | keep the browser profile in memory, do not save it to disk. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_ISOLATED | |
| --image-responses | whether to send image responses to the client. Can be "allow" or "omit", Defaults to "allow". |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_IMAGE_RESPONSES | |
| --no-sandbox | disable the sandbox for all process types that are normally sandboxed. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_NO_SANDBOX | |
| --output-dir | path to the directory for output files. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR | |
| --output-mode | whether to save snapshots, console messages, network logs to a file or to the standard output. Can be "file" or "stdout". Default is "stdout". |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_OUTPUT_MODE | |
| --port | port to listen on for SSE transport. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_PORT | |
| --proxy-bypass | comma-separated domains to bypass proxy, for example ".com,chromium.org,.domain.com" |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_PROXY_BYPASS | |
| --proxy-server | specify proxy server, for example "http://myproxy:3128" or "socks5://myproxy:8080" |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_PROXY_SERVER | |
| --save-session | Whether to save the Playwright MCP session into the output directory. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SAVE_SESSION | |
| --save-trace | Whether to save the Playwright Trace of the session into the output directory. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SAVE_TRACE | |
| --save-video | Whether to save the video of the session into the output directory. For example "--save-video=800x600" |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SAVE_VIDEO | |
| --secrets | path to a file containing secrets in the dotenv format |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SECRETS | |
| --shared-browser-context | reuse the same browser context between all connected HTTP clients. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SHARED_BROWSER_CONTEXT | |
| --snapshot-mode | when taking snapshots for responses, specifies the mode to use. Can be "incremental", "full", or "none". Default is incremental. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SNAPSHOT_MODE | |
| --storage-state | path to the storage state file for isolated sessions. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_STORAGE_STATE | |
| --test-id-attribute | specify the attribute to use for test ids, defaults to "data-testid" |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_TEST_ID_ATTRIBUTE | |
| --timeout-action | specify action timeout in milliseconds, defaults to 5000ms |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_TIMEOUT_ACTION | |
| --timeout-navigation | specify navigation timeout in milliseconds, defaults to 60000ms |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_TIMEOUT_NAVIGATION | |
| --user-agent | specify user agent string |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_USER_AGENT | |
| --user-data-dir | path to the user data directory. If not specified, a temporary directory will be created. |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_USER_DATA_DIR | |
| --viewport-size | specify browser viewport size in pixels, for example "1280x720" |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_VIEWPORT_SIZE | |
| --codegen | specify the language to use for code generation, possible values: "typescript", "none". Default is "typescript". |
env PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CODEGEN |
Advanced configuration
You can run with a persistent profile like a regular browser (default), in isolated contexts for testing sessions, or connect to your existing browser using the browser extension.
Persistent profile
All the logged in information will be stored in the persistent profile, you can delete it between sessions if you'd like to clear the offline state.
Persistent profile is located at the following locations and you can override it with the --user-data-dir argument.
# Windows
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\mcp-{channel}-profile
# macOS
- ~/Library/Caches/ms-playwright/mcp-{channel}-profile
# Linux
- ~/.cache/ms-playwright/mcp-{channel}-profile
Isolated
In the isolated mode, each session is started in the isolated profile. Every time you ask MCP to close the browser,
the session is closed and all the storage state for this session is lost. You can provide initial storage state
to the browser via the config's contextOptions or via the --storage-state argument. Learn more about the storage
state here.
{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"moltbrowser-mcp-server",
"--isolated",
"--storage-state={path/to/storage.json}"
]
}
}
}
There are multiple ways to provide the initial state to the browser context or a page.
For the storage state, you can either:
--user-data-dir argument. This will persist all browser data between the sessions.--storage-state argument. This will load cookies and local storage from the file into an isolated browser context.For the page state, you can use:
--init-page to point to a TypeScript file that will be evaluated on the Playwright page object. This allows you to run arbitrary code to set up the page.// init-page.ts
export default async ({ page }) => {
await page.context().grantPermissions(['geolocation']);
await page.context().setGeolocation({ latitude: 37.7749, longitude: -122.4194 });
await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1280, height: 720 });
};
--init-script to point to a JavaScript file that will be added as an initialization script. The script will be evaluated in every page before any of the page's scripts.
This is useful for overriding browser APIs or setting up the environment.// init-script.js
window.isPlaywrightMCP = true;
The server can be configured using a JSON configuration file. You can specify the configuration file
using the --config command line option:
npx moltbrowser-mcp-server --config path/to/config.json
Configuration file schema
{
/**
* The browser to use.
*/
browser?: {
/**
* The type of browser to use.
*/
browserName?: 'chromium' | 'firefox' | 'webkit';
/**
* Keep the browser profile in memory, do not save it to disk.
*/
isolated?: boolean;
/**
* Path to a user data directory for browser profile persistence.
* Temporary directory is created by default.
*/
userDataDir?: string;
/**
* Launch options passed to
* @see https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-browsertype#browser-type-launch-persistent-context
*
* This is useful for settings options like `channel`, `headless`, `executablePath`, etc.
*/
launchOptions?: playwright.LaunchOptions;
/**
* Context options for the browser context.
*
* This is useful for settings options like `viewport`.
*/
contextOptions?: playwright.BrowserContextOptions;
/**
* Chrome DevTools Protocol endpoint to connect to an existing browser instance in case of Chromium family browsers.
*/
cdpEndpoint?: string;
/**
* CDP headers to send with the connect request.
*/
cdpHeaders?: Record;
/**
* Timeout in milliseconds for connecting to CDP endpoint. Defaults to 30000 (30 seconds). Pass 0 to disable timeout.
*/
cdpTimeout?: number;
/**
* Remote endpoint to connect to an existing Playwright server.
*/
remoteEndpoint?: string;
/**
* Paths to TypeScript files to add as initialization scripts for Playwright page.
*/
initPage?: string[];
/**
* Paths to JavaScript files to add as initialization scripts.
* The scripts will be evaluated in every page before any of the page's scripts.
*/
initScript?: string[];
},
/**
* Connect to a running browser instance (Edge/Chrome only). If specified, `browser`
* config is ignored.
* Requires the "Playwright MCP Bridge" browser extension to be installed.
*/
extension?: boolean;
server?: {
/**
* The port to listen on for SSE or MCP transport.
*/
port?: number;
/**
* The host to bind the server to. Default is localhost. Use 0.0.0.0 to bind to all interfaces.
*/
host?: string;
/**
* The hosts this server is allowed to serve from. Defaults to the host server is bound to.
* This is not for CORS, but rather for the DNS rebinding protection.
*/
allowedHosts?: string[];
},
/**
* List of enabled tool capabilities. Possible values:
* - 'core': Core browser automation features.
* - 'pdf': PDF generation and manipulation.
* - 'vision': Coordinate-based interactions.
* - 'devtools': Developer tools features.
*/
capabilities?: ToolCapability[];
/**
* Whether to save the Playwright session into the output directory.
*/
saveSession?: boolean;
/**
* Whether to save the Playwright trace of the session into the output directory.
*/
saveTrace?: boolean;
/**
* If specified, saves the Playwright video of the session into the output directory.
*/
saveVideo?: {
width: number;
height: number;
};
/**
* Reuse the same browser context between all connected HTTP clients.
*/
sharedBrowserContext?: boolean;
/**
* Secrets are used to prevent LLM from getting sensitive data while
* automating scenarios such as authentication.
* Prefer the browser.contextOptions.storageState over secrets file as a more secure alternative.
*/
secrets?: Record;
/**
* The directory to save output files.
*/
outputDir?: string;
/**
* Whether to save snapshots, console messages, network logs and other session logs to a file or to the standard output. Defaults to "stdout".
*/
outputMode?: 'file' | 'stdout';
console?: {
/**
* The level of console messages to return. Each level includes the messages of more severe levels. Defaults to "info".
*/
level?: 'error' | 'warning' | 'info' | 'debug';
},
network?: {
/**
* List of origins to allow the browser to request. Default is to allow all. Origins matching both `allowedOrigins` and `blockedOrigins` will be blocked.
*
* Supported formats:
* - Full origin: `https://example.com:8080` - matches only that origin
* - Wildcard port: `http://localhost:*` - matches any port on localhost with http protocol
*/
allowedOrigins?: string[];
/**
* List of origins to block the browser to request. Origins matching both `allowedOrigins` and `blockedOrigins` will be blocked.
*
* Supported formats:
* - Full origin: `https://example.com:8080` - matches only that origin
* - Wildcard port: `http://localhost:*` - matches any port on localhost with http protocol
*/
blockedOrigins?: string[];
};
/**
* Specify the attribute to use for test ids, defaults to "data-testid".
*/
testIdAttribute?: string;
timeouts?: {
/*
* Configures default action timeout: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-set-default-timeout. Defaults to 5000ms.
*/
action?: number;
/*
* Configures default navigation timeout: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-set-default-navigation-timeout. Defaults to 60000ms.
*/
navigation?: number;
};
/**
* Whether to send image responses to the client. Can be "allow", "omit", or "auto". Defaults to "auto", which sends images if the client can display them.
*/
imageResponses?: 'allow' | 'omit';
snapshot?: {
/**
* When taking snapshots for responses, specifies the mode to use.
*/
mode?: 'incremental' | 'full' | 'none';
};
/**
* Whether to allow file uploads from anywhere on the file system.
* By default (false), file uploads are restricted to paths within the MCP roots only.
*/
allowUnrestrictedFileAccess?: boolean;
/**
* Specify the language to use for code generation.
*/
codegen?: 'typescript' | 'none';
}
When running headed browser on system w/o display or from worker processes of the IDEs,
run the MCP server from environment with the DISPLAY and pass the --port flag to enable HTTP transport.
npx moltbrowser-mcp-server --port 8931
And then in MCP client config, set the url to the HTTP endpoint:
{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"url": "http://localhost:8931/mcp"
}
}
}
Programmatic usage
import http from 'http';
import { createConnection } from 'moltbrowser-mcp-server';
import { SSEServerTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/sse.js';
http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
// ...
// Creates a headless MCP server with SSE transport
const connection = await createConnection({ browser: { launchOptions: { headless: true } } });
const transport = new SSEServerTransport('/messages', res);
await connection.connect(transport);
// ...
});
Core automation
browser_click
element (string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshotdoubleClick (boolean, optional): Whether to perform a double click instead of a single clickbutton (string, optional): Button to click, defaults to leftmodifiers (array, optional): Modifier keys to pressbrowser_close
browser_console_messages
level (string): Level of the console messages to return. Each level includes the messages of more severe levels. Defaults to "info".filename (string, optional): Filename to save the console messages to. If not provided, messages are returned as text.browser_drag
startElement (string): Human-readable source element description used to obtain the permission to interact with the elementstartRef (string): Exact source element reference from the page snapshotendElement (string): Human-readable target element description used to obtain the permission to interact with the elementendRef (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshotbrowser_evaluate
function (string): () => { /* code / } or (element) => { / code */ } when element is providedelement (string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref (string, optional): Exact target element reference from the page snapshotfilename (string, optional): Filename to save the result to. If not provided, result is returned as JSON string.browser_file_upload
paths (array, optional): The absolute paths to the files to upload. Can be single file or multiple files. If omitted, file chooser is cancelled.browser_fill_form
fields (array): Fields to fill inbrowser_handle_dialog
accept (boolean): Whether to accept the dialog.promptText (string, optional): The text of the prompt in case of a prompt dialog.browser_hover
element (string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshotbrowser_navigate
url (string): The URL to navigate tobrowser_navigate_back
browser_network_requests
includeStatic (boolean): Whether to include successful static resources like images, fonts, scripts, etc. Defaults to false.filename (string, optional): Filename to save the network requests to. If not provided, requests are returned as text.browser_press_key
key (string): Name of the key to press or a character to generate, such as ArrowLeft or abrowser_resize
width (number): Width of the browser windowheight (number): Height of the browser windowbrowser_run_code
code (string): A JavaScript function containing Playwright code to execute. It will be invoked with a single argument, page, which you can use for any page interaction. For example: async (page) => { await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click(); return await page.title(); }filename (string, optional): Filename to save the result to. If not provided, result is returned as JSON string.browser_select_option
element (string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshotvalues (array): Array of values to select in the dropdown. This can be a single value or multiple values.browser_snapshot
filename (string, optional): Save snapshot to markdown file instead of returning it in the response.browser_take_screenshot
type (string): Image format for the screenshot. Default is png.filename (string, optional): File name to save the screenshot to. Defaults to page-{timestamp}.{png|jpeg} if not specified. Prefer relative file names to stay within the output directory.element (string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to screenshot the element. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If element is provided, ref must be provided too.ref (string, optional): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If ref is provided, element must be provided too.fullPage (boolean, optional): When true, takes a screenshot of the full scrollable page, instead of the currently visible viewport. Cannot be used with element screenshots.browser_type
element (string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshottext (string): Text to type into the elementsubmit (boolean, optional): Whether to submit entered text (press Enter after)slowly (boolean, optional): Whether to type one character at a time. Useful for triggering key handlers in the page. By default entire text is filled in at once.browser_wait_for
time (number, optional): The time to wait in secondstext (string, optional): The text to wait fortextGone (string, optional): The text to wait for to disappearTab management
action (string): Operation to performindex (number, optional): Tab index, used for close/select. If omitted for close, current tab is closed.Browser installation
Coordinate-based (opt-in via --caps=vision)
browser_mouse_click_xy
element (string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementx (number): X coordinatey (number): Y coordinatebrowser_mouse_drag_xy
element (string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementstartX (number): Start X coordinatestartY (number): Start Y coordinateendX (number): End X coordinateendY (number): End Y coordinatebrowser_mouse_move_xy
element (string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementx (number): X coordinatey (number): Y coordinatePDF generation (opt-in via --caps=pdf)
filename (string, optional): File name to save the pdf to. Defaults to page-{timestamp}.pdf if not specified. Prefer relative file names to stay within the output directory.Test assertions (opt-in via --caps=testing)
browser_generate_locator
element (string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshotbrowser_verify_element_visible
role (string): ROLE of the element. Can be found in the snapshot like this: - {ROLE} "Accessible Name":accessibleName (string): ACCESSIBLE_NAME of the element. Can be found in the snapshot like this: - role "{ACCESSIBLE_NAME}"browser_verify_list_visible
element (string): Human-readable list descriptionref (string): Exact target element reference that points to the listitems (array): Items to verifybrowser_verify_text_visible
text (string): TEXT to verify. Can be found in the snapshot like this: - role "Accessible Name": {TEXT} or like this: - text: {TEXT}browser_verify_value
type (string): Type of the elementelement (string): Human-readable element descriptionref (string): Exact target element reference that points to the elementvalue (string): Value to verify. For checkbox, use "true" or "false".Tracing (opt-in via --caps=tracing)
browser_start_tracing
browser_stop_tracing
Install via CLI
npx mdskills install Joakim-Sael/moltbrowser-mcpWindows is a free, open-source AI agent skill. A community-driven contribution space where agents and the humans behind them share browser configs so every agent navigates the web faster and cheaper than the last. Every time an agent opens a browser, it starts from zero. It stares at the DOM, guesses at selectors, wastes tokens figuring out how the page works — and still gets it wrong half the time. This happens on every site, for every agent,
Install Windows with a single command:
npx mdskills install Joakim-Sael/moltbrowser-mcpThis downloads the skill files into your project and your AI agent picks them up automatically.
Windows works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Vscode Copilot, Windsurf, Continue Dev, Gemini Cli, Amp, Roo Code, Goose. Skills use the open SKILL.md format which is compatible with any AI coding agent that reads markdown instructions.