AI-driven browser automation server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for natural language browser control.
MCP Browser Use becomes available to MCP clients through the mcp browser use mcp server. AI-driven browser automation server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for natural language browser control.
AI-driven browser automation server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for natural language browser control.
Once connected, the assistant can call these 10 tools directly:
Provider — ValueAnthropic — anthropicOpenAI — openaiDeepSeek — deepseekGemini — geminiMistral — mistralOllama — ollamaOpenRouter — openrouterPrerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this serverInstallation — The Installation tool exposed by this serverThe server is distributed via npm as @modelcontextprotocol/inspector, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.
Before the server will start you need to supply 8 environment variables: OPENROUTER_API_KEY, OPENROUTER_ENDPOINT, OPENAI_ENDPOINT, OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_ENDPOINT, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GOOGLE_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.
AI-service servers chain other models into your assistant, turning a single chat into a small production pipeline. MCP Browser Use sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — Provider, Anthropic, OpenAI among others — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other ai services servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Provider | Value |
| Anthropic | anthropic |
| OpenAI | openai |
| DeepSeek | deepseek |
| Gemini | gemini |
| Mistral | mistral |
| Ollama | ollama |
| OpenRouter | openrouter |
| Prerequisites | The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server. |
| Installation | The Installation tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"browser-use": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/inspector"],
"env": {
"OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "your-value",
"OPENROUTER_ENDPOINT": "your-value",
"OPENAI_ENDPOINT": "your-value",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
"ANTHROPIC_ENDPOINT": "your-value",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "your-value",
"GOOGLE_API_KEY": "your-value",
"AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| OPENROUTER_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OPENROUTER_ENDPOINT | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| OPENAI_ENDPOINT | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| OPENAI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| ANTHROPIC_ENDPOINT | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| ANTHROPIC_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| GOOGLE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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