A streamlined MCP server for Patchright browser automation
If you already use Patchright MCP Lite, the patchright mcp lite mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. A streamlined MCP server for Patchright browser automation.
A streamlined Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that wraps the Patchright Node.js SDK to provide stealth browser automation capabilities to AI models. This lightweight server focuses on essential functionality to make it easier for simpler AI models to use.
Patchright is an undetected version of the Playwright testing and automation framework. It's designed as a drop-in replacement for Playwright, but with advanced stealth capabilities to avoid detection by anti-bot systems. Patchright patches various detection techniques including:
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at patchright on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Among the browser automation options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. It is maintained by dylangroos; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
{
"mcpServers": {
"patchright": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["path/to/patchright-lite-mcp-server/dist/index.js"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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