A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilities using Anchor Browser's remote browser service with Playwright. This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages…
browsermcp-com-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the browsermcp-com/mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilities using Anchor Browser's remote browser service with Playwright. This server enables LLMs to interact…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares ANCHOR_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| anchor_navigate | Navigate to URLs |
| anchor_click | Click elements |
| browser_type | Type text into inputs |
| browser_snapshot | Get page accessibility tree |
| browser_take_screenshot | Take screenshots |
| browser_evaluate | Execute JavaScript |
| browser_wait_for | Wait for conditions |
| browser_tab_new | Open new tabs |
| browser_tab_list | List open tabs |
| browser_tab_select | Switch between tabs |
| browser_tab_close | Close tabs |
| browser_file_upload | Upload files |
| browser_handle_dialog | Handle alerts/confirms |
| browser_network_requests | View network traffic |
| browser_pdf_save | Generate PDFs (with --caps=pdf) |
{
"mcpServers": {
"anchor-browser": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/anchor-mcp/cli.js"
],
"env": {
"ANCHOR_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANCHOR_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| ANCHOR_API_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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