fortress
local MCP serverfortress is a local MCP server: Stealth browser for AI agents: fetch pages behind Cloudflare/DataDome/CAPTCHA, extract clean data. Install it from pypi as tilion.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add fortress -e TILION_MCP_PREWARM=... -e TILION_MCP_HEADLESS=... -e TILION_ALLOW_PRIVATE_EGRESS=... -e TILION_BASE_URL=... -e TILION_API_KEY=... -- uvx tilion
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"fortress": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"tilion"
],
"env": {
"TILION_MCP_PREWARM": "...",
"TILION_MCP_HEADLESS": "...",
"TILION_ALLOW_PRIVATE_EGRESS": "...",
"TILION_BASE_URL": "...",
"TILION_API_KEY": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
What you need
- Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
- Environment variables:
TILION_MCP_PREWARM,TILION_MCP_HEADLESS,TILION_ALLOW_PRIVATE_EGRESS,TILION_BASE_URL,TILION_API_KEY
Summary
Stealth browser for AI agents: fetch pages behind Cloudflare/DataDome/CAPTCHA, extract clean data.
fortress vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fortress | 665 | Local | Yes | pypi |
| Aginx Browser | 32 | Hosted | No | None |
| Oya Browser | 327 | Hosted | Yes | None |
| scrapeless-mcp-server | 169 | Hosted | Yes | None |
| takedown | 12 | Hosted | No | None |
Questions
It reads 5 environment variables: TILION_MCP_PREWARM, TILION_MCP_HEADLESS, TILION_ALLOW_PRIVATE_EGRESS, TILION_BASE_URL, TILION_API_KEY. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
fortress is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package tilion.
Run: claude mcp add fortress -e TILION_MCP_PREWARM=... -e TILION_MCP_HEADLESS=... -e TILION_ALLOW_PRIVATE_EGRESS=... -e TILION_BASE_URL=... -e TILION_API_KEY=... -- uvx tilion
Run: codex mcp add fortress --env TILION_MCP_PREWARM=... --env TILION_MCP_HEADLESS=... --env TILION_ALLOW_PRIVATE_EGRESS=... --env TILION_BASE_URL=... --env TILION_API_KEY=... -- uvx tilion
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