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openbrowser-ai

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openbrowser-ai is a local MCP server: AI browser automation. Write async Python to navigate, click, type, and extract data. Install it from pypi as openbrowser-ai.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add openbrowser-ai -e OPENBROWSER_HEADLESS=... -e OPENBROWSER_ALLOWED_DOMAINS=... -e OPENBROWSER_USER_DATA_DIR=... -e OPENBROWSER_STORAGE_STATE=... -e OPENBROWSER_COMPACT_DESCRIPTION=... -e OPENBROWSER_MAX_OUTPUT=... -e ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY=... -- uvx openbrowser-ai

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": {
    "openbrowser-ai": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "openbrowser-ai"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENBROWSER_HEADLESS": "...",
        "OPENBROWSER_ALLOWED_DOMAINS": "...",
        "OPENBROWSER_USER_DATA_DIR": "...",
        "OPENBROWSER_STORAGE_STATE": "...",
        "OPENBROWSER_COMPACT_DESCRIPTION": "...",
        "OPENBROWSER_MAX_OUTPUT": "...",
        "ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

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: OPENBROWSER_HEADLESS, OPENBROWSER_ALLOWED_DOMAINS, OPENBROWSER_USER_DATA_DIR, OPENBROWSER_STORAGE_STATE, OPENBROWSER_COMPACT_DESCRIPTION, OPENBROWSER_MAX_OUTPUT, ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY

Summary

AI browser automation. Write async Python to navigate, click, type, and extract data.

openbrowser-ai vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
openbrowser-ai268LocalYespypi
Skyvern23KHostedYesNone
Browser Automation12LocalYesnpm
Native DevTools134LocalNonpm
browser-use117KLocalNopypi

Questions

It reads 7 environment variables: OPENBROWSER_HEADLESS, OPENBROWSER_ALLOWED_DOMAINS, OPENBROWSER_USER_DATA_DIR, OPENBROWSER_STORAGE_STATE, OPENBROWSER_COMPACT_DESCRIPTION, OPENBROWSER_MAX_OUTPUT, ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY. 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.

openbrowser-ai is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package openbrowser-ai.

Run: claude mcp add openbrowser-ai -e OPENBROWSER_HEADLESS=... -e OPENBROWSER_ALLOWED_DOMAINS=... -e OPENBROWSER_USER_DATA_DIR=... -e OPENBROWSER_STORAGE_STATE=... -e OPENBROWSER_COMPACT_DESCRIPTION=... -e OPENBROWSER_MAX_OUTPUT=... -e ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY=... -- uvx openbrowser-ai

Run: codex mcp add openbrowser-ai --env OPENBROWSER_HEADLESS=... --env OPENBROWSER_ALLOWED_DOMAINS=... --env OPENBROWSER_USER_DATA_DIR=... --env OPENBROWSER_STORAGE_STATE=... --env OPENBROWSER_COMPACT_DESCRIPTION=... --env OPENBROWSER_MAX_OUTPUT=... --env ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY=... -- uvx openbrowser-ai

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