# Auto Browser (MCP server)

> Auto Browser is an MCP server that gives your AI agent a real browser — with a human in the loop. It has 914 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx auto-browser-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

Give your AI agent a real browser, with a human in the loop. Auto Browser is an MCP-native browser control plane for authorized workflows. It gives MCP clients, LLM agents, and operators a shared Playwright browser with human takeover, reusable auth profiles, approvals, audit trails, and local-first deployment.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/LvcidPsyche/auto-browser |
| GitHub stars | 914 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: auto-browser-mcp; docker: ghcr.io/lvcidpsyche/auto-browser-controller |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Web & browsing |
| Latest release | v1.11.0 (Oct 24, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "auto-browser": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "auto-browser-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio auto-browser -- uvx auto-browser-mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "auto-browser": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "auto-browser-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "auto-browser": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "auto-browser-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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