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Safari MCP

Safari MCP is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Native Safari browser automation for AI agents — 98 tools, zero Chrome overhead. It has 225 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y safari-mcp.

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Install Safari MCP

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "safari-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "safari-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio safari-mcp -- npx -y safari-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "safari-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "safari-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "safari-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "safari-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Safari MCP

Your real Safari, logged in — no Chrome, no heat, no headless. 98 tools · No Chrome/Puppeteer/Playwright needed · ~5ms per command · 60% less CPU than Chrome

  • applescript
  • browser-automation
  • claude
  • cursor
  • macos
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • safari
  • webkit
  • apple-silicon

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How do I install the Safari MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y safari-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Safari MCP free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Safari MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. The latest release is v2.22.19, published Oct 26, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.