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Stealth Browser MCP

Stealth Browser MCP is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Stealth browser automation for AI agents over MCP and the Chrome DevTools Protocol: navigation, network hooks, DOM extraction… It has 3,281 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx browserstealthmcp.

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Install Stealth Browser MCP

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stealth-browser-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "browserstealthmcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STEALTH_BROWSER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env STEALTH_BROWSER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio stealth-browser-mcp -- uvx browserstealthmcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stealth-browser-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "browserstealthmcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STEALTH_BROWSER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "stealth_browser_mcp_auth_token",
      "description": "STEALTH_BROWSER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "stealth-browser-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "browserstealthmcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STEALTH_BROWSER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "${input:stealth_browser_mcp_auth_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
STEALTH_BROWSER_MCP_AUTH_TOKENsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.
BROWSER_IDLE_TIMEOUTNoShown in the README's example configuration.
BROWSER_FILE_UPLOAD_ALLOWED_DIRSNoShown in the README's example configuration.

About Stealth Browser MCP

Stealth browser automation for MCP-compatible AI agents. Navigate Cloudflare challenges, anti-bot checks, and login walls with real Chrome-family browser instances powered by nodriver, Chrome DevTools Protocol, and FastMCP.

  • ai-agent-tools
  • ai-tools
  • anthropic
  • anti-bot-bypass
  • automation-tools
  • browser-automation
  • chrome-devtools
  • claude-mcp
  • cloudflare-bypass
  • developer-tools

FAQ

Stealth Browser MCP FAQ

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How do I install the Stealth Browser MCP MCP server?

Add the command uvx browserstealthmcp 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 Stealth Browser MCP free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (STEALTH_BROWSER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Stealth Browser MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 24, 2026. The latest release is v0.2.5, published Feb 10, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.