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Unbrowse

Unbrowse is an MCP server that adds web browsing tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Websites as APIs: read pages, run site tasks via learned APIs, cloud browser with saved logins. It has 810 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y unbrowse.

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Install Unbrowse

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unbrowse": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "unbrowse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNBROWSE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env UNBROWSE_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio unbrowse -- npx -y unbrowse

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unbrowse": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "unbrowse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNBROWSE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unbrowse_api_key",
      "description": "UNBROWSE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "unbrowse": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "unbrowse"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNBROWSE_API_KEY": "${input:unbrowse_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (remote)

claude mcp add --transport http unbrowse "https://unbrowse.ai/mcp"

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

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
UNBROWSE_API_KEYsecretNoUnbrowse API key from https://unbrowse.ai/app (or run npx unbrowse login once instead)

About Unbrowse

This is the open-source client for the hosted Unbrowse service ( the @unbrowse/sdk TypeScript client for its REST API, and the unbrowse CLI built on it.

  • agents
  • browser-use
  • clawdbot
  • har
  • moltbot
  • openclaw
  • reverse-engineering
  • skills
  • clawdbot-plugin
  • openclaw-skills

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FAQ

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How do I install the Unbrowse MCP server?

Add the command npx -y unbrowse 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 Unbrowse free?

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

Is Unbrowse actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 18, 2026. The latest release is v12.5.0, published Oct 16, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.