# browserless-mcp

> A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Browserless.io browser automation

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/browserless-mcp/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:browserless-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Browserless MCP Server (Python)

A [FastMCP](https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp) server that exposes [Browserless.io](https://browserless.io) browser-automation capabilities as MCP tools. Built in Python with `uv`, `fastmcp`, and `httpx`.

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## Features

| Tool | Description |
|------|-------------|
| `browserless_generate_pdf` | Convert a URL or HTML to PDF |
| `browserless_take_screenshot` | Capture full-page or clipped screenshots |
| `browserless_get_content` | Extract fully-rendered HTML after JS execution |
| `browserless_execute_function` | Run arbitrary JS inside a real browser |
| `browserless_scrape` | Extract structured data via CSS selectors |
| `browserless_run_performance_audit` | Lighthouse performance/accessibility audit |
| `browserless_unblock` | Bypass bot detection / anti-scraping measures |
| `browserless_execute_browserql` | Run BrowserQL GraphQL automation queries |
| `browserless_get_websocket_url` | Build WebSocket URL for Puppeteer/Playwright |
| `browserless_get_health` | Check Browserless instance health |
| `browserless_get_sessions` | List active browser sessions |
| `browserless_get_metrics` | Get instance performance metrics |
| `browserless_configure_connection` | Update connection settings at runtime |

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## Prerequisites

- Python ≥ 3.11
- [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) package manager
- A running [Browserless](https://github.com/browserless/browserless) instance

### Start Browserless (Docker)

```bash
# Quick start (no auth)
docker run -p 3000:3000 ghcr.io/browserless/chromium

# With token
docker run -p 3000:3000 \
  -e TOKEN=my-secret-token \
  -e CONCURRENT=10 \
  ghcr.io/browserless/chromium
```

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## Installation

```bash
# Clone
git clone https://github.com/your-org/browserless-mcp-python.git
cd browserless-mcp-python

# Install dependencies with uv
uv sync

# Copy and edit config
cp .env.example .env
```

Edit `.env`:

```dotenv
BROWSERLESS_HOST=localhost
BROWSERLESS_PORT=3000
BROWSERLESS_TOKEN=my-secret-token…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- infra.browser-automation (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/browserless-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T10:27:53.452Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/browserless-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/browserless-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:browserless-mcp