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Browser Control MCP

eyalzh/browser-control-mcp

An MCP server paired with a Firefox browser extension that provides AI assistants with access to tab management, browsing history, and webpage text content.

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Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-control": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "-p",
        "127.0.0.1:8089:8089",
        "-e",
        "EXTENSION_SECRET=<secret_from_extension>",
        "-e",
        "CONTAINERIZED=true",
        "browser-control-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

EXTENSION_SECRETEXTENSION_PORT
GitHub stars
16
Author
@eyalzh
Category
Browser Automation, Developer Tools
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Open or close tabs

  • Get the list of opened tabs

  • Create tab groups with name and color

  • Reorder opened tabs

  • Read and search the browser's history

  • Read a webpage's text content and links (requires user consent)

  • Find and highlight text in a browser tab (requires user consent)

  • Capture a screenshot of a tab's visible area (requires user consent per tab)

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

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