Claude Desktop
Desktop · Freemium · Proprietary
Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.
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Browser Automation · Developer Tools
Steel MCP Server
steel-dev/steel-mcp-server
Give Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client a real Chrome in the cloud. Read pages that block a plain fetch, fill forms, take screenshots, and hand the browser to a person when a login or a CAPTCHA needs one. The browser is run by Steel.
Install
npx -y github:steel-dev/steel-mcp-serverClient configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"steel": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"github:steel-dev/steel-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"STEEL_API_KEY": "<STEEL_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
STEEL_API_KEY- GitHub stars
- 31
- Author
- @steel-dev
- Category
- Browser Automation, Developer Tools
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
About Steel MCP Server
Status: 3.0.0. Download it from Releases. It is not published to npm. mcp.steel.dev is not live yet.
Tools (16)
steel_scrape
Read a budgeted page plus bounded links and metadata.
steel_screenshot
Capture a URL for a person, or a live session for a visual check; URL captures support proxies
steel_pdf
Render a page to PDF and return a link; supports proxies
steel_session_create
Start a browser session you can interact with
steel_session_release
Shut it down and stop the meter
steel_navigate
Point a session at a URL
steel_snapshot
Read the page as an accessibility tree with @eN references
steel_find
Locate elements by text, safe regex, or role without reading the whole page
steel_act
Click, type, fill a form, select, hover, scroll, press a key, go back, dismiss overlays
steel_wait_for
Wait for named text, a selector, or a URL
steel_session_diagnostics
Read a session's activity, or rediscover this credential's live handles, without starting a browser
steel_session_handoff
Pause while a person takes exclusive control of the same browser, then return it to the agent
steel_session_replay
On an explicit request, return a finished session's Steel dashboard link
steel_batch
Run known reversible steps in one call; hands off before login, payment, or final confirmation
steel_session_options
Plan a non-default session and discover saved profile IDs or managed-login namespaces
steel_session_live_view
Feeds the inline viewer its connection details.
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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