Chrome Browser Automation MCP server for AI agents

This Spring AI Chrome MCP Server enables interaction between AI assistants and Chrome browsers through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It allows AI systems to perform various browser operations like opening websites, searching, clicking links, and extracting content.

Installation

To use the Spring AI Chrome MCP Server, you need to configure it with Claude or another compatible AI assistant that supports MCP.

Claude Desktop Configuration

Create a configuration file for Claude Desktop with the following template:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spring-ai-chrome-mcp-server": {
      "command": "{JAVA_PATH}",
      "args": [
        "-Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true",
        "-jar",
        "{JAR_PATH}"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace the placeholders with your actual paths:

{JAVA_PATH}: Full path to your Java executable
{JAR_PATH}: Full path to the Spring AI Chrome MCP Server JAR file

Example configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spring-ai-chrome-mcp-server": {
      "command": "/Users/baetaehyeon/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/corretto-21.0.5-1/Contents/Home/bin/java",
      "args": [
        "-Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true",
        "-jar",
        "/Users/baetaehyeon/dev/chrome-mcp-server/build/libs/chrome-mcp-server-0.0.1.jar"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Usage

The MCP Server manages browsers by ID (allowing multiple browser instances) and tabs by index.

Basic Commands

You can interact with the server using natural language commands or direct tool calls. Here are some examples:

"브라우저 열어줘" (Open a browser)
"MCP 검색해줘" (Search for MCP)
"블로그 하나 들어가서 내용 요약해줘" (Go to a blog and summarize content)
"새 탭 열고, 구글 접속해줘" (Open a new tab and go to Google)
"오늘의 환율 검색해줘" (Search for today's exchange rate)
"브라우저 닫아줘" (Close the browser)

Available Tools

The server provides the following browser operation tools:

Browser Management

open_browser - Opens a browser with default Google page
open_browser_by_browser_id - Opens a browser with specified ID
close_browser - Closes the current browser
close_browser_by_browser_id - Closes a browser by ID
close_all_browsers - Closes all open browsers

Tab Management

open_new_tab - Opens a new tab
open_new_tab_by_browser_id - Opens a new tab in specified browser
open_new_tab_with_url - Opens a new tab with specified URL
open_new_tab_with_url_by_browser_id - Opens a new tab with URL in specified browser
close_current_tab - Closes the current tab
close_current_tab_by_browser_id - Closes current tab in specified browser
switch_to_tab - Switches to tab by index
switch_to_tab_by_browser_id - Switches to tab by index in specified browser
get_tab_list - Lists all open tabs
get_tab_list_by_browser_id - Lists all tabs in specified browser
close_all_tabs_except_current - Closes all tabs except current
close_all_tabs_except_current_by_browser_id - Closes all tabs except current in specified browser

Browser Interaction

google_search - Performs Google search
google_search_by_browser_id - Performs Google search in specified browser
navigate_to_url - Navigates to specified URL
navigate_to_url_by_browser_id - Navigates to URL in specified browser
click_link_with_text - Clicks a link containing specified text
click_link_with_text_by_browser_id - Clicks a link in specified browser
input_text - Inputs text at current cursor position
input_text_by_browser_id - Inputs text in specified browser

Information Retrieval

take_screenshot - Takes a screenshot of current page
take_screenshot_by_browser_id - Takes screenshot in specified browser
get_page_title - Gets the current page title
get_page_title_by_browser_id - Gets page title in specified browser
extract_page_text - Extracts text content from current page
extract_page_text_by_browser_id - Extracts text from page in specified browser
get_cookies - Gets cookies from current site
get_cookies_by_browser_id - Gets cookies from site in specified browser

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "spring-ai-chrome-mcp-server" '{"command":"{JAVA_PATH}","args":["-Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true","-jar","{JAR_PATH}"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "spring-ai-chrome-mcp-server": {
            "command": "{JAVA_PATH}",
            "args": [
                "-Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true",
                "-jar",
                "{JAR_PATH}"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "spring-ai-chrome-mcp-server": {
            "command": "{JAVA_PATH}",
            "args": [
                "-Dspring.ai.mcp.server.stdio=true",
                "-jar",
                "{JAR_PATH}"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect