Puppeteer Extra Stealth MCP server

Enables stealthy web automation with Puppeteer-Extra and Stealth Plugin for navigating websites, capturing screenshots, interacting with elements, and executing JavaScript while avoiding detection as automation.
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Provider
gpaul
Release date
Mar 20, 2025
Language
TypeScript
Stats
2 stars

This MCP server provides enhanced browser automation capabilities using Puppeteer-Extra with Stealth Plugin, allowing AI models to interact with web pages in a more human-like manner while avoiding bot detection. It offers a comprehensive set of tools for web navigation, interaction, and data extraction.

Installation Options

Using NPX (Easiest)

The simplest way to use this MCP server is with NPX:

npx -y MCP_puppeteer_extra

Using Docker

You can run the server in a Docker container for better isolation:

  1. Build the Docker image:

    docker build -t mcp/puppeteer-extra .
    
  2. Run the container:

    docker run -i --rm --init -e DOCKER_CONTAINER=true mcp/puppeteer-extra
    

Configuration

Setting Up with Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

NPX Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "puppeteer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "MCP_puppeteer_extra"]
    }
  }
}

Docker Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "puppeteer": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "--init", "-e", "DOCKER_CONTAINER=true", "mcp/puppeteer-extra"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Navigation

Navigate to any URL in the browser:

puppeteer_navigate({
  url: "https://example.com"
})

Screenshots

Capture screenshots of the entire page or specific elements:

// Full page screenshot
puppeteer_screenshot({
  name: "homepage"
})

// Element screenshot
puppeteer_screenshot({
  name: "login_button",
  selector: "#login-btn",
  width: 800,
  height: 600
})

Page Interaction

Clicking Elements

puppeteer_click({
  selector: "#submit-button"
})

Hovering Elements

puppeteer_hover({
  selector: ".dropdown-menu"
})

Filling Form Fields

puppeteer_fill({
  selector: "#username",
  value: "testuser123"
})

Selecting Dropdown Options

puppeteer_select({
  selector: "#country",
  value: "Canada"
})

JavaScript Execution

Execute custom JavaScript in the browser context:

puppeteer_evaluate({
  script: "document.querySelector('.total-price').textContent"
})

Accessing Resources

The server provides access to two types of resources:

Console Logs

Access browser console output:

console://logs

Screenshots

Access captured screenshots by name:

screenshot://homepage

Replace "homepage" with the name you provided when capturing the screenshot.

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 "puppeteer" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","MCP_puppeteer_extra"]}'

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": {
        "puppeteer": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "MCP_puppeteer_extra"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "puppeteer": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "MCP_puppeteer_extra"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect

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