Puppeteer Linux MCP server

This MCP-Puppeteer-Linux server provides browser automation capabilities using Puppeteer, with full Linux display server support (X11 and Wayland). It enables language models to interact with web pages, take screenshots, and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment.

Installation Options

Installing via Smithery

You can install Puppeteer Linux for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @PhialsBasement/mcp-puppeteer-linux --client claude

Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/PhialsBasement/MCP-Puppeteer-Linux.git

2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Start the server:

ts-node index.ts

Configuration

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "puppeteer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["ts-node", "/path/to/index.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

puppeteer_navigate

Navigate to any URL in the browser.

• Input: url (string)

puppeteer_screenshot

Capture screenshots of the entire page or specific elements.

• Inputs:
  • name (string, required): Name for the screenshot
  • selector (string, optional): CSS selector for element to screenshot
  • width (number, optional, default: 800): Screenshot width
  • height (number, optional, default: 600): Screenshot height

puppeteer_click

Click elements on the page.

• Input: selector (string): CSS selector for element to click

puppeteer_hover

Hover over elements on the page.

• Input: selector (string): CSS selector for element to hover

puppeteer_fill

Fill out input fields.

• Inputs:
  • selector (string): CSS selector for input field
  • value (string): Value to fill

puppeteer_select

Select an element with SELECT tag.

• Inputs:
  • selector (string): CSS selector for element to select
  • value (string): Value to select

puppeteer_evaluate

Execute JavaScript in the browser console.

• Input: script (string): JavaScript code to execute

Accessible Resources

The server provides access to two types of resources:

Console Logs

Access browser console output in text format:

• Resource URI: console://logs
• Includes all console messages from the browser

Screenshots

Access PNG images of captured screenshots:

• Resource URI: screenshot://<name>
• Accessible via the screenshot name specified during capture

Display Server Support

The server automatically detects and configures the appropriate display environment:

Wayland Support

• Detects Wayland sessions via WAYLAND_DISPLAY
• Configures necessary environment variables:
  • WAYLAND_DISPLAY
  • QT_QPA_PLATFORM
  • GDK_BACKEND
  • MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND
  • XDG_SESSION_TYPE

X11 Support

• Fallback for traditional X11 sessions
• Handles X11-specific variables:
  • DISPLAY
  • XAUTHORITY
• Supports various desktop environments and window managers

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":["ts-node","/path/to/index.ts"]}'

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": [
                "ts-node",
                "/path/to/index.ts"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": [
                "ts-node",
                "/path/to/index.ts"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect