Puppeteer MCP server

This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides browser automation capabilities using Puppeteer, allowing large language models to interact with web pages, capture screenshots, and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment. The server supports various web interactions like navigation, clicking, and form filling.

Installation Options

Using Docker

Docker provides a headless Chromium implementation:

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

To configure the Puppeteer server with Claude Desktop using Docker:

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

Using NPX

This method will open a browser window rather than running headless:

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer

To configure the Puppeteer server with Claude Desktop using NPX:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "puppeteer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer"]
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Navigation

Navigate to any URL in the browser:

puppeteer_navigate

• Input: url (string)

Screenshots

Capture screenshots of the entire page or specific elements:

puppeteer_screenshot

• 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

Page Interactions

Click Elements

puppeteer_click

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

Hover Elements

puppeteer_hover

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

Fill Form Fields

puppeteer_fill

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

Select From Dropdown

puppeteer_select

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

JavaScript Execution

Run JavaScript in the browser console:

puppeteer_evaluate

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

Available Resources

The server provides access to two resource types:

Console Logs

console://logs

• Contains browser console output in text format
• Includes all console messages from the browser

Screenshots

screenshot://<name>

• PNG images of captured screenshots
• Accessible via the screenshot name specified during capture

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","@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer"]}'

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",
                "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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",
                "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect