Browser Use
Browser agents and stealth cloud browsers for AI: run web tasks, fill forms, extract data.
Descripción del creador (original en inglés)
Stealth browser MCP with three engines, diff observations, site memory, and benchmarks.
Estos tres nunca se combinan en una sola puntuación: las opiniones, las mediciones y la popularidad son cosas distintas.
Todavía no escribimos un resumen sencillo para este. Abajo están los datos que leímos del registro.
Elige la app de IA que usas y copia la configuración.
BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK, BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH, BROWSER_MCP_PROFILENecesitas
¿Qué app usas?
Elige tu app arriba. La recordamos, así que la próxima vez el botón dirá “Instalar en …”.
Abre Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config y pega esto en claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cat-burglar": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_PROFILE",
"ghcr.io/drmkdaddy/cat-burglar:v0.3.3"
],
"env": {
"BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK": "your-value",
"BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH": "your-value",
"BROWSER_MCP_PROFILE": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Ejecuta esto en tu terminal
claude mcp add cat-burglar --env BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK=your-value --env BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH=your-value --env BROWSER_MCP_PROFILE=your-value -- docker run -i --rm -e BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK -e BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH -e BROWSER_MCP_PROFILE ghcr.io/drmkdaddy/cat-burglar:v0.3.3Completa los valores vacíos antes de ejecutarlo.
Pégalo en .cursor/mcp.json de tu proyecto, o en ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cat-burglar": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_PROFILE",
"ghcr.io/drmkdaddy/cat-burglar:v0.3.3"
],
"env": {
"BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK": "your-value",
"BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH": "your-value",
"BROWSER_MCP_PROFILE": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Tu navegador te pide permiso para abrir la app; luego la app muestra la configuración y te pide confirmar. Los valores de las claves quedan vacíos para que los completes tú.
Pégalo en .vscode/mcp.json de tu proyecto
{
"servers": {
"cat-burglar": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH",
"-e",
"BROWSER_MCP_PROFILE",
"ghcr.io/drmkdaddy/cat-burglar:v0.3.3"
],
"env": {
"BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK": "your-value",
"BROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH": "your-value",
"BROWSER_MCP_PROFILE": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Tu navegador te pide permiso para abrir la app; luego la app muestra la configuración y te pide confirmar. Los valores de las claves quedan vacíos para que los completes tú.
Este se ejecuta en tu computadora, y ChatGPT solo puede conectarse a servidores en internet. Elige otra app.
Tu elección se guarda en una cookie en este dispositivo; no necesitas cuenta.
BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK envBROWSER_MCP_OBSCURA_PATH envBROWSER_MCP_PROFILE envEsta configuración se genera a partir de la ficha del creador en el registro. Si el README dice otra cosa, sigue el README.
Se ejecuta en tu computadora; la lista de herramientas aparece en tu app de IA después de instalarlo.
Revisamos información que cualquiera puede ver; no hemos leído el código. Las revisiones que no aplican no se cuentan. · Revisado el 10 nov 2026
El nombre en el registro se verificó con la cuenta de GitHub DrMkdaddy, dueña del repo
Todavía no hemos leído este repo en GitHub
Todavía no hemos leído este repo en GitHub
Este se ejecuta en tu computadora; no hay endpoint en internet
Se ejecuta en tu computadora y usa ajustes locales en su lugar
Se ejecuta en tu computadora; solo podemos leer listas de herramientas de endpoints en internet
Comparado con todos los servidores activos de esta categoría en el registro. Las estrellas solo cuentan cuando quien lo publica es dueño del repo.
Superó 1 de 1 revisiones básicas aplicables. No hemos leído el código. Antes de agregar una clave o un token, revisa qué acceso pide el servidor y usa una clave que tenga solo los permisos que necesitas.
El registro no indica ninguna clave obligatoria, aunque algunos servidores te piden iniciar sesión la primera vez que los usas.
Se ejecuta en tu computadora. Tu app de IA lo inicia cuando hace falta, y los datos no pasan por los servidores del creador (a menos que el propio servidor llame a un servicio en línea).
El repo de GitHub cambió por última vez –, y la última versión (0.3.3) llegó al registro hoy.
Las apps compatibles con MCP, como Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor y VS Code. También necesitas Docker en tu computadora.
En la misma categoría: Browser Use, Chrome DevTools MCP, MCP Server Browser
Servidores de la misma categoría hechos por otros creadores, ordenados por estrellas.
Cómo leer una tarjeta:↓ Descargas por semanai★ Estrellas de GitHubiTres pilares: reseñas · revisiones · usoiActualizado = fecha en que se publicó la última versión en el registroi
Browser agents and stealth cloud browsers for AI: run web tasks, fill forms, extract data.
Copiado tal cual del repo del creador. PopNx MCP no lo ha revisado ni lo respalda. Se quitaron HTML, imágenes y scripts. Los enlaces llevan fuera de este sitio.
Cat Burglar plugs a real browser into your agent. It can run patched stealth Chromium, stock Chromium for devtools, or Obscura's 43 MB Rust engine behind one session. It sends diffs instead of full DOM dumps, remembers per-site workflows, and gates high-impact actions.
| Feature | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Three engines, one server | Pick stealth, devtools fidelity, or a 43 MB footprint for the task. Switch without changing clients. |
| Diffs, not dumps | Stable refs, diff snapshots, and bounded change observations after every action. Less context, fewer round trips. |
| Site memory | Per-origin hints and workflows learned after a successful run. Repeated tasks get shorter. |
| Guardrails on by default | SSRF protection, origin lists, untrusted-content markers, tracker blocking, and a confirmation gate for destructive actions. |
| Works with your agent | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode, Docker, and any stdio client. |
| Measured | A 12-task local suite with state verification. Adaptive observation cuts text by 29.9% and calls by 15% at the same success rate. |
One line:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DrMkdaddy/cat-burglar/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
From the official MCP Registry: io.github.DrMkdaddy/cat-burglar (OCI image). From GHCR: docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/drmkdaddy/cat-burglar:latest.
The installer adds a cat-burglar binary to your PATH. Install globally with pnpm if you prefer:
pnpm add -g https://github.com/DrMkdaddy/cat-burglar/releases/download/v0.3.3/cat-burglar-mcp-0.3.3.tgz
cat-burglar doctor
The install command prints a ready config for: claude-code, claude-desktop, cursor, codex, gemini, vscode, windsurf, cline, opencode, or generic.
| Client | Setup |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | claude mcp add catburglar -- cat-burglar |
| Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline | Paste the mcpServers JSON from docs/install.md |
| Codex | codex mcp add catburglar -- cat-burglar |
| Gemini CLI | Add the mcpServers entry to ~/.gemini/settings.json |
| VS Code | Add the servers entry to .vscode/mcp.json |
| OpenCode | Add catburglar under mcp.servers |
| Docker | docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/drmkdaddy/cat-burglar:latest |
Do not name the server browser. OpenCode has a built-in browser toolset with that name, and Code Mode hides overlapping tools.
Quick version:
Install Cat Burglar from https://github.com/DrMkdaddy/cat-burglar as a local MCP server named catburglar.
Run: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DrMkdaddy/cat-burglar/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
Then run cat-burglar doctor.
Add the server with command cat-burglar (add --slim if the client loads every tool schema), restart or reconnect the client, and verify by navigating to https://example.com and taking a snapshot. Report the tool count, engine, and page title.
Full base prompt with client-specific steps, verification, and security rules: docs/agent-prompt.md.
<system_context>
You are installing Cat Burglar, a local browser MCP server, for this project.
Add Cat Burglar to the current MCP client and verify that it can drive a browser.
cat-burglar doctor and report the output.catburglar that runs cat-burglar. If the client loads every tool schema into context, add --slim.browser. It collides with OpenCode's built-in browser tools.BROWSER_MCP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_NETWORK=1 only if the user needs localhost.navigate to https://example.com, then snapshot, then close.Report the server name, the tool count, the engine, and the title returned by the test page.
Do not commit secrets. Do not enable private-network access without asking. Use the measured 12-task local numbers if numbers are needed. Do not invent a head-to-head result.
Install and verify Cat Burglar for my agent.
Research:
Use catburglar. Open https://news.ycombinator.com, take a snapshot, read the top five stories with markdown, and give me the titles and links.
Forms and workflows:
Use catburglar. Open the staging signup page, fill the form with test data, submit it, and tell me exactly what changed on the page.
Local app testing:
Use catburglar with engine chromium. Open http://localhost:3000, log in with the seeded test user, open the billing page, capture a screenshot, and report console errors.
Performance:
Use catburglar with engine chromium. Open the product page, start a performance trace, reload, stop the trace, and summarize the long tasks and the three slowest scripts.
| Engine | Best for | Footprint |
|---|---|---|
patchright | Protected sites, logins, anti-bot work | Full Chromium |
chromium | Devtools, console, traces, PDF, local app testing | Full Chromium |
obscura | High-volume reads and low-memory work | About 43 MB |
{ "engine": "obscura", "restart": true }
A running browser cannot change engines in place. Call open with restart: true.
navigate to a page.snapshot to get URL, title, controls, and stable refs.click, fill, or select by ref.markdown to read, extract for structured data, and perf for traces.memory learn after a successful repeatable workflow.Refs stay valid while the element remains in the DOM. If an element leaves the page, the action fails with a stale-ref error instead of clicking a clone.
| Mode | Success | Tool calls | Observation chars | Wall time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full snapshots | 12/12 | 80 | 30,029 | 15.37 s |
| Diff + change observation | 12/12 | 68 | 21,057 | 13.86 s |
Measured on a 12-task local suite with server-side state checks. Profile flash, engine chromium, Node 26. Raw JSON: bench/results/2026-11-09-flash.json.
pnpm bench
pnpm bench:compare
30 tools by default. 14 in --slim mode.
| Group | Tools |
|---|---|
| Lifecycle | open, close, navigate, back, forward, reload, status, tabs |
| Reading | snapshot, markdown, extract, evaluate, screenshot, pdf |
| Interaction | click, fill, type, press, select, hover, scroll, upload, wait |
| State | cookies, storage, stealth, memory |
| Diagnostics | network, console, perf |
extract covers links, tables, JSON-LD, meta tags, text, and CSS field maps. perf covers web vitals, CDP metrics, slow resources, and full Chrome traces.
BROWSER_MCP_RISKY_ACTION_POLICY=ask to require explicit confirmation.Use these as layers in a defense-in-depth setup. For sensitive accounts, run with the ask policy and review the confirmation before approving.
The design follows a review of 2023 to 2026 web-agent work: evaluation error, observation alignment, change observation, memory, planning, and prompt injection. Full review with 40 sources: docs/research/2026-11-browser-agent-research.md.
The LLM harness can run the same 12 tasks against ours, playwright, chrome-devtools, or obscura:
pnpm bench:llm -- --server ours
pnpm install
pnpm build pnpm test pnpm smoke pnpm bench pnpm bench:compare node dist/index.js doctor node dist/index.js install --client claude-desktop
Config file: ~/.config/browser-mcp/config.json. Example: cat-burglar.config.example.json. Environment variables override it.
| Source | License | What we used |
|---|---|---|
| Obscura | Apache-2.0 | Ref-token snapshot ideas, markdown and extract semantics, SSRF posture, tracker list data |
| Playwright MCP | Apache-2.0 | Accessibility-first snapshots, persistent profiles, origin and file policy |
| Chrome DevTools MCP | Apache-2.0 | Performance metrics and traces, network and console inspection |
| Patchright | Apache-2.0 | Stealth Playwright driver |
| browser-use | MIT | Agent action vocabulary and humanized interaction ideas |
The tracker list is the only copied data asset. See NOTICE.
Version 0.3.3. Benchmarked on a 12-task local suite with raw JSON in the repo. The LLM harness can run the same tasks across four servers. Issues and counterexamples are welcome.
MIT. See LICENSE.