Newton Browser runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 48 installs a week from npm. Last commit 29 Sep 2026.
Local-only Chrome and Edge control for MCP clients through an origin-scoped extension.
We read the source, 4 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.
fs.writeFileSync(output, buffer, { flag: "wx", mode: 0o600 });
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
return execFileSync(executable, ["--version"], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: 10_000, stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "ignore"] });
const profileRoot = path.join(userDataRoot, profileDirectory);
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That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add newton-browser -- npx -y newton-browser
{
"mcpServers": {
"newton-browser": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"newton-browser"
]
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.newton-browser]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "newton-browser"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"newton-browser": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"newton-browser"
]
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"newton-browser": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"newton-browser"
]
}
}
}
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