Openbrowser AI MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 21 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

        TOKEN=$(curl -s -X PUT "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token" -H "X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 60")

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.

        if Path('/.dockerenv').exists() or 'docker' in Path('/proc/1/cgroup').read_text().lower():

            proc = subprocess.Popen(command, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)

                download_path = os.path.join(downloads_dir, final_filename)

                exec(compiled, self._namespace)

      - name: Update server.json version
        run: |
          VERSION=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}
          python3 -c "
          import json
          with open('server.json') as f:
              data = json.load(f)
          data['version'] = '${VERSION}'
          for pkg in dat…

            dropdown.innerHTML = results.map(item => options.template(item)).join('');

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Connect this server

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 openbrowser-ai -- uvx openbrowser-ai

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openbrowser-ai": {
      "args": [
        "openbrowser-ai"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.openbrowser-ai]
command = "uvx"
args = ["openbrowser-ai"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openbrowser-ai": {
      "args": [
        "openbrowser-ai"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openbrowser-ai": {
      "args": [
        "openbrowser-ai"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OPENBROWSER_HEADLESS (Run browser in headless mode (true/false)), OPENBROWSER_ALLOWED_DOMAINS (Comma-separated list of allowed domains (empty for no restrictions)), OPENBROWSER_USER_DATA_DIR (Chrome profile directory for persistent browser sessions), OPENBROWSER_STORAGE_STATE (JSON file used to save and restore cookies plus localStorage between MCP restarts), OPENBROWSER_COMPACT_DESCRIPTION (Use minimal tool description (~500 tokens instead of ~1,430)), OPENBROWSER_MAX_OUTPUT (Maximum output characters per code execution (default: 10000)), ANONYMIZED_TELEMETRY (Enable anonymized usage telemetry (true/false)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.