Mantis MCP Server

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Mantis runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 408 installs a week from npm. Last commit 24 Oct 2026.

The web as short, numbered text for AI agents: a lean browser interface over Playwright.

Installs per day peak 330 · avg 11

a month agotoday

408

Installs / week

npm · mantis-browser

Stars

0 open issues

24 Oct 2026

Last commit

4 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Mantis every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add mantis -- npx -y mantis-browser

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mantis": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mantis-browser"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mantis]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mantis-browser"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mantis": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mantis-browser"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mantis": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mantis-browser"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Mantis — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Mantis?

Mantis runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package mantis-browser was installed 408 times last week.

How do I connect Mantis?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls mantis-browser straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Mantis?

The npm package mantis-browser was installed 408 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Mantis open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.