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CloakBrowser MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 266 installs a week from npm. Last commit 13 Sep 2026.

Playwright MCP-compatible browser automation bridge for CloakBrowser Chromium.

Installs per day peak 247 · avg 95 · -19% w/w
a month agotoday
266
Installs / week
npm · cloakbrowser-mcp
62
Stars
6 open issues
13 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 18 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

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.

Image runs as root Dockerfile:31
USER root

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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add cloakbrowser-mcp -- npx -y cloakbrowser-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloakbrowser-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cloakbrowser-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cloakbrowser-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "cloakbrowser-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloakbrowser-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cloakbrowser-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloakbrowser-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cloakbrowser-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_HOST (Streamable HTTP bind host.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_PORT (Streamable HTTP bind port.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT (Streamable HTTP endpoint path.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_AUTH_TOKEN (Optional Streamable HTTP Bearer token.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_SESSION_BACKEND (Session metadata backend. Only memory is implemented in this release.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_SESSION_IDLE_TTL_MS (Idle TTL for Streamable HTTP sessions.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HTTP_SESSION_MAX (Maximum active Streamable HTTP sessions in one process.), PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_BROWSER_ENGINE (Bridge browser engine: cloak or playwright.), PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HEADLESS (Run the browser in headless mode.), PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR (Directory where upstream Playwright MCP writes artifacts.), PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CODEGEN (Generate code in typescript, python, java, csharp, or none.), PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SNAPSHOT_BOXES (Include element bounding boxes in browser snapshots.), PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_TIMEOUT_SETTLE (Milliseconds to wait after actions for triggered work to settle.), PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_USER_DATA_DIR (Persistent Chromium profile directory. The bridge resolves it to an absolute path and writes it to generated Playwright MCP config.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CONTEXT_OPTIONS (JSON object with validated Playwright context options such as viewport, locale, timezoneId, permissions, geolocation, and headers.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXTENSION_PATHS (JSON array or comma-separated list of Chrome extension directories. Requires PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_USER_DATA_DIR.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CONSOLE_FALLBACK (Patch upstream console message collection for CloakBrowser compatibility.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_GEOIP_PROXY_MATCH (Resolve proxy GeoIP and match CloakBrowser timezone/locale fingerprint flags when PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_PROXY_SERVER is set.), CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXTRA_ARGS (Comma-separated or JSON array of extra Chromium launch arguments.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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CloakBrowser MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for CloakBrowser MCP?
CloakBrowser MCP 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 cloakbrowser-mcp was installed 266 times last week.
How do I connect CloakBrowser MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls cloakbrowser-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use CloakBrowser MCP?
The npm package cloakbrowser-mcp was installed 266 times in the last week. Week over week that is -19%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is CloakBrowser MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 62 stars on GitHub and 6 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.