browser-use-mcp

browser-use MCP Server

Welcome to the official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for browser-use.com, enabling LLMs, agents, and apps to access, search, and extract web data in real-time using the browser-use.com API. This server exposes MCP tools for web search and concurrent URL search, making it easy to integrate real web data into any MCP-compatible client (like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and more).

🔥 Why browser-use Over Traditional Web Search APIs?

Get live data, not cached results. Unlike traditional web search APIs that return indexed data, browser-use visits websites in real-time:

• 🚀 Always current: Live prices, breaking news, real-time analytics
• 🎯 No stale data: See exactly what's on the page right now
• 🌐 Dynamic content: Access JavaScript-rendered sites and interactive dashboards

When you need NOW, not "last indexed 3 days ago" - choose browser-use.

🚀 Quick Start

Claude Desktop

1. Get your API key from cloud.browser-use.com/billing
2. Add to Claude Desktop config (Settings > Developer > Edit Config):

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "browser_use": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["-y", "browser-use-mcp"],
            "env": {
                "BROWSER_USE_API_KEY": "YOUR-BROWSERUSE-API-KEY-HERE"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop
4. Test with: "What is the current the stock price of Alphabet?"

Other MCP Clients

export BROWSER_USE_API_KEY=your-api-key
npx browser-use-mcp

🔧 Available Tools

search-web

Search the web with live results

• Input: { "query": "search string", "max_websites": 3, "depth": 2 }
• Returns: JSON search results
• max_websites: Optional (default: 3, max: 6)
• depth: Optional (default: 2, range: 2-5) - How deep to navigate within each website

search-urls

Search multiple URLs concurrently

• Input: { "urls": ["url1", "url2"], "query": "search string", "depth": 2 }
• Returns: Array of results for each URL
• Maximum 10 URLs per request
• depth: Optional (default: 2, range: 2-5) - How deep to navigate within each website

Depth explanation:

• depth=2: Checks main page + 1 click deeper
• depth=3: Checks main page + 2 clicks deeper

🛠️ Setup

1. 🌐 Create account at cloud.browser-use.com
2. 🔑 Generate API key on the billing page
3. 💻 Set BROWSER_USE_API_KEY environment variable

⚠️ Security Best Practices

• Treat all scraped content as untrusted
• Validate web data before processing
• Avoid using raw content directly in prompts (prompt injection risk)

Support

For help, visit browser-use.com or open a GitHub issue.

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Keywords: mcp, browser-use, web scraping, web search, web automation, mcp-server