Open Browser Control
Drive your real Chrome browser from any MCP client
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Open Browser Control is an open-source MCP server + Chrome extension combo that lets AI agents — Claude, Cursor, Kiro, or any MCP-compatible client — take control of your actual Chrome browser, including its live sessions, cookies, and logged-in state. Unlike headless browser automation tools that spin up fresh instances, this operates on your real browser profile. The package ships 19 browser tools covering DOM interaction, click, form fill, screenshot capture, navigation, script injection, and graceful user handoff (the AI can pause and ask the human to handle a captcha or 2FA step). Installation is a single npm command plus adding the Chrome extension. The MCP config snippet drops straight into Claude's settings. This fills a specific gap in the MCP browser tool ecosystem: most solutions require launching a headless Playwright or Puppeteer instance and logging in fresh every time, breaking workflows for anything behind authentication. Open Browser Control solves that by just piggybacking on your existing session — a pragmatic tradeoff that matters a lot for real-world agent automation tasks.
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Open Browser Control verdict: SKIP ⏭️ 2 ships · 2 skips from the expert panel Full review: shiporskip.io/tool/open-browser-control-mcp-real-chrome-session-agent
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“The session persistence is the killer feature here. Every browser automation tool that required a fresh login was painful for any authenticated workflow. Being able to have Claude work inside my already-logged-in browser changes what's possible for personal agent automation. 19 tools is a solid foundation.”
“Giving an AI agent direct access to your real browser with active sessions is a significant security surface. One misbehaving prompt and your agent could be operating across every site you're logged into. The project is brand new with minimal review — this needs serious security scrutiny before anyone uses it on a browser with real accounts.”
“Authenticated browsing is the missing primitive for personal AI agents that can actually do things on your behalf. Everything from filling forms to managing SaaS settings to monitoring dashboards requires being logged in. This pattern — agent + real browser session — is going to become the standard for personal automation.”
“The concept is compelling but the security risk for a creator workflow feels high. My browser is logged into everything from Figma to Adobe to financial accounts. Until this gets a proper permission model or sandboxing for which tabs/domains the agent can access, I'd keep it off my main browser.”