MCP Selenium Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Selenium WebDriver, enabling browser automation through standardized MCP clients.

Features

• Start browser sessions with customizable options
• Navigate to URLs
• Find elements using various locator strategies
• Click, type, and interact with elements
• Perform mouse actions (hover, drag and drop)
• Handle keyboard input
• Take screenshots
• Upload files
• Support for headless mode

Supported Browsers

• Chrome
• Firefox

Use with Goose

Option 1: One-click install

Copy and paste the link below into a browser address bar to add this extension to goose desktop:

Option 2: Add manually to desktop or CLI

• Name: Selenium MCP
• Description: automates browser interactions
• Command: npx -y @angiejones/mcp-selenium

Use with other MCP clients (e.g. Claude Desktop, etc)

Development

To work on this project:

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: npm install
3. Run the server: npm start

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install MCP Selenium for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

Manual Installation

Usage

Start the server by running:

Or use with NPX in your MCP configuration:

Tools

start_browser

Launches a browser session.

Parameters:

• browser (required): Browser to launch
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["chrome", "firefox"]
• options: Browser configuration options
  • Type: object
  • Properties:
    • headless: Run browser in headless mode
      • Type: boolean
    • arguments: Additional browser arguments
      • Type: array of strings

Example:

navigate

Navigates to a URL.

Parameters:

• url (required): URL to navigate to
  • Type: string

Example:

find_element

Finds an element on the page.

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the locator strategy
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

click_element

Clicks an element.

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the locator strategy
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

send_keys

Sends keys to an element (typing).

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the locator strategy
  • Type: string
• text (required): Text to enter into the element
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

get_element_text

Gets the text() of an element.

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the locator strategy
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

hover

Moves the mouse to hover over an element.

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the locator strategy
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

drag_and_drop

Drags an element and drops it onto another element.

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy for source element
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the source locator strategy
  • Type: string
• targetBy (required): Locator strategy for target element
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• targetValue (required): Value for the target locator strategy
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for elements in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

double_click

Performs a double click on an element.

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the locator strategy
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

right_click

Performs a right click (context click) on an element.

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the locator strategy
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

press_key

Simulates pressing a keyboard key.

Parameters:

• key (required): Key to press (e.g., 'Enter', 'Tab', 'a', etc.)
  • Type: string

Example:

upload_file

Uploads a file using a file input element.

Parameters:

• by (required): Locator strategy
  • Type: string
  • Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
• value (required): Value for the locator strategy
  • Type: string
• filePath (required): Absolute path to the file to upload
  • Type: string
• timeout: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
  • Type: number
  • Default: 10000

Example:

take_screenshot

Captures a screenshot of the current page.

Parameters:

• outputPath (optional): Path where to save the screenshot. If not provided, returns base64 data.
  • Type: string

Example:

close_session

Closes the current browser session and cleans up resources.

Parameters: None required

Example:

License

MIT