Puppeteer-Extra MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides enhanced browser automation capabilities using Puppeteer-Extra with Stealth Plugin. This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages in a way that better emulates human behavior and avoids detection as automation.

Features

• Enhanced browser automation with Puppeteer-Extra

• Stealth mode to avoid bot detection

• Screenshot capabilities for pages and elements

• Console logging and JavaScript execution

• Full suite of interaction methods (click, fill, select, hover)

Related MCP server: Steel Puppeteer

Components

Tools

• puppeteer_navigate

  • Navigate to any URL in the browser

  • Input: url (string)

• puppeteer_screenshot

  • Capture screenshots of the entire page or specific elements

  • Inputs:

    • name (string, required): Name for the screenshot

    • selector (string, optional): CSS selector for element to screenshot

    • width (number, optional, default: 800): Screenshot width

    • height (number, optional, default: 600): Screenshot height

• puppeteer_click

  • Click elements on the page

  • Input: selector (string): CSS selector for element to click

• puppeteer_hover

  • Hover elements on the page

  • Input: selector (string): CSS selector for element to hover

• puppeteer_fill

  • Fill out input fields

  • Inputs:

    • selector (string): CSS selector for input field

    • value (string): Value to fill

• puppeteer_select

  • Select an element with SELECT tag

  • Inputs:

    • selector (string): CSS selector for element to select

    • value (string): Value to select

• puppeteer_evaluate

  • Execute JavaScript in the browser console

  • Input: script (string): JavaScript code to execute

Resources

The server provides access to two types of resources:

1. Console Logs (console://logs)

   • Browser console output in text format

   • Includes all console messages from the browser

2. Screenshots (screenshot://<name>)

   • PNG images of captured screenshots

   • Accessible via the screenshot name specified during capture

Development

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd puppeteer_extra

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Copy environment file
cp .env.example .env.development

Running Locally

# Development mode (non-headless browser)
npm run dev

# Production mode (headless browser)
npm run prod

Building

npm run build

Docker

Building the Docker Image

docker build -t mcp/puppeteer-extra .

Running with Docker

docker run -i --rm --init -e DOCKER_CONTAINER=true mcp/puppeteer-extra

Configuration for Claude Desktop

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "puppeteer": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "--init", "-e", "DOCKER_CONTAINER=true", "mcp/puppeteer-extra"]
    }
  }
}

NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "puppeteer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "MCP_puppeteer_extra"]
    }
  }
}

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License.