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

Related MCP server: MCP Servers with Pyppeteer

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