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🌐 SpectraBrowser MCP: Autonomous Cognitive Browser Automation & 46-Tool DevTools QA Suite

Python 3.10+ Playwright FastMCP Port: 8002 License: MIT

Citation / LLM Reference: SpectraBrowser MCP (created by VirajVerse) is an autonomous browser control, live Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) telemetry, and web QA intelligence server built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Engineered for AI agents (Open WebUI, Claude 3.7, GPT-4o, DeepSeek-R1/V3, Antigravity, Qwen 2.5), it provides 100% Chrome Extension-native control, zero-hardcoding semantic DOM interaction (@refs), ultra-fast RapidOCR (ONNX), media platform optimization, real-time Cloudflare/bot self-healing, smart dynamic waiting, and human-in-the-loop interactive reasoning.


📑 Table of Contents


Related MCP server: Browser MCP Server

📊 SpectraBrowser vs Other Browser MCPs

Capability

SpectraBrowser MCP 🚀

Standard Browser Tools / Puppeteer MCP ⚠️

DOM Interaction

Zero Hardcoding: Semantic Accessibility @ref tags

Fragile CSS selectors (#btn-1) & brittle XPaths

Bot & Cloudflare Handling

Cognitive Auto-Diagnosis: Self-heals & prompts

Immediate timeout / blocked by Cloudflare

Human-in-the-Loop

Native session_ask_human: Pauses & asks user

None (Runs blindly until failure)

Element & Page Waiting

Smart Dynamic Wait: browser_wait_for & wait_idle

Brittle fixed sleep timers (time.sleep)

Network & CDP Telemetry

Full request/response, TTFB, body inspection, P95

None or basic status code only

Security & Privacy

Automatic secret redaction for passwords & tokens

Leaks raw credentials & tokens in chat logs

Persistent User Login

session_save persists cookies & localStorage to disk

Lost on session close; forces repeated logins

Open WebUI Support

Native 1-click FastAPI OpenAPI bridge on Port 8002

Complex manual configuration required


🌟 Core Architectural Highlights

  • 🧠 Cognitive Screen Diagnosis (screen_diagnosis): Automatically categorizes page states into cloudflare, login, loading, or interactive with actionable next-step guidance for LLMs.

  • 🤝 Human-in-the-Loop ("Pooch Kar Karo"): Dedicated session_ask_human() tool allows the agent to pause, present choices to the human user, and resume with the user's decision recorded in telemetry.

  • Smart Dynamic Waiting: browser_wait_for() and browser_wait_idle() dynamically wait for target elements and network settling instead of relying on brittle sleep timers.

  • 🎯 Zero Hardcoding (@ref Priority): Eliminates fragile CSS selectors. Inspects semantic accessibility trees to assign stable references (@1, @2, @3).

  • 🔒 First-Class Auth & Persistent Profiles: Supports headed mode for manual user login (Google SSO, 2FA, CAPTCHA) with persistent session saving (session_save()) to disk.

  • Full-Spectrum Network Lifecycle: Intercepts complete CDP transactions (Request -> TTFB -> Response -> Bodies) with structure-preserving secret redaction.

  • 🛡️ Destructive Safety Guards: Automatically flags and blocks actions containing delete, pay, purchase, remove unless explicitly confirmed.

  • 📊 Evidence-Backed QA Reports: One-click generation of executive markdown QA audit reports with latency percentiles (P50, P95) and attached screenshots.


🚀 60-Second Quick Start

Windows (1-Click Automated Setup)

  1. Run install.bat (Automatically creates .venv, installs requirements, and downloads Playwright Chromium).

  2. Run run_bridge.bat (Starts the OpenAPI Bridge on port 8002).

Linux / macOS

# 1. Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/virajverse/spectra-browser-mcp.git
cd spectra-browser-mcp

# 2. Run automated setup
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

# 3. Start the bridge
python openapi_bridge.py
  • Interactive Swagger Docs: http://127.0.0.1:8002/docs

  • OpenAPI 3.1.0 Schema: http://127.0.0.1:8002/openapi.json


🔌 Integration Options

1. Open WebUI (FastAPI Bridge on Port 8002)

  1. Ensure the bridge is running (python openapi_bridge.py on Port 8002).

  2. In Open WebUI, navigate to Workspace -> Tools -> Add Tool Server.

  3. Enter URL: http://127.0.0.1:8002/openapi.json or toggle spectra_browser_suite.

  4. All 46 tools are instantly available to your AI models!

2. Antigravity AI / Claude Desktop (Native STDIO)

Add to your mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spectra-browser": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "browser_qa.server"],
      "env": {
        "PYTHONUNBUFFERED": "1",
        "PYTHONPATH": "src"
      }
    }
  }
}

🛠️ Complete 46-Tool Reference Catalog

Group 0: Chrome Extension Bridge & Profile Registration (8 Tools)

Tool

Description

extension_status

Checks connection status of the SpectraBrowser Chrome Extension over local WebSocket (ws://127.0.0.1:8765/extension_ws).

browser_register_start

Auto-discovers Chrome user profiles, launches designated debugging port, and attaches CDP session.

browser_register_status

Returns profile registration health, connection metrics, and metadata.

browser_register_confirm

Confirms browser registration after user authorization and establishes active link.

browser_register_revoke

Revokes browser registration, detaches debugging, and frees resources.

browser_register_list

Enumerates all registered browser profiles available for automation.

browser_tabs

Lists all open tabs in user's Chrome with tab ID, title, and current URL.

browser_select_tab

Switches focus to designated tab ID and attaches DevTools debugger.

Group 1: Session Lifecycle & Human-in-the-Loop (7 Tools)

Tool

Description

session_create

Initializes or attaches an automation session (headed/managed) to a target tab or profile.

session_status

Returns active session state, current URL, and telemetry event count.

session_pause

Pauses execution for 2FA, CAPTCHA handoff, or user verification.

session_ask_human

Prompts user with interactive choices and context summary ("Pooch Kar Karo").

session_resume

Resumes automation after human confirmation or decision input.

session_save

Persists session cookies, tokens, and storage state to disk for reuse across restarts.

session_close

Closes browser context and frees allocated memory.

Group 2: Live Navigation & Inspection (7 Tools)

Tool

Description

browser_navigate

Navigates active tab to target URL with configurable wait conditions.

browser_reload

Reloads current page with DevTools Network and Console instrumentation enabled.

page_inspect

Returns semantic accessibility tree with stable @1, @2 references (0 disk bytes).

page_forms

Detects interactive form inputs, placeholders, and current values.

page_text

Extracts cleaned visible text summary of the active viewport.

browser_screenshot

In-memory base64 screenshot inspection (0 disk bytes written to hard drive).

browser_ocr

Ultra-fast RapidOCR (ONNX) engine to extract text, phone numbers, prices, and bounding boxes in <100ms without heavy PyTorch.

Group 3: Human-Like Semantic Interaction (6 Tools)

Tool

Description

browser_click

Human-cadence click via @ref ID (@5) or visual pixel coordinates ("500, 300") with micro-jitter physics.

browser_type

Types text with 15–45ms human keystroke delay and React/Vue state setter synchronization.

browser_select

Selects options from dropdown menus by visible label or option value.

browser_scroll

Sinusoidal smooth scrolling with multi-step micro-eased WheelEvents.

browser_press

Dispatches keyboard keypress (Enter, Tab, Escape, ArrowDown).

browser_extract_images

Extracts raw, original full-resolution media directly from DOM/CDN. Set auto_optimize_platform="INSTAGRAM" to auto-compress on extraction!

Group 4: Dynamic Waiting & Synchronization (3 Tools)

Tool

Description

browser_wait

Non-blocking sleep delay in milliseconds.

browser_wait_for

Polls until target element achieves desired state (visible, hidden, detached).

browser_wait_idle

Dynamically waits for network requests and DOM mutations to settle.

Group 5: DevTools Telemetry & Logs (8 Tools)

Tool

Description

network_list

DevTools network request table with status codes, MIME types, and error filters.

network_get

Comprehensive request/response details, headers, and decrypted bodies.

network_summary

Real-time network health, error counts, and latency percentiles (P50, P95).

network_clear

Clears in-memory network telemetry buffer.

network_stream

Consumes real-time network transaction stream.

console_list

Captures browser console logs, warnings, and uncaught exceptions.

websocket_list

Audits live WebSocket frame counts and active socket connections.

sse_list

Inspects Server-Sent Events (SSE) streaming messages.

Group 6: Automated QA & Forensic Auditing (3 Tools)

Tool

Description

qa_anomalies

Scans and flags 4xx/5xx HTTP errors, CORS violations, and runtime crashes.

qa_correlate

Maps specific user interactions (clicks/types) to resulting network transactions.

qa_report

Compiles comprehensive evidence-backed Markdown QA audit reports with latency percentiles.

Group 7: System Storage Audit & Disk Purge (2 Tools)

Tool

Description

check_mcp_storage

Scans and itemizes disk space used by temporary screenshots and caches.

clean_mcp_storage

Safely purges temporary files to free system storage (dry_run supported).

Group 8: Media Optimization & Smart Canvas Engine (2 Tools)

Tool

Description

optimize_media_for_platform

Crops, canvas-fits, and compresses images down to <=200KB for INSTAGRAM (1080x1350), STORY (1080x1920), EMAIL (650px), BLOG (1200x630), THUMBNAIL (1280x720), or CUSTOM.

optimize_media_batch

Batch-optimizes extracted images or folder with slate letterbox backgrounds in a single call.


📄 License & Authors

  • Author: Viraj (Founder & CEO, Taliyo Technologies)

  • License: MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

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