Drive a browser

Chrome DevTools MCP

Open-source MCP server and CLI that lets an agent control, inspect and profile a local Chrome browser.

Addresses

REST API: Not published
MCP server: Local stdio process started by the client with npx1
OpenAPI spec: Not published
Docs for agents: Tool reference in the repo: https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/blob/main/docs/tool-reference.md1
Status page: Not published

Install

What	Command
MCP config for any client	`npx -y chrome-devtools-mcp@latest` (as `command` and `args`)
Claude Code (MCP)	`claude mcp add chrome-devtools --scope user npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest`
Claude Code (plugin)	`/plugin marketplace add ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp`
Gemini CLI	`gemini extensions install --auto-update https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp`
CLI	`npm i chrome-devtools-mcp@latest -g`

Source5Client configurations

Read from Google Chrome DevTools team’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/drive-a-browser/chrome-devtools-mcp.md