Drive a browser

Steel

Open-source cloud browser API that runs remote Chrome sessions for agents, with proxies, CAPTCHA solving, profiles and scraping endpoints.

Addresses

REST API
https://api.steel.dev13
MCP server
Local only: npx -y github:steel-dev/steel-mcp-server; mcp.steel.dev is not live14
OpenAPI spec
Not published
Docs for agents
https://docs.steel.dev/llms.txt; any docs page as Markdown by adding .md13
Status page
https://status.steel.dev16

Install

WhatCommand
Node SDKnpm install steel-sdk
Python SDKpip install steel-sdk
CLIcurl -sSf https://setup.steel.dev | sh
MCP server for Claude Codeclaude mcp add steel -e STEEL_API_KEY=your-steel-api-key -- npx -y github:steel-dev/steel-mcp-server
Browser skill for Claude Codenpx skills add steel-dev/skills --skill steel-browser -a claude-code -g

Source14steel-mcp-server README

Read from Nen Labs, Inc.’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/steel.md