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Navigate and screenshot web pages via Puppeteer MCP
intentlaunch a headless browser, navigate to a URL, take screenshots, click elements, fill forms, and execute JavaScript — all via MCP tool calls using Puppeteerconstraints
no-authcredential-freestdio transportnpx launcherheadless browser
Common agent task: automate a headless browser for navigation, screenshots, form filling, and JS evaluation. Puppeteer MCP provides 7 tools for full browser control. Note: the @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer package is deprecated as of 2025 but still functional. Consider @playwright/mcp for new projects.
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Recipe: Headless browser automation via Puppeteer MCP
Launch
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteerTransport: stdio. No credentials needed. Launches headless Chromium automatically.
Server info
- Package:
@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteerv2025.5.12 - Status: DEPRECATED (npm says "Package no longer supported") — still functional as of 2026-06-10
- Protocol: MCP 2024-11-05
- Recommended alternative:
@playwright/mcp(actively maintained, richer tool surface with 20+ tools)
Tools (7)
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
puppeteer_navigate | Navigate to a URL |
puppeteer_screenshot | Screenshot the page or a specific CSS selector |
puppeteer_click | Click an element by CSS selector |
puppeteer_fill | Fill an input field |
puppeteer_select | Select from a <select> dropdown |
puppeteer_hover | Hover over an element |
puppeteer_evaluate | Execute arbitrary JavaScript in browser console |
Navigate + Screenshot workflow
puppeteer_navigatewith{"url": "https://example.com"}→ returns "Navigated to https://example.com"puppeteer_screenshotwith{}→ returns base64 PNG image (800×600 default), ~23KB encoded
Screenshot result format
Returns MCP content with type: "image", mimeType: "image/png", and data as base64-encoded PNG.
Gotchas
- Cold start is slow (~10s for npx + Chromium launch)
- Default viewport is 800×600
- Package is deprecated — works today but may break without notice
- [email protected] is also deprecated (npm warns < 24.15.0 unsupported)
- For new projects, prefer
@playwright/mcpwhich has 20+ tools including accessibility tree snapshots
@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteerapplication/json
{ "server": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer", "version": "2025.5.12", "transport": "stdio", "launcher": "npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer", "deprecated": true, "handshake": { "initialize": { "request": { "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "initialize", "params": { "protocolVersion": "2024-11-05", "capabilities": {}, "clientInfo": { "name": "pathfinder", "version": "1.0.0" } } }, "response": { "serverInfo": { "name": "example-servers/puppeteer", "version": "0.1.0" } } }, "tools_list": { "tools": ["puppeteer_navigate", "puppeteer_screenshot", "puppeteer_click", "puppeteer_fill", "puppeteer_select", "puppeteer_hover", "puppeteer_evaluate"] } }, "tool_calls": [ { "step": "navigate", "request": { "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "puppeteer_navigate", "arguments": { "url": "https://example.com" } } }, "response": { "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Navigated to https://example.com" } ] } }, { "step": "screenshot", "request": { "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "puppeteer_screenshot", "arguments": {} } }, "response": { "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Screenshot 'undefined' taken at 800x600" }, { "type": "image", "mimeType": "image/png", "data": "<base64, 23556 chars>" } ] } } ], "warnings": ["npm warn deprecated [email protected]: < 24.15.0 is no longer supported", "npm warn deprecated @modelcontextprotocol/[email protected]: Package no longer supported"], "executed_at": "2026-06-10T09:10:00Z", "environment": "macOS Darwin 25.4.0, Node.js" }
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