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BrowserForge releases browser MCP tool

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Developer mostafazoghlami releases BrowserForge: a local-first Firefox and Chrome extension plus MCP server that lets MCP clients such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex operate within the user's real browser session. Actions such as submitting, sending, paying, passwords and uploads require a human to click approve in the extension popup. Running requires Node.js 22 or newer, supports Chrome, Edge, Brave or Firefox, and works on Linux, macOS or Windows; Linux is the tested platform. Windows users need to run the installer bundled with Node.js, and because it is not yet code-signed, the system may show a warning. CAPTCHA handling is offered only as an optional browser_solve_captcha, which relies on the local CapSkip app and requires enabling --capskip and YOLO mode; viewing hidden information requires starting the daemon with --allow-reveal.

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Latest developmentNov 5 07:50
BrowserForge release: letting AI agents operate in real browsers with human-approved clicks

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    BrowserForge is a local-first Firefox and Chrome extension plus MCP server that lets AI agents like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex work in your real browser session, with human approval required for consequential actions such as submits, sends, payments, passwords and uploads. It captures observed traffic and turns it into OpenAPI 3.1 specs and Python/TypeScript/JavaScript/PHP clients, and records agent actions as replayable flows exportable to Playwright, Selenium, Chrome DevTools Recorder or JSON. Everything runs on 127.0.0.1 with token-authenticated transports, secret redaction and page content treated as untrusted data; version 0.2.1 is published on the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons under the MIT license.

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