Anybrowse MCP Server
Convert any URL to clean, LLM-ready Markdown. Real Chrome browsers with full JavaScript rendering. 84% success rate including JavaScript-heavy sites, Cloudflare-protected pages, and government sites. Its 3 documented tools cluster into scrape, crawl, read & search. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.
Teams that want a hosted browser automation endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in TypeScript.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-05-26 · ★ 5 · #192 OF 196 MAINTAINED BROWSER AUTOMATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25
MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Anybrowse
before you install - you'll need
The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.
Claude Code
claude mcp add kc23go-anybrowse --transport http https://anybrowse.dev/mcp Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config
{
"mcpServers": {
"kc23go-anybrowse": {
"url": "https://anybrowse.dev/mcp"
}
}
} Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.
Using another client? Same JSON, different key
Claude Desktop · mcpServers
Cursor · mcpServers
VS Code · servers
Windsurf · mcpServers
Zed · context_servers
Cline · mcpServers
Roo Code · mcpServers
Continue · mcpServers
LibreChat · mcpServers
Gemini CLI · mcpServers
Codex CLI · mcp_servers
Full setup guides: every client.
02 · Evidence
https://anybrowse.dev/mcp
transport: streamable-http
endpoint NOT responding · probed 2026-08-25
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as remote - your agent's requests go to anybrowse.dev
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.kc23go is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Anybrowse can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
What you can build
An agent gets 3 documented tools across scrape, crawl, read & search, including scrape, crawl, search.
The 3 tools it gives your agent
Extracted from the project's README - what anybrowse lets an agent do.
- scrape
- - Convert any URL to clean, LLM-optimized Markdown. Handles SPAs, dynamic content, and PDFs.
- crawl
- - Search Google for a query and scrape the top results to Markdown.
- search
- - Google search results as structured JSON (titles, URLs, snippets).
Latest releases
v1.0.3 · 2026-03-14
Release v1.0.3 · MCP server integration · Glama.ai compatibility improvements · Bug fixes and stability updates
v1.0.2 · 2026-03-08
anybrowse v1.0.2 · MCP-native web scraping and search API for AI agents. · Scrape any URL to clean Markdown via real Chrome browsers · Real-time web search via Brave Search API · 84% success rate including…
04 · Who maintains Anybrowse
anybrowse is maintained by kc23go. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/kc23go/anybrowse
- category
- browser automation - ranked #192 of 196 actively-maintained browser automation servers as of 2026-08-25.
- registry
- io.github.kc23go/anybrowse (active, first published 2026-02-20)
06 · Anybrowse FAQ
Is Anybrowse still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-05-26. We re-verify nightly.
What can Anybrowse do?
An agent gets 3 documented tools across scrape, crawl, read & search, including scrape, crawl, search.
How do I install Anybrowse?
Run `claude mcp add kc23go-anybrowse --transport http https://anybrowse.dev/mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.
07 · Alternatives to Anybrowse
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