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# MCP Selenium Server
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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Selenium WebDriver, enabling browser automation through standardized MCP clients.
## Features
- Start browser sessions with customizable options
- Navigate to URLs
- Find elements using various locator strategies
- Click, type, and interact with elements
- Perform mouse actions (hover, drag and drop)
- Handle keyboard input
- Take screenshots
- Upload files
- Support for headless mode
## Supported Browsers
- Chrome
- Firefox
## Use with Goose
### Option 1: One-click install
Copy and paste the link below into a browser address bar to add this extension to goose desktop:
```
goose://extension?cmd=npx&arg=-y&arg=%40angiejones%2Fmcp-selenium&id=selenium-mcp&name=Selenium%20MCP&description=automates%20browser%20interactions
```
### Option 2: Add manually to desktop or CLI
* Name: `Selenium MCP`
* Description: `automates browser interactions`
* Command: `npx -y @angiejones/mcp-selenium`
## Use with other MCP clients (e.g. Claude Desktop, etc)
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"selenium": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@angiejones/mcp-selenium"]
}
}
}
```
---
## Development
To work on this project:
1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies: `npm install`
3. Run the server: `npm start`
### Installation
#### Installing via Smithery
To install MCP Selenium for Claude Desktop automatically via [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/@angiejones/mcp-selenium):
```bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @angiejones/mcp-selenium --client claude
```
#### Manual Installation
```bash
npm install -g @angiejones/mcp-selenium
```
### Usage
Start the server by running:
```bash
mcp-selenium
```
Or use with NPX in your MCP configuration:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"selenium": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@angiejones/mcp-selenium"
]
}
}
}
```
## Tools
### start_browser
Launches a browser session.
**Parameters:**
- `browser` (required): Browser to launch
- Type: string
- Enum: ["chrome", "firefox"]
- `options`: Browser configuration options
- Type: object
- Properties:
- `headless`: Run browser in headless mode
- Type: boolean
- `arguments`: Additional browser arguments
- Type: array of strings
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "start_browser",
"parameters": {
"browser": "chrome",
"options": {
"headless": true,
"arguments": ["--no-sandbox"]
}
}
}
```
### navigate
Navigates to a URL.
**Parameters:**
- `url` (required): URL to navigate to
- Type: string
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "navigate",
"parameters": {
"url": "https://www.example.com"
}
}
```
### find_element
Finds an element on the page.
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the locator strategy
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "find_element",
"parameters": {
"by": "id",
"value": "search-input",
"timeout": 5000
}
}
```
### click_element
Clicks an element.
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the locator strategy
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "click_element",
"parameters": {
"by": "css",
"value": ".submit-button"
}
}
```
### send_keys
Sends keys to an element (typing).
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the locator strategy
- Type: string
- `text` (required): Text to enter into the element
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "send_keys",
"parameters": {
"by": "name",
"value": "username",
"text": "testuser"
}
}
```
### get_element_text
Gets the text() of an element.
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the locator strategy
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "get_element_text",
"parameters": {
"by": "css",
"value": ".message"
}
}
```
### hover
Moves the mouse to hover over an element.
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the locator strategy
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "hover",
"parameters": {
"by": "css",
"value": ".dropdown-menu"
}
}
```
### drag_and_drop
Drags an element and drops it onto another element.
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy for source element
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the source locator strategy
- Type: string
- `targetBy` (required): Locator strategy for target element
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `targetValue` (required): Value for the target locator strategy
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for elements in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "drag_and_drop",
"parameters": {
"by": "id",
"value": "draggable",
"targetBy": "id",
"targetValue": "droppable"
}
}
```
### double_click
Performs a double click on an element.
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the locator strategy
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "double_click",
"parameters": {
"by": "css",
"value": ".editable-text"
}
}
```
### right_click
Performs a right click (context click) on an element.
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the locator strategy
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "right_click",
"parameters": {
"by": "css",
"value": ".context-menu-trigger"
}
}
```
### press_key
Simulates pressing a keyboard key.
**Parameters:**
- `key` (required): Key to press (e.g., 'Enter', 'Tab', 'a', etc.)
- Type: string
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "press_key",
"parameters": {
"key": "Enter"
}
}
```
### upload_file
Uploads a file using a file input element.
**Parameters:**
- `by` (required): Locator strategy
- Type: string
- Enum: ["id", "css", "xpath", "name", "tag", "class"]
- `value` (required): Value for the locator strategy
- Type: string
- `filePath` (required): Absolute path to the file to upload
- Type: string
- `timeout`: Maximum time to wait for element in milliseconds
- Type: number
- Default: 10000
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "upload_file",
"parameters": {
"by": "id",
"value": "file-input",
"filePath": "/path/to/file.pdf"
}
}
```
### take_screenshot
Captures a screenshot of the current page.
**Parameters:**
- `outputPath` (optional): Path where to save the screenshot. If not provided, returns base64 data.
- Type: string
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "take_screenshot",
"parameters": {
"outputPath": "/path/to/screenshot.png"
}
}
```
### close_session
Closes the current browser session and cleans up resources.
**Parameters:**
None required
**Example:**
```json
{
"tool": "close_session",
"parameters": {}
}
```
## License
MIT
