Browser Control MCP: Give Your AI Direct Access to Your Personal Browser

Stop switching between Claude and your browser. This MCP server bridges your AI assistant directly to your Firefox tabs, history, and browsing workflow.

The Problem: Context Switching Kills Productivity

You're deep in a conversation with Claude about a research topic, but every time you need to check a webpage, search your browser history, or manage tabs, you have to context-switch away from the AI session. Copy URLs, paste content, manually describe what you're seeing—it breaks the flow of productive AI collaboration.

Direct Browser Integration That Actually Works

Browser Control MCP gives your AI assistant native access to your personal browser. Not a headless instance or sandboxed environment—your actual Firefox with your tabs, history, bookmarks, and session state.

Core capabilities:

• Tab management: Open, close, reorder tabs based on AI logic
• History mining: Search through your browsing history with natural language
• Content reading: AI can read webpage content and links directly
• Research workflows: AI opens multiple sources, reads them, and synthesizes findings

Real-World Research Workflows

Academic research made effortless:

"Use Google Scholar to find L-theanine papers from the last 3 years. 
Open the 3 most cited ones and summarize their key findings."

The AI searches, evaluates results, opens relevant papers, reads them, and delivers a synthesized summary—all without you touching the browser.

Smart tab cleanup:

"Close all tabs that haven't been accessed in 24 hours, 
but keep anything work-related open."

Your AI assistant intelligently analyzes tab content and access patterns to clean up your browser session.

Historical context retrieval:

"Find that article about the Milford Track I read last month 
and open similar hiking articles from my history."

Natural language search through your actual browsing history, not generic web search.

Why This Beats Web Automation Tools

Most browser automation MCP servers create isolated sessions for AI interactions. This tool connects to your personal browser—the one with your login sessions, bookmarks, and browsing context. Your AI can work with sites you're already authenticated to and build on your existing research sessions.

The extension architecture also provides granular permission controls. You decide which actions the AI can perform, maintaining security while enabling productivity.

Integration That Fits Your Workflow

Setup is straightforward:

1. Install the Firefox extension
2. Configure the MCP server in Claude Desktop
3. Share the generated secret key between components

Works with your existing setup:

• No separate browser instances required
• Preserves your login sessions and preferences
• Respects your browser's security settings
• Extension permissions are fully configurable

The server communicates through a secure local connection, so your browsing data never leaves your machine. Your AI assistant gets powerful browser capabilities while maintaining complete privacy.

When You Need This

Perfect for developers and researchers who:

• Regularly research technical topics across multiple sources
• Maintain large numbers of browser tabs for ongoing projects
• Need to synthesize information from authenticated sites
• Want AI assistance with their actual browsing workflow, not isolated sessions

If you find yourself constantly switching between Claude and your browser during research sessions, this MCP server eliminates that friction entirely. Your AI becomes a native part of your browsing workflow instead of a separate tool requiring manual coordination.

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