comet-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

comet-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from hanzili/comet-mcp. It costs 530 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project guide for Comet MCP, a server that connects Claude Code to Perplexity's Comet browser through Chrome DevTools Protocol, a way for software to control a browser. It describes the server's six browser and research tools.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when changing Comet connection, question, polling, stopping, screenshot, or search-mode features, or when building and testing the MCP server.
Why use it?
The guide explains how the connection works and how responses are detected, which helps avoid incorrect changes to this specialised integration. It also documents how to build and restart it.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is hanzili/comet-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on comet-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything comet-mcp configures →

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Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to hanzili/comet-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

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Clone the repo
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Sonnet 5 $0.00106 $0.00106
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Security

Grade A, and why

comet-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 52 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 52 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

What This Is

MCP server connecting Claude Code to Perplexity's Comet browser via Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP).

Architecture

Claude Code → MCP Server (index.ts) → CometAI (comet-ai.ts) → CDP Client (cdp-client.ts) → Comet Browser

6 Tools

  • comet_connect - Start/connect to Comet browser
  • comet_ask - Send prompt, wait for response (15s default, use poll for longer)
  • comet_poll - Check status of long-running tasks
  • comet_stop - Stop current task
  • comet_screenshot - Capture current page
  • comet_mode - Switch Perplexity modes (search/research/labs/learn)

Key Implementation Details

Response extraction (comet-ai.ts:getAgentStatus):

  • Takes LAST prose element (not longest) - conversation threads show newest last
  • Filters out UI text (Library, Discover, etc.) and questions (ends with ?)

Follow-up detection (index.ts):

  • Captures old prose count/text before sending
  • Waits for NEW response (different text or more elements)

Prompt normalization:

  • Strips bullet points, collapses newlines to spaces

Build & Test

npm run build
pgrep -f "node.*comet-mcp" | xargs kill  # Restart MCP

Manual testing only (integration code, external DOM dependency).

Test Cases

  1. Quick queries - Simple questions (math, facts) should return within 15s
  2. Non-blocking - Short timeout returns "in progress", use poll to get result
  3. Follow-up - Second question in same chat detects NEW response correctly
  4. Agentic task - "Take control of browser and go to X" triggers browsing
  5. newChat after agentic - newChat: true resets CDP state after browser control
  6. Mode switching - comet_mode changes search/research/labs/learn

Known Edge Cases

  • Prompt not submitted: If response shows 0 steps + COMPLETED, prompt may not have been submitted. Retry or use newChat.
  • Stale poll response: If poll returns unrelated response, the previous prompt failed. Send again.
  • Research mode: Takes longer than search mode, may need multiple polls.

Read the full file on GitHub · 52 lines

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comet-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository hanzili/comet-mcp (178 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 530 tokens to every session, about $0.0027 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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