aipex-browser

AIPex Browser Control

AIPex is a Chrome extension that exposes 30+ browser automation tools over the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Once connected, the agent can control any Chrome tab using natural language — clicking, typing, navigating, capturing screenshots, downloading content, and more.

Architecture:

Agent (MCP client) ──stdio──▶ aipex-mcp-bridge ──WebSocket──▶ AIPex Chrome Extension ──▶ Browser APIs

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When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Navigate to URLs, click links, fill forms, or interact with any web page
• Automate multi-step browser workflows
• Extract or download data from web pages
• Capture screenshots of browser tabs
• Manage multiple tabs across browser windows
• Perform browser-assisted testing (accessibility, UX, regression)

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Prerequisites

• AIPex Chrome extension installed (available on the Chrome Web Store or via developer build)
• Node.js >= 18 installed on the local machine

The user is assumed to have AIPex installed. The agent only needs to complete the two connection steps below.

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Step 1: Register the MCP Server

Add the following to the agent's MCP configuration. No manual installation is needed — npx downloads and runs aipex-mcp-bridge automatically.

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aipex-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aipex-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aipex-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aipex-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (CLI)

claude mcp add aipex-browser -- npx -y aipex-mcp-bridge

VS Code Copilot (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "aipex-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aipex-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf (mcp_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aipex-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aipex-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}