Show HN: Open Browser Control – drive your real Chrome from any MCP client

Category: devtools

Tags: browser-automation, ai-agents, mcp-server, chrome-extension, web-automation

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Open Browser Control is an MCP server that gives AI agents direct control over a real Chrome browser via the Chrome DevTools Protocol, allowing them to interact with web pages using existing user sessions and cookies. It's interesting because it enables collaborative human-AI web automation where the AI can handle routine tasks while gracefully handing off to humans for authentication, CAPTCHAs, or complex interactions.

Target audience: ai developers, automation engineers, backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/smankoo/open-browser-control · TypeScript · MIT

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