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DimensionSearch MCP ServerMCP server for web searchChrome DevTools MCPThe Chrome team's official MCP server exposing Chrome DevTools capabilities to AI assistants
FMRS39 / 100 · D76 / 100 · B
Reliability7 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions8 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance11 / 2017 / 20
Documentation4 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience9 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • MCP clients and agents that need web search
  • Developers who need to configure a search engine or provider endpoint
  • Frontend developers who want AI-assisted web debugging and performance analysis
  • Scenarios that need browser automation and performance diagnostics in the same tool
Not for
  • Users needing browser clicks, form filling, or computer control
  • Users looking for file, database, collaboration, or cloud-storage tools
  • Cases that only need to scrape page text without performance analysis or complex interaction (a lighter scraping tool is a better fit)
Required permissions
  • Access to the configured search provider
  • A search provider API key when required
  • A configured local port for SSE or Streamable HTTP modes
  • Requires a local Chrome browser instance to run
  • navigate_page can visit any URL; type_text/fill_form and similar tools can enter arbitrary content into the page
Risks and side effects
  • Search results depend on the selected engine and provider
  • API keys are sensitive configuration and should be protected
  • An incorrect base URL, engine, or port can prevent the server from connecting
  • Browser automation tools can access and manipulate the content of open pages — use only in a trusted development/test environment
  • performance_start_trace and similar tracing tools continuously record browser activity — avoid leaving them running on pages containing sensitive information
Supported clientsClaude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Cline, Amp, Kiro, Antigravity
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