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DimensionWebdriverIO MCP ServerDrive browsers and iOS/Android apps with WebDriverIO via MCPChrome DevTools MCPThe Chrome team's official MCP server exposing Chrome DevTools capabilities to AI assistants
FMRS62 / 100 · C76 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions11 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance11 / 2017 / 20
Documentation17 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • QA engineers who need unified web and mobile automation
  • developers who want to drive browsers and generate test scripts in natural language
  • Teams already using the WebdriverIO/Appium ecosystem who want cloud device integration
  • 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 without macOS + Xcode who need iOS mobile automation
  • Workflows requiring multiple concurrent active sessions (single-session model)
  • Restricted clients that cannot spawn subprocesses and cannot use the HTTP mode
  • Cases that only need to scrape page text without performance analysis or complex interaction (a lighter scraping tool is a better fit)
Required permissions
  • Runs local browsers (Chrome/Firefox/Edge/Safari) and their automation drivers
  • Executes npm/npx and an Appium server locally
  • Reads local app package paths (.apk/.app/.ipa)
  • Cloud provider credentials via environment variables (e.g., BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME/ACCESS_KEY, SAUCE_USERNAME/ACCESS_KEY)
  • Network access to cloud provider REST APIs; local tunnels for intranet URLs
  • 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
  • The AI can operate real browsers and devices, potentially touching production accounts or logged-in sessions
  • execute_script allows arbitrary JavaScript execution in the browser
  • Cloud credentials stored in env vars or client config leak if exposed
  • On Digital.ai, pure client-side assertion failures may report as Passed
  • Reading the logs resource clears the log buffer per the WebDriver spec
  • 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 Desktop, Claude Code, Cline, Cursor, Codex, Goose, Windsurf, Zed, GitHub CopilotClaude Code, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs, Cline, Amp, Kiro, Antigravity
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