# `co.civai.nova/mcp-browsergpt-browser-control` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/co.civai.nova/mcp-browsergpt-browser-control
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/co.civai.nova/mcp-browsergpt-browser-control
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: co.civai.nova (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-02T09:17:38.872Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Browser Control MCP by Nova (CIVAI)
Control your Chrome from chat: open websites, read what's on the page, click buttons, and fill in f…
```

Scanned 2026-11-02T09:18:44.513Z over streamable-http.

**24 tools: 17 change things and 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 17 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged private-data.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | none |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_get_bounding_box` `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_get_cookies` `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_navigate` `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_screenshot` `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_snapshot` `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_tabs` `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__list_browsers` `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__list_input_methods` `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__open_control_session` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_navigate` |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (17)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `browser_actions`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Low-level action batch (JSON array string). Pass tab_id when batch includes switch_tab, close_tab, mouse_click, scroll, or keys.
```

### `browser_click`

- The name "browser_click" says "click": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Click by snapshot ref (Cursor parity). Snapshot first.
```

### `browser_dom_input`

- The description's first verb is "run": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run dom input method chain (e.g. 2,7,0); use after list_input_methods on stubborn fields.
```

### `browser_drag`

- The name "browser_drag" says "drag": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Drag between viewport coordinates.
```

### `browser_exec_js`

- The name "browser_exec_js" says "exec": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.javascript), which can change anything it can reach.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Run JavaScript on a target tab (same CDP evaluate path as BrowserGPT Quick Task exec_js). Requires tab_id from browser_tabs. Returns ok, value, logs, metrics.
```

### `browser_fill`

- The name "browser_fill" says "fill": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fill field by ref.
```

### `browser_highlight`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Briefly outline ref on page.
```

### `browser_interact`

- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Interact via snapshot ref.
```

### `browser_mouse_click_xy`

- The name "browser_mouse_click_xy" says "click": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Click at viewport x/y when snapshot refs are empty.
```

### `browser_navigate`

- The name "browser_navigate" says "navigate": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "browser_navigate" says "navigate" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write. The description's first sentence says "navigate" and "url": it reads web pages, which anyone can write. The input takes a URL (input.url), and the tool reads it: it reads web pages, which anyone can write.
- Tag outbound: The input takes a URL (input.url): a request to a URL can carry data to whoever runs it.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Navigate a tab to URL. Pass tab_id from browser_tabs to reuse an existing tab; omit or leave empty to use the active control tab. Returns tab_id in results[0].tab_id.
```

### `browser_press_key`

- The name "browser_press_key" says "press": a word for a change.
- The input takes a statement or command to run (input.code), which can change anything it can reach.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Press keyboard key in tab.
```

### `browser_scroll`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Scroll wheel; optional ref scrolls element into view first.
```

### `browser_select_option`

- The name "browser_select_option" says "select": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Select options on a select ref.
```

### `browser_type`

- The name "browser_type" says "type": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Type into field by ref.
```

### `ensure_remote_runner`

- The description's first verb is "start": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Start/prepare Nova remote BrowserGPT runner (ensure-remote-browser). Call when list_browsers shows no online+ready remote node; then list_browsers again.
```

### `open_control_session`

- The name "open_control_session" says "open": a word for a change.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "open" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Open MCP control session on target browser node_id.
```

### `set_browsergpt_license`

- The name "set_browsergpt_license" says "set": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Save BrowserGPT license when MCP headers did not already provide it (Authorization Bearer license). Optional when Nova/SecOps derived license from auth. Call before list_browsers only if license_not_set.
```

## Only reads (7)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `browser_get_bounding_box`

- The name "browser_get_bounding_box" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "browser_get_bounding_box" says "get" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get ref bounding box from last snapshot.
```

### `browser_get_cookies`

- The name "browser_get_cookies" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "browser_get_cookies" says "get" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write. The description's first sentence says "read" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Read cookies for a tab via BrowserGPT extension (chrome.cookies, includes HttpOnly). Operator must approve the in-tab permission prompt. Use for session export / porting auth; do not paste cookie values into chat.
```

### `browser_screenshot`

- The name "browser_screenshot" says "screenshot": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "browser_screenshot" says "screenshot" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
JPEG screenshot of the session viewport.
```

### `browser_snapshot`

- The name "browser_snapshot" says "snapshot": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "browser_snapshot" says "snapshot" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Accessibility snapshot with refs.
```

### `browser_tabs`

- The description's first verb is "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "browser_tabs" says "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List tabs in the open control session.
```

### `list_browsers`

- The name "list_browsers" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "list_browsers" says "list" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write. The description's first sentence says "list" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List BrowserGPT browser nodes (local + remote) for the configured license.
```

### `list_input_methods`

- The name "list_input_methods" says "list": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The description's first sentence says "list" and "browser": it reads web pages, which anyone can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List BrowserGPT dom input method ids; optional page_url for domain-specific hint.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `browsergpt-browser-control`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__list_browsers",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_tabs",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_snapshot",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_screenshot",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_get_cookies",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__list_input_methods",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_get_bounding_box"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__set_browsergpt_license",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__ensure_remote_runner",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__open_control_session",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_navigate",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_exec_js",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_actions",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_interact",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_click",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_fill",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_type",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_press_key",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_scroll",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_select_option",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_drag",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_mouse_click_xy",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_highlight",
      "mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_dom_input"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__list_browsers`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__open_control_session`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_tabs`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_snapshot`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_screenshot`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_navigate`: untrusted-input, outbound
- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_get_cookies`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__list_input_methods`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__browsergpt-browser-control__browser_get_bounding_box`: untrusted-input