Browserless

live Web ScrapingDeveloper Tools

Browserless MCP — headless-Chromium REST: rendered HTML, CSS-selector scrape, screenshots, and AI smart-scrape from any URL. BYO Browserless token.

4 tools

0ms auth

free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

browserless_content

Render a URL in headless Chromium and return the fully-executed HTML (after JavaScript runs) — use this when a plain fetch returns an empty shell or JS-rendered SPA. Example: browserless_content({ url

No parameters required.

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browserless_scrape

Extract structured data from a rendered page using CSS selectors. Returns text, inner HTML, attributes and geometry for every matched element. Example: browserless_scrape({ url: "https://news.ycombina

No parameters required.

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browserless_screenshot

Capture a screenshot of a rendered page. Returns the image byte-length and metadata only (the binary PNG is NOT inlined). Example: browserless_screenshot({ url: "https://example.com", fullPage: true,

No parameters required.

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browserless_smart_scrape

AI-assisted extraction: tries a plain HTTP fetch first and falls back to a full headless browser, returning content in the requested formats (html, markdown, links, screenshot, pdf). Best when you jus

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/browserless/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call a tool

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/browserless/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"browserless_content","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("browserless_content", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("browserless mcp — headless-chromium rest: rendered html, css-selector scrape, screenshots, and ai smart-scrape from any url");

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MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-browserless": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/browserless/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}