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veilbrowser

veilbrowser is a MCP server by acunningham-ship-it that stealth automation of unmodified Chrome over raw CDP, using accessibility-tree element refs; can attach to a running Chrome to reuse logged-in sessions.

Updated 2026-08-31

What is veilbrowser?

veilbrowser is a MCP server by acunningham-ship-it that stealth automation of unmodified Chrome over raw CDP, using accessibility-tree element refs; can attach to a running Chrome to reuse logged-in sessions. It is listed under Browser & web and has 43 GitHub stars.

TypeMcp server
Authoracunningham-ship-it
Repositoryacunningham-ship-it/veilbrowser
Popularity43 GitHub stars
CategoryBrowser & web
SecurityLow risk (84/100)
Rank#923 of 4,418 MCP servers; #90 in Browser & web
LicenseMIT
Last commit2026-08-31
RunsLocally
LanguagePython

Is veilbrowser safe to install?

veilbrowser scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 4 of 6 checks.

MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.

CheckResult
Community-built serverNote
Runs on your machine onlyPass
No credentials mentionedPass
Can take actions such as send, write or deployReview
No code executionPass
Source on GitHubPass

How do I install veilbrowser?

  1. Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
    https://github.com/acunningham-ship-it/veilbrowser
  2. Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
    claude mcp add veilbrowser -- <command from README>
claude mcp add --transport http veilbrowser <server-url>
  3. Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
    claude mcp list

Or ask Claude to set it up

Paste this into Claude Code and it installs veilbrowser for you:

Add the "veilbrowser" MCP server from https://github.com/acunningham-ship-it/veilbrowser to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.