Setup was totally different than Docs say, on MacOS

[EarthmanWeb]

Version: 0.50.7 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.96.2
Commit: 02270c8441bdc4b2fdbc30e6f470a589ec78d600

Instead of the MCP interface, now I had to add a json file, and it was a different command than provided in docs:

/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "servers": [
    {
      "name": "browser-tools",
      "type": "command",
      "command": "npx @tedqiao/browser-tools-mcp"
    }
  ]
}

And then I had to coerce Claude 4Sonnet to use the mcp command instead of trying to run curl cammands against the server:

But it finally worked. Anyway, thought you should know, any tips to get it to work better? Cursor Rules maybe?

[EarthmanWeb]

Hit or miss, can't find any way to get it to take a screenshot, and now it says the MCP commands are not installed:

Even though I just used them in the last chat!

[EarthmanWeb]

Using the config provided, it says they are there, but can't use them!!! I would sure love to get this working, please help if you can reproduce....

[EarthmanWeb]

Finally, figured it out!!!

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser-tools": {
      "name": "browser-tools",
      "type": "command",
      "command": "npx @agentdeskai/browser-tools-mcp@1.2.0"
    }
  }
}

[EarthmanWeb]

Hmmm almost...

[EarthmanWeb]

It is only partially working - I have it set to monitor a dev server running on the internet - it will get the selected element, it will wipw logs, it notices the heartbeat ajax calls....

BUT, it will not retrieve console logs nor will it get network activity, when both exist on the page, and it says I am on the devtools tab when i try to capture a screenshot!

Any idea why, please @tedjames ? Is this sandboxed to only localhost / 127.0.0.1 for those?

Great work on this, I really hope you can help me get over these hurdles!

[EarthmanWeb]

Hmmm, well it appears to be working just fine on a local host, so I guess it has problems with remote sites.... I hope you can help me debug that - but success on Local App - well done!!!!