huashu-chrome: open-source MCP server lets AI agents drive your logged-in Chrome with 22 tools
AlchainHust · x · 2026-09-25
huashu-chrome (an MCP server + Chrome extension, 235 stars) lets any AI agent drive your own Chrome browser with full login state — no API keys, no re-login, no CAPTCHAs. Works with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, and Windsurf.
- Architecture: npm package for distribution, CLI entry (install/mcp/doctor), MCP server as the agent interface, a local bridge on 127.0.0.1, and the Chrome extension as the "hands." 22 browser tools total.
- Real use cases: batch-filling CRM records, scheduled Xiaohongshu posts, scraping Bilibili subtitles, checking train tickets, writing to Feishu tables.
- Gotcha documented: Bilibili's seemingly correct subtitle endpoint silently returns subtitles for other videos (200 status, bvid echo all correct); switching endpoints plus a cid validation gate yielded 137/137 correct matches per 140-item round.
The author also used it with Codex to drive Canva, arguing weak browser control — not the model — was the bottleneck.
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