Browserbase's MCP server gives agents a cloud browser controlled with natural language via Stagehand. Agents can start sessions, navigate, act, observe elements and extract data. The hosted server is recommended; the original self-hosted repository was archived in 2026.
Connect
- 1Connect it in ChatGPT
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp as the MCP server URL. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.
- 2Or add it to Codex or the API
codex mcp add browserbase --url https://mcp.browserbase.com/mcp --bearer-token-env-var BROWSERBASE_API_KEY
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
Tools 6
startnavigateactobserveextractendThings to ask
- “Go to news.ycombinator.com and extract the top 10 story titles”
- “Fill out the contact form on this page with test data”
- “Log into the staging site and screenshot the dashboard”
Remove it
- 1In ChatGPT
Open the connection's details page in your plugin settings (chatgpt.com/plugins) and disconnect or delete it.
- 2In Codex
codex mcp remove browserbaseOr delete the [mcp_servers.browserbase] block from ~/.codex/config.toml.