AIPex Browser Control

AIPex is a Chrome extension that exposes 30+ browser automation tools over the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Once connected, the agent can control any Chrome tab using natural language, clicking, typing, navigating, capturing screenshots, downloading content, and more.

Architecture:

Agent (MCP client) ──stdio──▶ aipex-mcp-bridge ──WebSocket──▶ AIPex Chrome Extension ──▶ Browser APIs

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When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Navigate to URLs, click links, fill forms, or interact with any web page
• Automate multi-step browser workflows
• Extract or download data from web pages
• Capture screenshots of browser tabs
• Manage multiple tabs across browser windows
• Perform browser-assisted testing (accessibility, UX, regression)

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Prerequisites

• AIPex Chrome extension installed (available on the Chrome Web Store or via developer build)
• Node.js >= 18 installed on the local machine

The user is assumed to have AIPex installed. The agent only needs to complete the two connection steps below.

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Step 1: Register the MCP Server

Add the following to the agent's MCP configuration. No manual installation is needed, npx downloads and runs aipex-mcp-bridge automatically.

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aipex-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aipex-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aipex-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aipex-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (CLI)

claude mcp add aipex-browser -- npx -y aipex-mcp-bridge

VS Code Copilot (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "aipex-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aipex-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}

Windsurf (mcp_config.json)