# PinchTab

> Use this tool when you need to automate browser interactions or scrape web pages efficiently. PinchTab connects to a local server for headless browser control, providing 16 tools for tasks like navigation, form filling, and screenshot capture. It offers a stable and token-efficient way to interact with web pages, using accessibility-tree snapshots and element references instead of CSS selectors.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/ai-firelab-pinchtab  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ai-firelab-pinchtab

## Description

Connects to a local PinchTab server for headless browser control, providing 16 tools for navigating pages, clicking elements, filling forms, taking screenshots, and more. Uses PinchTab's accessibility-tree snapshots for token-efficient page understanding, with all interactions using stable element references instead of CSS selectors. Automatically starts and manages the local PinchTab server process, requiring only PinchTab to be installed globally.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** browser-automation
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/ai-firelab-pinchtab)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ai-firelab/mcp-pinchtab>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "ai-firelab-pinchtab"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ai-firelab-pinchtab` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ai-firelab-pinchtab/pull`

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