# Chrome AppleScript

> Use this tool when you need to automate Google Chrome on macOS through AppleScript, enabling programmatic control of tab management, navigation, and JavaScript execution. It solves problems related to browser automation, such as extracting page content and controlling browser behavior. Ideal for use cases requiring custom browser interactions, like data scraping or automated testing, with inputs including AppleScript commands and outputs including extracted page content and browser state.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/anthropic-chrome-applescript  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/anthropic-chrome-applescript

## Description

Enables programmatic control of Google Chrome through AppleScript on macOS. Provides tab management (open, close, switch, list), navigation controls (reload, back, forward), JavaScript execution within tabs, and page content extraction. Designed as a Desktop Extensions demonstration showing how to build browser automation servers without requiring browser-specific extensions.

## 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:** 2026-06-16

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/anthropic-chrome-applescript)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/mcpb/tree/HEAD/examples/chrome-applescript>

## 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": "anthropic-chrome-applescript"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/anthropic-chrome-applescript` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/anthropic-chrome-applescript/pull`

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