# Chrome DevTools

> Use this tool when you need to debug and automate web applications in real-time, leveraging capabilities such as browser automation, network request monitoring, and DOM inspection. It solves problems related to web development debugging, automated testing workflows, and performance analysis by providing direct access to Chrome's remote debugging interface through WebSocket connections. With inputs including WebSocket connections and outputs including real-time browser data, use Chrome DevTools in contexts where AI assistants require interactive analysis of web applications.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/benjaminr-chrome-devtools  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/benjaminr-chrome-devtools

## Description

This Chrome DevTools Protocol MCP server by Benjamin Rowell provides AI assistants with direct access to Chrome browser debugging capabilities through WebSocket connections to Chrome's remote debugging interface. Built in Python with comprehensive error handling and real-time event processing, it enables browser automation, network request monitoring, DOM inspection, JavaScript execution, console log analysis, performance metrics collection, and storage management across web applications. The implementation maintains persistent connections to capture live browser data and supports headless Chrome operations, making it particularly useful for web development debugging, automated testing workflows, and performance analysis tasks where AI assistants need to interact with and analyze web applications in real-time.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.90
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** browser-automation
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/benjaminr-chrome-devtools)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/benjaminr/chrome-devtools-mcp>

## 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": "benjaminr-chrome-devtools"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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