# mcp-textbrowser

> mcp-textbrowser — bytesbrains-mcp-textbrowser. Use this tool when you need to extract text from web pages in a cost-effective manner, as it solves the problem of expensive screenshot-based browsing by providing DOM and OCR text extraction. It takes web page URLs as input and outputs extracted text, making it ideal for text-based web scraping and data mining tasks. This tool is particularly useful when image rendering is not required, allowing for faster and more efficient text extraction.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/bytesbrains-mcp-textbrowser  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bytesbrains-mcp-textbrowser

## Description

A text-first headless browser MCP server that extracts DOM and OCR text from web pages, offering a cheaper alternative to screenshot-based browsing by defaulting to zero image tokens.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** browser-automation
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/k1jbsttwmz)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/bytesbrains/mcp-textbrowser>

## 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": "bytesbrains-mcp-textbrowser"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bytesbrains-mcp-textbrowser` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/bytesbrains-mcp-textbrowser/pull`

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