brave-real-browser-mcp-server 2.9.12 → 2.9.14

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  - Download and install Node.js (version 18 or higher)
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  - Verify installation by opening terminal/command prompt and typing: `node --version`
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- ## Installation for Developers
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- > **Note for Claude Desktop Users:** You don't need to install anything! The npx command in your configuration automatically handles everything. Skip to the [Usage](#usage) section.
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- This section is for developers who want to:
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- - Contribute to the project
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- - Run the server locally for development
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- - Create custom modifications
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- ### Global Installation (For Command Line Usage)
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- If you want to run the server directly from the command line without using npx:
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- ```bash
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- npm install -g brave-real-browser-mcp-server@latest
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- ```
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- After global installation, you can run:
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- ```bash
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- brave-real-browser-mcp-server
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- ```
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- ### Development Setup (For Contributors)
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- ```bash
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- # Clone the repository
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- git clone https://github.com/withLinda/brave-real-browser-mcp-server.git
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- cd brave-real-browser-mcp-server
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- # Install dependencies
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- npm install
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- # Build the project
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- npm run build
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- # Run in development mode
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- npm run dev
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- ```
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  #### 2. Configure Claude Desktop
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  **For Windows:**
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- ```json
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- {
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- "mcpServers": {
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- "brave-real-browser": {
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- "command": "npx",
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- "args": ["brave-real-browser-mcp-server@latest"],
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- "env": {
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- "BRAVE_PATH": "C:/Program Files/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Application/brave.exe"
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- }
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- }
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- }
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- }
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- ```
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  **For Mac:**
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  1. Open Finder and press `Cmd+Shift+G`
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  2. Go to: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/`
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  ## Features
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  - **🔄 Auto-Update System**: Automatically updates all dependencies to latest versions on every `npm install`
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- - **🦁 Brave Browser Exclusive**: Specially designed for Brave Browser with exclusive optimizations
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- - Advanced Brave path detection (Registry + File System + Environment Variables)
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- - Brave-specific launch arguments and configurations
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- - Full compatibility with Brave Browser's privacy features
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- - Automatic detection across all Brave versions (Stable, Beta, Dev, Nightly)
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- - **Stealth by default**: All browser instances use anti-detection features powered by `brave-real-browser`
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- - **Enhanced cross-platform support**: Comprehensive Brave browser detection on Windows/Mac/Linux
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- - **Windows**: Registry-based detection + 15+ installation paths
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- - **macOS**: Application bundle detection for all Brave variants
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- - **Linux**: Package manager and manual installation detection
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- - **Smart browser detection**: Multi-layer detection system with automatic fallbacks
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+ - **Stealth by default**: All browser instances use anti-detection features
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+ - **Enhanced Windows support**: Comprehensive Brave detection and ECONNREFUSED error fixes
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+ - **Smart Brave detection**: Registry-based detection + 13+ installation paths (Windows)
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  - **Connection resilience**: Automatic localhost/127.0.0.1 fallback with port management
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  - **Multiple retry strategies**: 5 different connection approaches with progressive fallback
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  - **Advanced configuration**: Full support for all brave-real-browser options
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  - **Dynamic selector discovery**: Intelligent element finding without hardcoded selectors
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  - **Random scrolling**: Tools for natural scrolling to avoid detection
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- - **Comprehensive toolset**: 62+ professional tools covering all browser automation needs
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+ - **Comprehensive toolset**: 11 tools covering all browser automation needs
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  - **Proxy support**: Built-in proxy configuration for enhanced privacy
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  - **Captcha handling**: Support for solving reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, and Turnstile
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  - **Robust error handling**: Advanced error recovery with circuit breaker pattern
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  - Node.js >= 18.0.0
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  - npm or yarn
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- - **Brave Browser (REQUIRED)** - This project exclusively uses Brave Browser
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+ - Brave Browser 13+ installed
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  - Basic understanding of TypeScript/JavaScript (for development)
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- ### Browser Requirements
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- #### 🦁 Brave Browser (Required)
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- This project **exclusively uses Brave Browser** and is specifically optimized for the `brave-real-browser` package with advanced integration features.
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- **Why Brave Browser Exclusively?**
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- - **🎯 Perfect Compatibility**: Designed specifically for `brave-real-browser` package
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- - **🔒 Enhanced Privacy**: Built-in ad-blocking and tracking protection
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- - **🚀 Superior Performance**: Faster page loads and reduced memory usage
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- - **🛡️ Anti-Detection**: Better stealth capabilities compared to regular browsers
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- - **✅ Advanced Auto-Detection**: Multi-layer detection system across all platforms
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- - **🎯 Reliability**: Simplified codebase focused on single browser for better stability
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- - **🦁 Native Integration**: Custom launch arguments and configurations optimized for Brave
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- **Install Brave:**
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- - **All Platforms**: Download from [brave.com/download](https://brave.com/download/)
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- - Brave is automatically detected in all standard installation locations
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- - Use `BRAVE_PATH` environment variable for custom installations
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- **Windows (Advanced Detection):**
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- - **Registry-Based Detection**: Queries Windows Registry for all Brave installations
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- - **File System Scanning**: Searches 15+ common installation paths
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- - **Standard Paths Detected**:
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- - System-wide: `C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe`
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- - 32-bit: `C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe`
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- - User-specific: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe`
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- - **All Brave Variants Supported**:
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- - Brave Browser (Stable)
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- - **Environment Variable Support**: `BRAVE_PATH` for custom locations
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- - **Automatic Fallback**: Progressive detection with multiple strategies
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+ ### Platform-Specific Requirements
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+ **Windows:**
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+ - Brave Browser installation (automatic detection includes):
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+ - Standard installations: `C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe`
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+ - 32-bit installations: `C:\Program Files (x86)\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe`
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+ - User installations: `%LOCALAPPDATA%\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe`
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+ - Portable installations and Registry-detected paths
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+ - Manual path specification: Use `BRAVE_PATH` environment variable
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- - **Brave Browser** paths:
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- - `/Applications/Brave Browser.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser`
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- - `/Applications/Brave Browser Beta.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser Beta`
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- - `/Applications/Brave Browser Nightly.app/Contents/MacOS/Brave Browser Nightly`
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- - **Brave Browser** installation:
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- - Install: `sudo apt install brave-browser` or from [brave.com](https://brave.com/)
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- - Detected paths: `/usr/bin/brave-browser`, `/snap/bin/brave`, `/usr/bin/brave`, `/opt/brave.com/brave/brave-browser`
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+ - Install Brave: `sudo apt install brave-browser` or via snap: `sudo snap install brave`
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+ ## Installation for Developers
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+ > **Note for Claude Desktop Users:** You don't need to install anything! The npx command in your configuration automatically handles everything. Skip to the [Usage](#usage) section.
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+ This section is for developers who want to:
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+ - Contribute to the project
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+ - Run the server locally for development
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+ - Create custom modifications
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+ ### Global Installation (For Command Line Usage)
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+ If you want to run the server directly from the command line without using npx:
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+ ```bash
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+ npm install -g brave-real-browser-mcp-server@latest
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+ ```
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+ After global installation, you can run:
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+ ```bash
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+ brave-real-browser-mcp-server
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+ ```
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+ ### Development Setup (For Contributors)
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+ ```bash
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+ # Clone the repository
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+ git clone https://github.com/withLinda/brave-real-browser-mcp-server.git
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+ cd brave-real-browser-mcp-server
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+ # Install dependencies
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+ npm install
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+ # Build the project
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+ npm run build
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+ npm run dev
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+ ```
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  #### Testing Cursor IDE Setup
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  ## Available Tools
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- ### 🎯 **Complete Professional Toolset - 62 Tools**
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- This MCP server provides **62 professional-grade tools** organized into 11 major categories:
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- ### 🔥 **Core Browser Management (11 Tools)**
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- 1. `browser_init` - Initialize stealth browser with advanced options
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- 2. `navigate` - Navigate to a URL
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- 3. `get_content` - Get page content (HTML or text)
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- 4. `click` - Click on elements
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- 5. `type` - Type text into input fields
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- 6. `wait` - Wait for various conditions
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- 7. `browser_close` - Close browser instance
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- 8. `solve_captcha` - Solve captchas (reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile)
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- 9. `random_scroll` - Natural scrolling behavior
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- 10. `find_selector` - Find CSS selectors by text content
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- 11. `save_content_as_markdown` - Save page content as markdown
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- ### 📊 **Smart Data Extractors (5 Tools)**
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- 12. `scrape_table` - Extract structured data from HTML tables
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- 13. `extract_list` - Extract data from bullet and numbered lists
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- 14. `extract_json` - Extract embedded JSON/API data
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- 15. `scrape_meta_tags` - Extract SEO meta tags and Open Graph data
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- 16. `extract_schema` - Extract Schema.org structured data
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- 17. `batch_element_scraper` - Scrape multiple similar elements in batch
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- 18. `nested_data_extraction` - Extract data maintaining parent-child relationships
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- 19. `attribute_harvester` - Collect element attributes (href, src, data-*)
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- 20. `image_scraper` - Extract image URLs, alt text, dimensions
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- 21. `link_harvester` - Collect internal/external links with classification
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- 22. `media_extractor` - Extract video, audio, iframe URLs and metadata
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- 23. `pdf_link_finder` - Find downloadable files (PDF, DOC, etc.)
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- 25. `infinite_scroll` - Handle lazy-loading pages with auto-scroll
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- 26. `multi_page_scraper` - Collect data from multiple pages
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- 27. `sitemap_parser` - Extract URLs from sitemap.xml
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- 28. `breadcrumb_navigator` - Navigate site structure using breadcrumbs
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- 29. `smart_text_cleaner` - Clean and normalize text data
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- 30. `html_to_text` - Convert HTML to clean text
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- 31. `price_parser` - Extract numbers from currency strings
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- 34. `schema_validator` - Validate data against JSON schema
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- 35. `required_fields_checker` - Check for missing required fields
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- 39. `sentiment_analysis` - Analyze sentiment of page content
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- 40. `summary_generator` - Generate page content summaries using TF-IDF
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- | **Basic Browsing** | `browser_init` → `navigate` → `get_content` |
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- | **Data Extraction** | `scrape_table` → `smart_text_cleaner` → `duplicate_remover` |
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- | **Form Automation** | `find_selector` → `type` → `click` → `wait` |
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- | **Content Analysis** | `get_content` → `sentiment_analysis` → `summary_generator` |
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+ | `browser_init` | Initialize stealth browser with advanced options | None | `headless`, `disableXvfb`, `ignoreAllFlags`, `proxy`, `plugins`, `connectOption` |
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+ | `navigate` | Navigate to a URL | `url` | `waitUntil` |
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+ | `get_content` | Get page content (HTML or text) | None | `type`, `selector` |
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  - Multiple fallback strategies (5 different connection approaches)
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- - **Windows Defender**: Add Brave Browser and Node.js to Windows Defender exclusions
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+ - **Windows Defender**: Add Brave and Node.js to Windows Defender exclusions
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  - **Brave Processes**: Kill any existing Brave processes in Task Manager
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  **Q: Is this detectable by websites?**
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  **Q: What's the difference between Claude Desktop, Claude Code CLI, and Cursor IDE configurations?**
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  **Q: What if Brave is installed in a non-standard location?**
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  1. Set environment variable: `set BRAVE_PATH="C:\Your\Brave\Path\brave.exe"`
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  - `C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe`
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- - All Brave variants (Stable, Beta, Dev, Nightly) installations
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- **Q: I'm still getting ECONNREFUSED errors after upgrading to v2.9.5. What should I do?**
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+ **Q: I'm still getting ECONNREFUSED errors. What should I do?**
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  ## Acknowledgments
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- ### 🦁 **Powered by brave-real-browser**
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- This MCP server is built upon the excellent **[brave-real-browser](https://github.com/ZFC-Digital/brave-real-browser)** library by **ZFC-Digital**, which provides the core automation capabilities.
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- **Why brave-real-browser is Amazing:**
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- - **🛡️ Advanced Anti-Detection**: Sophisticated techniques to bypass bot detection
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- - **🦁 Brave Browser Optimized**: Specifically designed for Brave Browser
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- - **🔒 Privacy-First**: Built with privacy and security in mind
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- - **🎨 Stealth Capabilities**: Natural human-like interactions
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- - **⚡ High Performance**: Optimized for speed and reliability
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- - **🔧 Professional Grade**: Enterprise-level automation features
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+ This MCP server is based on the excellent [brave-real-browser](https://github.com/ZFC-Digital/brave-real-browser) library by ZFC-Digital.
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  **Thank you** to the brave-real-browser team for creating such a powerful and detection-resistant browser automation solution!
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- **Resources:**
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- - **GitHub**: [https://github.com/ZFC-Digital/brave-real-browser](https://github.com/ZFC-Digital/brave-real-browser)
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- - **npm Package**: [https://www.npmjs.com/package/brave-real-browser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/brave-real-browser)
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- - **Documentation**: Comprehensive guides and examples
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- - **Community**: Active development and support
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+ - GitHub: [https://github.com/ZFC-Digital/brave-real-browser](https://github.com/ZFC-Digital/brave-real-browser)
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+ - npm: [https://www.npmjs.com/package/brave-real-browser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/brave-real-browser)