Name: chrome-devtools-cli
Availability: InStock
Author: chromedevtools

Use this skill to write shell scripts or run shell commands to automate tasks in the browser or otherwise use Chrome DevTools via CLI.

SKILL.md

The chrome-devtools-mcp CLI lets you interact with the browser from your terminal.

Setup

Note: If this is your very first time using the CLI, see references/installation.md for setup. Installation is a one-time prerequisite and is not part of the regular AI workflow.

AI Workflow

Execute: Run tools directly. If you don't know the target page's ID, run chrome-devtools list_pages to find it. The background server starts implicitly; do not run start/status/stop before each use.

Inspect: Use chrome-devtools take_snapshot <pageId> to get an element <uid>.

Act: Use chrome-devtools click <pageId> <uid>, chrome-devtools fill <pageId> <uid> <value>, etc. State persists across commands.

Snapshot example:

uid=1_0 RootWebArea "Example Domain" url="https://example.com/"
  uid=1_1 heading "Example Domain" level="1"