# Scout Browser (`ibnlanre/scout-browser`) Actor Full browser automation for AI agents: navigate, click, extract, screenshot, search, crawl, and more — all through MCP tools. Run it anywhere, plug in any LLM. - **URL**: https://apify.com/ibnlanre/scout-browser.md - **Developed by:** [Ridwan Olanrewaju](https://apify.com/ibnlanre) (community) - **Categories:** MCP servers, Automation, AI - **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.005 / actor start This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Scout Browser MCP Server Full browser automation for AI agents. Navigate pages, extract content, take screenshots, inspect network traffic, manage cookies, run JavaScript, crawl sites, and more — all through MCP tools. ### Tools (60) #### Navigation & Page Control | Tool | Description | | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `browser-launch` | Launch a new local Chromium with extensive configuration (flags, geolocation, locale, color scheme, network, devices, emulation) | | `browser-open` | Launch Chromium with a persistent user-data directory for saved sessions, cookies, and profiles | | `browser-connect` | Connect to an existing Chrome/Chromium instance by domain and port | | `browser-remote` | Connect to a remote Playwright browser server via WebSocket endpoint | | `browser-close` | Close the current browser session or all tracked sessions | | `browser-disconnect` | Release a tracked Playwright browser session | | `browser-navigate` | Page navigation — goto, reload, back, forward (with waitUntil options) | | `browser-wait` | Wait for conditions — load state, delay, selector, text, URL, JS function, navigation | | `browser-search` | Run a search query through Google, DuckDuckGo, Bing, Brave, Yandex, Baidu, and more | | `browser-find` | Text-search within a browser tab, returning match count and position | | `browser-resize` | Resize the browser window to specified width and height | #### Tabs & Frames | Tool | Description | | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | `browser-tabs` | Manage tabs — list, create, switch, close, activate | | `browser-frames` | Manage iframes — list frames, switch between them | #### Interacting with the Page | Tool | Description | | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `browser-interact` | Full interaction suite — check, clear, click, dblclick, focus, hover, fill, press, scroll, selectOption, setChecked, tap, type, uncheck | | `browser-pinch` | Perform a pinch gesture at a page coordinate to zoom in/out | | `browser-upload` | Upload files by targeting a file input element with local file paths or file refs | | `browser-inject` | Inject inline JavaScript or CSS into a page (inject/status/remove lifecycle) | | `browser-evaluate` | Evaluate a JavaScript expression in a tab context, optionally targeting a specific frame | #### Reading the Page | Tool | Description | | -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `browser-snapshot` | Snapshot the page's accessibility tree with intelligent filtering — deduplication, disambiguation, role filtering, depth flattening | | `browser-screenshot` | Capture a screenshot (JPEG or PNG, with optional ref annotation overlay) | | `browser-pdf` | Generate a PDF from the current page with layout and formatting options | | `browser-extract` | Extract values from the DOM — frame properties (article, HTML, markdown, text, title, URL) or element state (box, checked, enabled, focused, HTML, markdown, text, value, visible, attribute) | | `browser-source` | Capture document HTML, stylesheet sources, script sources, or image asset metadata | | `browser-styles` | Retrieve computed CSS styles for a targeted element | | `browser-image` | Read a snapshot-issued image ref and return it as PNG or JPEG | | `browser-clipboard` | Read or write clipboard text in the browser session | #### Content Extraction & Export | Tool | Description | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `browser-crawl` | Multi-URL crawling with site-wide configuration, resource blocking, browser diversity, and result collection | | `browser-pipe` | Evaluate a browser expression and write the result to a file in YAML, JSON, text, or base64 format | | `browser-download` | Track and manage file downloads — get, list, clear | #### Console, Network, Storage | Tool | Description | | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `browser-console` | Inspect browser console logs — clear, get, list with type and pattern filtering | | `browser-exceptions` | Inspect uncaught page exceptions — clear, get, list with pattern filtering | | `browser-network` | Track and inspect network requests — list, get with URL pattern filtering | | `browser-route` | Intercept network requests — abort, continue (with header override), fulfill, fallback | | `browser-unroute` | Remove one or all previously registered network interception routes | | `browser-har` | Control HAR recording — start, stop | | `browser-throttle` | Apply network throttling — latency, throughput, offline mode | | `browser-security` | Control TLS/certificate validation error handling | | `browser-cookies` | Manage cookies — get, set, delete, clear | | `browser-storage` | Access localStorage or sessionStorage — get, set, remove, clear | #### Browser State & Metadata | Tool | Description | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `browser-history` | Inspect or clear recorded navigation history | | `browser-scene` | Save and restore page state (URL, title, scroll position) — capture, restore, list, delete | | `browser-emulate` | Emulate device, locale, timezone, and User-Agent Client Hints | | `browser-metrics` | Retrieve performance and runtime metrics | | `browser-memory` | Inspect runtime memory state | | `browser-heap` | Capture heap information, optionally forcing garbage collection first | | `browser-cpu` | Adjust CPU throttling to simulate slower device performance | | `browser-trace` | Control Chrome performance trace recording with configurable categories | | `browser-file` | Inspect/clear tracked file references used for uploads | #### Media & Accessibility | Tool | Description | | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `browser-media` | Control and inspect media elements — info, mute, unmute, play, pause, seek | | `browser-transcribe` | Extract raw audio bytes from video or audio elements as base64 | | `browser-still` | Capture a still image from a media element at a specific timestamp | | `browser-screencast` | Capture video frames or MP4 screencast with configurable interval, format, and resolution | | `browser-vision` | Apply vision-deficiency filters for accessibility testing — blurred vision, reduced contrast, achromatopsia, deuteranopia, protanopia, tritanopia | | `browser-highlight` | Visual highlighting with measurement overlay — element bounds, size, viewport distances, border-radius | #### Dialogs & Notifications | Tool | Description | | ----------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | | `browser-dialog` | Handle browser dialogs — accept, dismiss, dismissAll, get | | `browser-notifications` | Retrieve browser notifications, optionally clearing them | #### WebSocket & Runtime | Tool | Description | | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `browser-websocket` | Inspect/clear tracked WebSocket connections with pattern filtering | | `browser-animation` | Control animation playback — pause, resume, set playback rate | #### Composite Commands | Tool | Description | | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `browser-batch` | Execute multiple browser tools sequentially with shared state. Actions can reference previous results, and the batch can halt on specific patterns | | `browser-workflow` | Conditional workflow execution with action steps and condition branches — branching on snapshot content, URL, element existence, or JavaScript expressions | ### Common Parameters Most tools accept these shared parameters: - **`sessionRef`** — identifies the browser session (required for most tools) - **`tabRef`** — identifies a specific tab within a session (optional, defaults to active tab) ### Transport | Mode | Endpoint | | ----------------------------- | ---------------------------- | | **Streamable HTTP** (standby) | `POST /mcp` | | **SSE** | `GET /sse`, `POST /messages` | ### Environment Variables | Variable | Default | Description | | ----------------------- | --------- | ------------------- | | `APIFY_IS_AT_HOME` | `1` | Apify platform mode | | `APIFY_META_ORIGIN` | `STANDBY` | Standby mode | | `ACTOR_WEB_SERVER_PORT` | `3000` | HTTP server port | # Actor input Schema ## `cdpTimeout` (type: `integer`): Timeout in milliseconds for Chrome DevTools Protocol commands. ## `keepAliveInterval` (type: `integer`): Interval in milliseconds for CDP keepalive pings. ## `maxMissedPongs` (type: `integer`): Number of missed keepalive pongs before a connection is considered dead. ## `titleDeadline` (type: `integer`): Timeout in milliseconds for reading a page title from a new tab. ## `maxConsoleErrors` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of console errors tracked per session. ## `maxBodySize` (type: `integer`): Maximum body size in bytes for MCP session messages. ## `maxMutations` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of DOM mutations tracked per session for page-change detection. ## `maxImageDimension` (type: `integer`): Maximum width or height in pixels for screenshots and extracted images. Larger images are scaled down to this limit. ## `maxUrlLength` (type: `integer`): Maximum URL length in characters before truncation in accessibility snapshots. ## `maxWorkflowDepth` (type: `integer`): Maximum nesting depth for conditional workflow steps. Prevents runaway recursive automation. ## `proxyEnabled` (type: `boolean`): Route search engine requests through a proxy. Required for most search engines when running from a cloud environment. ## `proxyUrl` (type: `string`): Proxy URL. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5. Example: http://user:pass@host:8080 ## Actor input object example ```json { "cdpTimeout": 30000, "keepAliveInterval": 30000, "maxMissedPongs": 3, "titleDeadline": 1500, "maxConsoleErrors": 5, "maxBodySize": 5000000, "maxMutations": 10, "maxImageDimension": 1600, "maxUrlLength": 120, "maxWorkflowDepth": 10, "proxyEnabled": false, "proxyUrl": "" } ```` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("ibnlanre/scout-browser").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("ibnlanre/scout-browser").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call ibnlanre/scout-browser --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ibnlanre/scout-browser", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Scout Browser", "description": "Full browser automation for AI agents: navigate, click, extract, screenshot, search, crawl, and more — all through MCP tools. Run it anywhere, plug in any LLM.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "lmRM4WiNfnYdfj6pM" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/ibnlanre~scout-browser/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-ibnlanre-scout-browser", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/ibnlanre~scout-browser/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-ibnlanre-scout-browser", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/ibnlanre~scout-browser/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-ibnlanre-scout-browser", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "cdpTimeout": { "title": "CDP Timeout", "minimum": 1000, "maximum": 120000, "type": "integer", "description": "Timeout in milliseconds for Chrome DevTools Protocol commands.", "default": 30000 }, "keepAliveInterval": { "title": "Keepalive Interval", "minimum": 5000, "maximum": 300000, "type": "integer", "description": "Interval in milliseconds for CDP keepalive pings.", "default": 30000 }, "maxMissedPongs": { "title": "Max Missed Pongs", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of missed keepalive pongs before a connection is considered dead.", "default": 3 }, "titleDeadline": { "title": "Title Read Deadline", "minimum": 100, "maximum": 30000, "type": "integer", "description": "Timeout in milliseconds for reading a page title from a new tab.", "default": 1500 }, "maxConsoleErrors": { "title": "Max Console Errors", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of console errors tracked per session.", "default": 5 }, "maxBodySize": { "title": "Max Body Size", "minimum": 100000, "maximum": 50000000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum body size in bytes for MCP session messages.", "default": 5000000 }, "maxMutations": { "title": "Max DOM Mutations", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 100, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of DOM mutations tracked per session for page-change detection.", "default": 10 }, "maxImageDimension": { "title": "Max Image Dimension", "minimum": 200, "maximum": 4096, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum width or height in pixels for screenshots and extracted images. Larger images are scaled down to this limit.", "default": 1600 }, "maxUrlLength": { "title": "Max URL Length", "minimum": 50, "maximum": 2000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum URL length in characters before truncation in accessibility snapshots.", "default": 120 }, "maxWorkflowDepth": { "title": "Max Workflow Depth", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum nesting depth for conditional workflow steps. Prevents runaway recursive automation.", "default": 10 }, "proxyEnabled": { "title": "Enable Proxy", "type": "boolean", "description": "Route search engine requests through a proxy. Required for most search engines when running from a cloud environment.", "default": false }, "proxyUrl": { "title": "Proxy URL", "maxLength": 500, "type": "string", "description": "Proxy URL. Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS5. Example: http://user:pass@host:8080", "default": "" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```