Browse Bridge

Browse Bridge for Cursor

Cursor Plugin that wires Browse Bridge remote MCP into Cursor so agents can observe and control browser tabs you have Explicitly Enabled in the Chrome extension.

• MCP: https://mcp.browsebridge.com/mcp
• Site: https://browsebridge.com
• Chrome extension: listed on the Chrome Web Store
• License: MIT

Prerequisites

1. Create an account at https://browsebridge.com/sign-up (plans: https://browsebridge.com/plans).
2. Install the Browse Bridge Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store and sign in with the same account.
3. Sign in and open Connections to create an API key (starts with bbk_). Keep it secret.
4. Cursor with plugin/MCP support.

Install (Marketplace / local)

Official Marketplace (after listing)

Install browse-bridge from the Cursor Marketplace and paste your API key when prompted (BROWSEBRIDGE_API_KEY).

Local test (before / without Marketplace)

# Copy (do not symlink outside this folder)cp -R /path/to/browsebridge-cursor-plugin ~/.cursor/plugins/local/browse-bridge

Reload Window, open Customize, configure BROWSEBRIDGE_API_KEY, confirm MCP tools appear (browser_observe, browser_click, etc.).

Manual mcp.json snippet

{  "mcpServers": {    "browse-bridge": {      "url": "https://mcp.browsebridge.com/mcp",      "headers": {        "Authorization": "Bearer ${BROWSEBRIDGE_API_KEY}"      }    }  }}

Plugin variables only fill in inside the plugin, so for a manual config use your real key or ${env:BROWSEBRIDGE_API_KEY}.

Usage

1. Open a normal website tab (not chrome://).
2. Click the Browse Bridge toolbar icon, then Enable on the tab you want to share. Accept the confirmation and any Chrome permission prompt. Use Take control (or Ctrl+Shift+Period) to take the tab back at any time.
3. In Cursor, use MCP tools such as browser_list_sessions, browser_observe, browser_click, browser_screenshot.
4. Challenges / sensitive sites may pause the agent for human Take over or Approve.

Tools (20)

JavaScript dialogs

While the agent has control, a page alert / confirm / prompt stays pending until browser_handle_dialog (or about a 30-second timeout dismiss). Other click, type, and navigate calls while a dialog is open return DIALOG_PENDING. Native HTTP basic or digest sign-in prompts are not JavaScript dialogs (HTTP_AUTH_REQUIRED). The human completes or cancels them. Browse Bridge never types those credentials.

Approvals

Sensitive site gates click, type, key, select, and navigation. Those actions, and cross-origin navigations (including cross-origin link clicks), return APPROVAL_REQUIRED. The human Approves or Denies in the Chrome side panel. browser_get_approval reads a pending approval and does not change it. The agent can withdraw its own request with browser_cancel_approval (APPROVAL_CANCELLED — that is not a human Deny). An expired approval returns APPROVAL_EXPIRED; the next request for that action returns a fresh APPROVAL_REQUIRED. While an approval is pending, observe/screenshot/wait/get_status/list_sessions/release_control still run.

Configuration

Declared in .cursor-plugin/plugin.json → variables and referenced only as ${BROWSEBRIDGE_API_KEY} in mcp.json.

Privacy & security

See PRIVACY.md and SECURITY.md.

Repo layout

.cursor-plugin/plugin.jsonmcp.jsonassets/logo.svgassets/icon.pngREADME.mdLICENSEPRIVACY.mdSECURITY.mdSUPPORT.md