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Re: Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

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Post by acedTrex »

throwaway314155 wrote: post #104
oulipo wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just a way to provide a "library of methods" / API that the LLM models can "call", so basically giving them method names, their parameters, the type of the output, and what they are for, and then the LLM model will ask the MCP server to call the functions, check the result, call the next function if needed, etc Right now if you go to ChatGPT you can't really tell it "open Google maps with my account, search for…

> with a "browser MCP" it is now possible: ChatGPT has a way to tell your browser "open Google maps", "show me a screenshot", "click at that position", etc It seems strange to me to focus on this sort of standard well in advance of models being reliable enough to, ya know, actually be able perform these operations on behalf of the user with any sort of strong reliability that you would need for widespread adoption to…

The speed that every major LLM foundational model provider has jumped on this bandwagon feels VERY artificial and astro turfy...

Re: Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

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Post by bombela »

SSLy wrote: post #68
DeathArrow wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It might depend on the speed with which you click on the elements on the website.

it does, CF bans my own honest to God clicks if I do them too fast.

Same here. And I am also using vimium.

Re: Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

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Post by XCSme »

acedTrex wrote: post #111
throwaway314155 wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> with a "browser MCP" it is now possible: ChatGPT has a way to tell your browser "open Google maps", "show me a screenshot", "click at that position", etc It seems strange to me to focus on this sort of standard well in advance of models being reliable enough to, ya know, actually be able perform these operations on behalf of the user with any sort of strong reliability that you would need for widespread adoption to…

The speed that every major LLM foundational model provider has jumped on this bandwagon feels VERY artificial and astro turfy...

Maybe because the LLM improvements haven't been that good in the last year, they needed some new thing to hype it/market it.

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, the benchmark scores are indeed higher, but in my personal experience, LLMs make as many mistakes as they did before, still too unreliable to use for cases where you actually need a factually correct answer.

Re: Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

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Post by joshwarwick15 »

jastuk wrote: post #95
StevenNunez wrote: post #94

I feel like I slept for a day and now MCPs are everywhere... I don't know what MCPs are and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

And the worst part is that it opens a pandora's box of potential exploits; https://elenacross7.medium.com/%EF%B8%8F-the-s-in-mcp-stands...

Most of these are not a real concern with remote servers with Oauth. If you install the PayPal MCP MCP server from im-deffo-not-hacking-you.com than https://mcp.paypal.com/sse its the same sec model as anything else online...

The article also reeks of LLM ironically

Re: Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

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Post by XCSme »

ajcp wrote: post #22
amendegree wrote: post #3

So is MCP the new RPA (Robotics Process Automation)? Like generic yahoo pipes?

No, since MCP is just an interface layer it is to AI what REST API is to DPA and COM/App DLLs are to RPA. APA (Agentic Process Automation) is the new RPA, and this is definitely one example of it.

But AI already supported function calling, and you could describe them in various ways. Isn't this just a different way to define function calling?

Re: Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

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Post by sitkack »

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #88
SSLy wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it does, CF bans my own honest to God clicks if I do them too fast.

I use Vimium (Chrome extension for using keyboard control of the browser) and this happens to me as well since the behavior looks "unnatural".

Must suck for people with assistive software. I get blocked on CF for now damn reason.

Re: Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

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Post by throwaway314155 »

thenaturalist wrote: post #66

Crazy, in looking up some info on the web and creating a Spreadsheet on Google Sheets to insert the results, it worked almost perfectly the first time and completely failed subsequently on 8-10 different tries. Is there an issue with the lag between what is happening in the browser and the MCP app (in my case Claude Desktop)? I have a feeling the first time I tried it, I was fast enough clicking the "Allow for this c…

What you're experiencing is commonly referred to as "luck". It's the same reason people consistently think newer versions of ChatGPT are nerfed in some way. In reality, people just got lucky originally and have unrealistic expectations based on this originally positive outcome.

There's no bug or glitch happening. It's just statistically unlikely to perform the action you wanted and you landed a good dice roll on your first turn.

Re: Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code

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Post by dimitri-vs »

oulipo wrote: post #101
StevenNunez wrote: post #94

I feel like I slept for a day and now MCPs are everywhere... I don't know what MCPs are and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

It's just a way to provide a "library of methods" / API that the LLM models can "call", so basically giving them method names, their parameters, the type of the output, and what they are for, and then the LLM model will ask the MCP server to call the functions, check the result, call the next function if needed, etc Right now if you go to ChatGPT you can't really tell it "open Google maps with my account, search for…

You actually can, its called Operator and its a complete waste of time, just like 99% of agents/MCPs.
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