WebMCP is available for early preview
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WebMCP is available for early preview
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Re: WebMCP is available for early preview
#2>Users could more easily get the exact flights they want
Can we stop pretending this is an issue anyone has ever had.
Re: WebMCP is available for early preview
#3Can someone explain what the hell is going on here?
Do websites want to prevent automated tooling, as indicated by everyone putting everything behind Cloudfare and CAPTCHAs since forever, or do websites want you to be able to automate things? Because I don't see how you can have both.
If I'm using Selenium it's a problem, but if I'm using Claude it's fine??
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#4>Users could more easily get the exact flights they want Can we stop pretending this is an issue anyone has ever had.
I want my local dm shop to offer me their product info as copyable markdown, ingredient list, and other health related information. This could be a way to automate it.
Re: WebMCP is available for early preview
#5Can someone explain what the hell is going on here? Do websites want to prevent automated tooling, as indicated by everyone putting everything behind Cloudfare and CAPTCHAs since forever, or do websites want you to be able to automate things? Because I don't see how you can have both. If I'm using Selenium it's a problem, but if I'm using Claude it's fine??
Also, as someone who has tried to build tools that automate finding flights, The existing players in the space have made it nearly impossible to do. But now Google is just going to open the door for it?
Re: WebMCP is available for early preview
#6Can someone explain what the hell is going on here? Do websites want to prevent automated tooling, as indicated by everyone putting everything behind Cloudfare and CAPTCHAs since forever, or do websites want you to be able to automate things? Because I don't see how you can have both. If I'm using Selenium it's a problem, but if I'm using Claude it's fine??
Is the website Stripe or NYTimes?
Re: WebMCP is available for early preview
#7Can someone explain what the hell is going on here? Do websites want to prevent automated tooling, as indicated by everyone putting everything behind Cloudfare and CAPTCHAs since forever, or do websites want you to be able to automate things? Because I don't see how you can have both. If I'm using Selenium it's a problem, but if I'm using Claude it's fine??
In early experiments with the Claude Chrome extension Google sites detected Claude and blocked it too. Shrug
Re: WebMCP is available for early preview
#8Can someone explain what the hell is going on here? Do websites want to prevent automated tooling, as indicated by everyone putting everything behind Cloudfare and CAPTCHAs since forever, or do websites want you to be able to automate things? Because I don't see how you can have both. If I'm using Selenium it's a problem, but if I'm using Claude it's fine??
In my opinion sites that want agent access should expose server-side MCP, server owns the tools, no browser middleman. Already works today.
Sites that don’t want it will keep blocking. WebMCP doesn’t change that.
Your point about selenium is absolutely right. WebMCP is an unnecessary standard. Same developer effort as server-side MCP but routed through the browser, creating a copy that drifts from the actual UI. For the long tail that won’t build any agent interface, the browser should just get smarter at reading what’s already there.
Wrote about it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/manveerc/p/webmcp-false-econom...
Re: WebMCP is available for early preview
#9>Users could more easily get the exact flights they want Can we stop pretending this is an issue anyone has ever had.
I want my local dm shop to offer me their product info as copyable markdown, ingredient list, and other health related information. This could be a way to automate it.
dm?
Re: WebMCP is available for early preview
#10>Users could more easily get the exact flights they want Can we stop pretending this is an issue anyone has ever had.
I want my local dm shop to offer me their product info as copyable markdown, ingredient list, and other health related information. This could be a way to automate it.
Since you didn't say what a "dm shop" is, I'll assume you mean "dungeon master shop" where you buy Dungeons and Dragons-y stuff.
Or maybe it's a "direct marketing shop", where you bring flyers to be delivered into people's mail? Yeah, that must be it.