Glossary term

MCP server

A process that exposes tools to an AI agent through the Model Context Protocol — for LaunchRepo, the one that hands the agent a Chrome tab.

Definition

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI agents to tools and data. An MCP server is a small program that lists what it can do — navigate, click, read a page, query a database — and the agent calls those tools as needed. Servers are registered in the agent’s configuration, typically as a command to start plus arguments.

Chrome DevTools MCP is the server that exposes a Chrome instance as tools. It is what makes a terminal agent a browser agent.

Why it matters for a directory launch

Without an MCP browser server a coding agent can only read and write files; it cannot fill a directory form. The server is also the boundary of trust: it controls the connected browser, so which Chrome it attaches to and how it is started decide what the agent can reach.

How LaunchRepo handles it

The repository documents a generic MCP server entry for chrome-devtools-mcp with --autoConnect (existing Chrome 144+) or --browserUrl (dedicated profile on a local port); where that entry goes depends on the agent — Claude Code, Codex and Cursor each have their own configuration location, described on their pages here. Node and npm are needed for npx; a tested package version should be pinned after setup. A running server process alone proves nothing until a visible tab moves.

See the term in the repository

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