Automate the browser from the terminal with Chrome DevTools MCP CLI

Title “Automate the browser from the terminal with Chrome DevTools MCP CLI”, author Joan León’s photo, and chrome-devtools CLI snippets for opening tabs, evaluating scripts, and screenshots.

Joan León walks through chrome-devtools-mcp, a CLI that controls Chrome through shell commands instead of Puppeteer or Playwright. A persistent daemon keeps state across commands for navigation, network throttling, mobile viewport, dark mode, and form interaction. You can grab accessibility trees, evaluate JavaScript, capture screenshots, run Lighthouse audits, and trace Core Web Vitals.

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