OpenCode Ships Browse: MCP Server + Chromium Extension Lets Coding Agents Drive Your Signed-In Real Browser
On 2026-11-07 the official OpenCode account announced Browse: an MCP server plus Chromium extension that lets agents drive your local real browser with existing tabs, logins, and extensions. Sensitive steps such as login, 2FA, or payment hand the tab back until you click Continue. It works with Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and other Chromium browsers, and with MCP clients including OpenCode, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Zed. Source is MIT at anomalyco/browse; the npm package is @opencode/browse.
Key Takeaways
- Shape: MCP server + Chromium extension; agents drive Playwright tabs in collapsed background groups, with screenshots, recordings, and HAR capture
- Compatibility: browsers include Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Helium, Vivaldi, Opera, Chromium; MCP clients include OpenCode, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Zed, and more
- Safety UX: login, 2FA, and payment steps can hand off to the user; sessions support site allowlists; OpenCode published no standalone benchmark
- Install: prefer the Chrome Web Store extension, or
npx @opencode/browse install/curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/browse/install | bash(Node.js 22.19+) - Source: as of write time the official post had about 3,305 likes, 190 reposts, and ~135K impressions; GitHub anomalyco/browse had about 108 stars (MIT)

