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I found it here on HN: https://github.com/pasky/chrome-cdp-skill I remember seeing another Chromium-based \"MCP-focused\" browser at that point in time, but I can't remember what it was called.", "context": "", "use_case": "test automation", "switched_from": "", "story": "NeoBrowser: An MCP server that drives real Chrome with your logged-in sessions"}, {"id": 758272912, "item_id": 47392057, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47392057", "by": "paulirish", "date": "2026-03-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "", "excerpt": "To be clear, this isn't a skill for the devtools mcp, but an independent project. It doesn't look bad, but obviously browser automation + agents is a very busy space with lots of parallel efforts. DevTools MCP and its new CLI are maintained by the team behind Chrome DevTools & Puppeteer and it certainly has a more comprehensive feature set. 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