Scout MCP server

Scout

Browser automation, one binary. The simpler alternative to Playwright — no Node, no Python, no runtime. Drive a real browser from Go, any shell, any AI agent (built-in MCP server), or a chat UI.

A single statically-linked scout binary gives you a CLI, an 87-tool MCP server (so any MCP-aware agent — Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, custom — has a browser), a conversational chat UI, and a Go library with Gin-like middleware composition. Same engine, four access points.

brew install --cask klarlabs-studio/tap/scout-mcp

vs. Playwright

Quick Start

# CLI — visible browser, one-shot commands
scout observe https://example.com          # structured page snapshot
scout markdown https://news.ycombinator.com # page as compact markdown
scout screenshot https://github.com         # save screenshot
scout extract https://example.com h1        # extract element text
scout frameworks https://react.dev          # detect React, Vue, etc.

# MCP Server — give AI agents browser superpowers
claude mcp add scout -- scout mcp serve

# Browser UI — conversational browser automation
scout ui serve --provider=ollama --model=mistral
cd ui && npm install && npm run dev  # open http://localhost:3000

Install

# Homebrew
brew install --cask klarlabs-studio/tap/scout-mcp

# Direct binary
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/klarlabs-studio/scout/main/install.sh | bash

# Go
go install go.klarlabs.de/scout/cmd/scout@latest

# As a library
go get go.klarlabs.de/scout

MCP Server — 77 Tools

Run scout mcp serve and any MCP-aware agent has a browser. No second project to install, no Node runtime, no Python interpreter — the binary is the server. Configure in any MCP client:

claude mcp add scout -- scout mcp serve           # Claude Code

{"mcpServers": {"scout": {"command": "scout", "args": ["mcp", "serve"]}}}

Tool Categories

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.