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   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Chrome for Developers presents Chrome DevTools for agents as an MCP server, a Chrome DevTools CLI, and agentic skills that connect a coding agent to a live Chrome browser. The package name is chrome-devtools-mcp.",
   "source": "https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/agents/get-started",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "The ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp LICENSE is Apache License 2.0.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/main/LICENSE",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "The official CLI talks to a background chrome-devtools-mcp daemon over Unix sockets on Linux and macOS and named pipes on Windows. Requirements on the README are Node.js LTS, current stable Chrome, and npm.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/main/docs/cli.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Official Chrome for Developers docs document the first-party MCP server installed as npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest, with Gemini CLI, Claude Code, and Codex install commands and a JSON mcpServers entry.",
   "source": "https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/agents/get-started",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "The chrome-devtools-mcp package documents an experimental chrome-devtools CLI. npm i chrome-devtools-mcp@latest -g installs chrome-devtools status, start, stop, navigate_page, take_screenshot, and other generated tool commands. --output-format=json is documented.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/main/docs/cli.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/llms.txt returned HTTP 200 as a Chrome DevTools documentation index. It includes Get started with Chrome DevTools for agents, Configuration, and Chrome DevTools for agents pages.",
   "source": "https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "The official tool reference lists input automation, navigation, emulation, performance, network, debugging, memory, extensions, third-party, WebMCP, and Progressive Web App tools. Current get-started docs present the server as the shipping agent surface. Official support is Chrome and Chrome for Testing only.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/main/docs/tool-reference.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "The CLI is documented as experimental. It supports only MCP tools that take no additional arguments, so --categoryExtensions tools are unavailable. Some commands such as wait_for and fill_form are excluded from CLI generation. JSON output is available.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/main/docs/cli.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened the current Chrome DevTools for agents getting-started page. It documents MCP install, the CLI as a targeted subset, security of authenticated Chrome sessions, and a performance-trace smoke prompt.",
   "source": "https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/agents/get-started",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the current first-party README. Official support is Google Chrome and Chrome for Testing only. Install is npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest. A CLI is documented. Usage statistics are enabled by default.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/main/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened the current MCP tool reference, including click, fill, navigate_page, performance_start_trace, list_network_requests, take_screenshot, take_heapsnapshot, and related categories.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/main/docs/tool-reference.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-07",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened the current experimental chrome-devtools CLI page, including daemon start/stop, workspace path limits, and JSON output.",
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   "tier": "declared"
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  "volatility": "high",
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    "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/main/docs/cli.md"
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 "id": "chrome-devtools",
 "license": "open-source",
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  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [],
   "coverage": "unknown",
   "docs": null,
   "exists": "unknown",
   "kinds": []
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [],
   "import": []
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": "unknown",
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
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   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. This record is Google's chrome-devtools-mcp server and its experimental chrome-devtools CLI. It is not Playwright, not Puppeteer as a standalone product, and not a Chromium fork. Official browser support is Google Chrome and Chrome for Testing only. Computer-use viability is a separate unassessed path.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": "unknown",
   "languages": [],
   "official": "unknown"
  }
 },
 "name": "Chrome DevTools MCP",
 "platforms": [
  "windows",
  "macos",
  "linux"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "playwright"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Google",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "mcp",
  "scores": {
   "api": null,
   "cli": 5,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": null,
   "mcp": 8,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Chrome DevTools MCP is automatable today through the first-party chrome-devtools-mcp server. This record is Google's Chrome DevTools for agents package that controls a live Google Chrome or Chrome for Testing instance. It is not Playwright, not Puppeteer as a product, and not a generic Chromium fork. Install with npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest. Official docs document an MCP server plus an experimental chrome-devtools CLI. The opened tool reference lists input automation, navigation, emulation, performance traces, network inspection, console and screenshot debugging, heap-snapshot memory tools, extension tools, third-party DevTools tools, WebMCP, and Progressive Web App tools. Official browser support is Chrome and Chrome for Testing only; other Chromium browsers may work but are not guaranteed. The server can start Chrome or attach to a running instance. Usage statistics are on by default and can be disabled with --no-usage-statistics. The CLI is marked experimental, talks to a background daemon, and covers only MCP tools that take no extra arguments; --output-format=json is available. No public product REST API was established. Computer-use viability is unassessed; MCP is not a computer-use probe. MCP scores 8; the experimental CLI scores 5. MCP is the best path because official docs position it as the full agent surface over live Chrome DevTools.\n"
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}