puppeteer-mcp-claude vs filesystem

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	puppeteer-mcp-claude by jaenster	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	Browser AutomationWeb ScrapingDeveloper Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	TypeScript	TypeScript
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puppeteer-mcp-claude · Summary

Browser automation MCP server for Claude using Puppeteer to control web pages, capture screenshots, and interact with websites.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

puppeteer-mcp-claude · Use cases

Automated web scraping and data extraction from websites
Taking screenshots of web pages for documentation or analysis
Automated form filling and website interaction workflows

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

puppeteer-mcp-claude · Install

Install

**macOS / Linux**

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude/main/install.sh | bash

**Windows (PowerShell)**

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaenster/puppeteer-mcp-claude/main/install.ps1 | iex

**Manual installation**

npm install -g puppeteer-mcp-claude
claude mcp add puppeteer-mcp-claude -- npx -y puppeteer-mcp-claude serve

**Claude Desktop Configuration** Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "puppeteer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "puppeteer-mcp-claude", "serve"]
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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