mcp-server

Safari-mcp: Automate Safari

Automate Safari browser tasks for AI agents with safari-mcp, a drop-in alternative for startup founders.

From the repo · “Native Safari browser automation for AI agents. 80 tools via AppleScript — zero overhead, keeps logins, runs silently in background. Drop-in alternative to Chrome DevTools MCP with 40-60% less CPU/heat on Apple Silicon.”

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free + LLM API costs
223 stars+6★ this week33 forksJavaScriptGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jul 2Updated 10/19/2026100% free · open source
What it is

Control your Safari browser with code.

Real use case example

"A founder, Max, wants to collect Safari browsing history for their customers. They use Safari-mcp to automate this process, then write a script to collect the data and store it in a Notion database with 5 lines of code in 20 minutes."

Best insideCursorClaude Desktop
When to use it
  • •When developing AI-powered applications that require Safari browser automation on Apple Silicon devices
  • •When needing to automate Safari tasks with minimal CPU and heat usage
  • •When looking for a drop-in replacement for Chrome DevTools MCP with improved performance
Ready-to-paste prompt
Use the following command to automate a Safari browser task: `curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"action": "navigate", "url": "https://example.com"}' http://localhost:3000/automation`
Heads up: Ensure you have AppleScript enabled on your system and the Safari application is properly configured to allow automation, as safari-mcp relies on these settings to function correctly
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
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✅ Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

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Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/safari-mcp && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/safari-mcp/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/safari-mcp/SKILL.md
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Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
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How Safari-mcp: Automate Safari works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Safari-mcp: Automate Safari is a large JavaScript project (~18k lines across 38 code files, plus 78 test files). Setup is light: runs with Docker. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Large codebase
~18k lines · 38 code files · ~2 h to skim
Setup
Light setup
Runs with Docker.
Runs on
Node.js · Docker
No API keys detected
JavaScript 96%Swift 2%HTML 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    index.js
    Where the program starts running
  3. 3
    package.json
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  4. 4
    examples/README.md
    A worked example — copy this to get going
What's in each folder
extension/Sub-packages / plugins9 files
examples/Examples you can copy6 files
docs/Documentation1 files
xcode/Folder34 files
scripts/Helper scripts8 files
test/Tests — proof it works77 files
assets/Images & static assets30 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)11 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyExamples includedMIT licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
achiya-automation
Language
JavaScript
Category
mcp-server
Published
3/18/2026

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