io.github.Sahib-Sawhney-WH/looking-glass-mcp

io.github.Sahib-Sawhney-WH/looking-glass-mcp·v3.1.1·Browser Automation

Quality Score

/100

AI-native browser for agents. 71 tools with self-healing, semantic extraction, vault CLI.

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§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "looking-glass-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "looking-glass-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BROWSER_HEADLESS": "<browser_headless>",
        "BROWSER_SECURITY_PROFILE": "<browser_security_profile>",
        "VAULT_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "<your-vault_encryption_key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "looking-glass-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "looking-glass-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BROWSER_HEADLESS": "<browser_headless>",
        "BROWSER_SECURITY_PROFILE": "<browser_security_profile>",
        "VAULT_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "<your-vault_encryption_key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y looking-glass-mcp

§02 Environment variables

BROWSER_HEADLESS

Run browser in headless mode

BROWSER_SECURITY_PROFILE

Security profile: restricted, local-dev, open, or sandbox

VAULT_ENCRYPTION_KEY

secret

Passphrase for credential vault encryption (32+ chars). Store credentials via CLI: npx looking-glass-mcp vault store <profile>

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