Install Browserbase in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Node.js, which
gives the
npxcommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_BROWSERBASE_API_KEY,YOUR_BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID,YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env BROWSERBASE_API_KEY=YOUR_BROWSERBASE_API_KEY --env BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID=YOUR_BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID --env GEMINI_API_KEY=YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY --transport stdio mcp-server-browserbase -- npx -y @browserbasehq/[email protected] - Replace
YOUR_BROWSERBASE_API_KEY,YOUR_BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID,YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEYwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of mcp-server-browserbase.
If it does not start
- spawn npx ENOENT
- Node.js is not on the PATH that Claude Code sees. Install it, or write the
full path of
npxin the config. - The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.