browser_read

browser_read

Open a page in a real browser and read it after its JavaScript has run. Use it when web_fetch comes back empty or with only a nav bar, which is what a page that builds itself in the browser looks like to a plain fetch. web_fetch is free and is the right first try; this costs, because it runs a browser

3 credits per call, from your balance — or paid per request in USDC with no account at all.

Runs on Browser — A real browser: read a page after its JavaScript has run, or photograph it.

Arguments

NameTypeWhat it is
url*stringThe page to open
waitstringOptional CSS selector to wait for before reading, for content that arrives late

Calling it

Three doors onto the same method. MCP is what an agent speaks, REST is what a program speaks, and the answer is identical.

{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"url":"url"},"name":"browser_read"}}

Try it in the playground.