Browser_scrape_mcp
Automates web browsing and scraping tasks, leveraging AI to intelligently search and extract content from various online sources such as Google, GitHub, and Stack Overflow. Offers capabilities like saving screenshots and processing text for efficient data collection.
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🤖 Browser Automation Agent
A powerful browser automation tool built with MCP (Model Controlled Program) that combines web scraping capabilities with LLM-powered intelligence. This agent can search Google, navigate to webpages, and intelligently scrape content from various websites including GitHub, Stack Overflow, and documentation sites.
🚀 Features
- 🔍 Google Search Integration: Finds and retrieves top search results for any query
- 🕸️ Intelligent Web Scraping: Tailored scraping strategies for different website types:
- 📂 GitHub repositories
- 💬 Stack Overflow questions and answers
- 📚 Documentation pages
- 🌐 Generic websites
- 🧠 AI-Powered Processing: Uses Mistral AI for understanding and processing scraped content
- 🥷 Stealth Mode: Implements browser fingerprint protection to avoid detection
- 💾 Content Saving: Automatically saves both screenshots and text content from scraped pages
🏗️ Architecture
This project uses a client-server architecture powered by MCP:
- 🖥️ Server: Handles browser automation and web scraping tasks
- 👤 Client: Provides the AI interface using Mistral AI and LangGraph
- 📡 Communication: Uses stdio for client-server communication
⚙️ Requirements
- 🐍 Python 3.8+
- 🎭 Playwright
- 🧩 MCP (Model Controlled Program)
- 🔑 Mistral AI API key
📥 Installation
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/browser-automation-agent.git
cd browser-automation-agent
- Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Install Playwright browsers:
playwright install
- Create a
.envfile in the project root and add your Mistral AI API key:
MISTRAL_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
📋 Usage
Running the Server
python main.py
Running the Client
python client.py
Sample Interaction
Once both the server and client are running:
- Enter your query when prompted
- The agent will:
- 🔍 Search Google for relevant results
- 🧭 Navigate to the top result
- 📊 Scrape content based on the website type
- 📸 Save screenshots and content to files
- 📤 Return processed information
🛠️ Tool Functions
get_top_google_url
🔍 Searches Google and returns the top result URL for a given query.
browse_and_scrape
🌐 Navigates to a URL and scrapes content based on the website type.
scrape_github
📂 Specializes in extracting README content and code blocks from GitHub repositories.
scrape_stackoverflow
💬 Extracts questions, answers, comments, and code blocks from Stack Overflow pages.
scrape_documentation
📚 Optimized for extracting documentation content and code examples.
scrape_generic
🌐 Extracts paragraph text and code blocks from generic websites.
📁 File Structure
browser-automation-agent/
├── main.py # MCP server implementation
├── client.py # Mistral AI client implementation
├── requirements.txt # Project dependencies
├── .env # Environment variables (API keys)
└── README.md # Project documentation
📤 Output Files
The agent generates two types of output files with timestamps:
- 📸
final_page_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.png: Screenshot of the final page state - 📄
scraped_content_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.txt: Extracted text content from the page
⚙️ Customization
You can modify the following parameters in the code:
- 🖥️ Browser window size: Adjust
widthandheightinbrowse_and_scrape - 👻 Headless mode: Set
headless=Truefor invisible browser operation - 🔢 Number of Google results: Change
num_resultsinget_top_google_url
❓ Troubleshooting
- 🔌 Connection Issues: Ensure both server and client are running in separate terminals
- 🎭 Playwright Errors: Make sure browsers are installed with
playwright install - 🔑 API Key Errors: Verify your Mistral API key is correctly set in the
.envfile - 🛣️ Path Errors: Update the path to
main.pyinclient.pyif needed
📜 License
MIT License
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
Built with 🧩 MCP, 🎭 Playwright, and 🧠 Mistral AI
