945: Chrome Dev Tools MCP Server

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Oct 13, 2025•29 min

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Episode description

Scott and Wes dive into Chrome’s new MCP server; a dev tools API powered by Puppeteer that gives your scripts, editors, and AI agents full access to Chrome. They break down how it works, what it can (and can’t) do, and how it might change debugging and automation for developers

Show Notes

00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 01:15 Syntax San Francisco Meetup.
- 01:55 We need your Spooky Stories!
02:42 What is an MCP Server?
04:28 MCP servers are not only for code editors.
06:43 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
07:49 Dev Tools MCP is similar to Puppeteer.
09:20 Setting up an MCP Server.
11:36 Example of MCP with Dominos Pizza.
13:23 Accessing Dev tools from your editor.
14:23 In VS Code, you can “Open Link”.
15:22 Using the MCP server.
16:26 Chrome has Debug insights inside of chrome’s dev tools.
18:38 Real world things the Chrome MCP server can do.
- 18:43 Analyzing performance.
- 19:55 Taking screenshots.
- 21:17 Performance fix feedback loop.
- 22:33 Remote connecting browsers.
- 24:54 Browser-use.
25:18 What are the limitations?

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