Does Browser Use (MCP mode) work with Cursor?
Not in our test. Browser Use (MCP mode) installed in Cursor but failed our agent task on Oct 13, 2026. Details of what went wrong are below.
Result
ResultFailed
Date testedOct 13, 2026
Plan tested onCursor Pro+
App version2026.10.12-d47ca18
Modelgpt-5.3-codex-low
Steps
- install OK
- connected OK
- tools visible OK
- agent task: click reveal Failednavigate + interact + read back. The code is computed by page JavaScript only after the click.Why it failed: answer missing ['TP-4242']; no tool result containing ['TP-4242']
From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.
What happened in this run
Install config we used
{
"mcpServers": {
"browser-use": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"browser-use[cli]",
"browser-use",
"--mcp"
]
}
}
}Connection check
browser-use: readyTools the app saw
16 tools in the app (protocol check found 16).
Agent task: click reveal
- Tool calls, in order:
browser-use:browser_navigate,browser-use:browser_close_all,browser-use:browser_navigate,browser-use:browser_get_state,browser-use:browser_get_state,browser-use:retry_with_browser_use_agent,browser-use:browser_list_sessions,browser-use:browser_navigate,browser-use:browser_screenshot,browser-use:browser_get_html,browser-use:browser_close_all,browser-use:browser_navigate
Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.
Set it up in Cursor
Copy-paste config for every app is on the Browser Use (MCP mode) page. Not connecting? Cursor MCP troubleshooting.
Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (failed) · Claude Desktop (failed) · ChatGPT (Codex) (failed).