How do I install Aethyn Browser?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Aethyn Browser need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: AETHYN_USERNAME, AETHYN_PASSWORD, AETHYN_DEFAULT_TIER.

What transport does Aethyn Browser use?

Aethyn Browser runs locally over stdio.

When was Aethyn Browser last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-09. Local Playwright browser through residential proxies — agent picks country + sticky identity

Aethyn Browser MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y [email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

AETHYN_USERNAME — Aethyn proxy username (e.g. aethyn-XXXXX). Omit if using a custom proxy via PROXY_*.
AETHYN_PASSWORD — Aethyn proxy password (or PROXY_PASSWORD for a custom proxy).
AETHYN_DEFAULT_TIER — Default proxy tier: premium (port 2099) or elite (port 5499).

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1AETHYN_USERNAME=<value> AETHYN_PASSWORD=<secret> AETHYN_DEFAULT_TIER=<value> claude mcp add io.github.aethynio-aethyn-browser-mcp -- npx -y aethyn-browser-mcp@0.1.1

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.aethynio-aethyn-browser-mcp": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "[email protected]"8      ],9      "env": {10        "AETHYN_USERNAME": "<value>",11        "AETHYN_PASSWORD": "<secret>",12        "AETHYN_DEFAULT_TIER": "<value>"13      }14    }15  }16}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 0.1.1

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

Aethyn Browser MCP — residential-proxy browser control for AI agents (pick the country, one identity per task)

An MCP server that lets an AI agent drive a real browser through residential proxies, choosing the exit country / city, tier, and a sticky per-task session — at call time. The browser (Playwright Chromium) runs locally on your machine; you bring your own proxy credentials. Defaults to Aethyn residential proxies, and works with any HTTP proxy you configure.

The only browser MCP where the agent picks the country and holds one identity per task.

Why this exists

Playwright MCP drives a browser well, but its proxy is set once at server startup — one static exit for the whole session. The agent can't ask for a Japanese exit for one task and a German exit for the next.
Hosted "web scraping" MCPs hide the proxy and hand back JSON — no runtime control over geo or session identity, and it's their pool at their price.

This server gives the agent runtime, per-task, steerable geo + sticky identity as tools — exactly what browser agents need to pull country-specific data (pricing, SERPs, catalogs, availability) and feed it into a chart or pipeline.

Quickstart

Add the server to your MCP client — Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json) or Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aethyn-browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aethyn-browser-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "AETHYN_USERNAME": "aethyn-XXXXX",
        "AETHYN_PASSWORD": "your-proxy-password",
        "AETHYN_DEFAULT_TIER": "premium"
      }
    }
  }
}

Chromium is downloaded automatically on first install (~170 MB, one-time). If your environment blocks post-install scripts, run it yourself: npx playwright install chromium.

⚠️ Set the tier to match your plan. AETHYN_DEFAULT_TIER defaults to premium (port 2099). If your account is Elite, set it to elite (port 5499) — otherwise traffic hits the Premium port and the proxy returns 407 (auth rejected), even though the browser launched fine. The agent can also override per task with tier: "elite".

That's it. Ask your agent something like "Launch a browser in Japan, open example.co.jp, verify the exit IP is Japanese, and give me the page as markdown."

Tools

Tool	What it does
`aethyn_launch_browser`	Launch local Chromium through a residential exit in a chosen `country` (+ `city`/`state` on Elite), `tier`, and sticky `session`. Returns a `session_id`.
`aethyn_navigate`	Go to a URL; waits for load and returns the HTTP status, final URL, and title.
`aethyn_get_content`	Return the page cleaned for reading (`markdown` / `text` / `html`).
`aethyn_snapshot`	Accessibility snapshot (roles, names, `[ref=..]` handles) — how the agent decides what to click.
`aethyn_click`	Click by `ref` (from the snapshot) or a CSS/role/text `selector`.
`aethyn_type`	Type into an input (optionally submit with Enter).
`aethyn_check_exit_ip`	Fetch IP info through the session's proxy to verify the geo actually landed.
`aethyn_new_identity`	Rotate to a fresh exit IP (same country) and clear cookies.
`aethyn_close`	Close the session's context and free memory.
`aethyn_list_countries`	Discover available countries (and Elite cities) at runtime.

How it's different

	Aethyn Browser MCP	Playwright MCP	Hosted scraping MCPs
Runs the browser	Local (yours)	Local	Their cloud
Proxy geo chosen by the agent per task	✅ at call time	❌ fixed at startup	❌ not exposed
Sticky identity per task (pinned exit IP)	✅	❌	❌
Verify the exit geo landed	✅ `check_exit_ip`	❌	❌
Bring your own proxy	✅ any HTTP proxy	one static proxy	❌

No trash-talk — just the capability delta. (Playwright MCP is great; it just wasn't built for per-task geo.)

Bring your own proxy

Aethyn is the default, but any HTTP proxy works — point PROXY_HOST at it and describe its username format with a template. [ ... ] segments are dropped when empty, and {country} {city} {state} {session} {lifetime} are filled from the agent's call:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "browser": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "aethyn-browser-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PROXY_HOST": "gate.your-provider.com",
        "PROXY_PORT": "7000",
        "PROXY_USERNAME": "your-user",
        "PROXY_PASSWORD": "your-pass",
        "PROXY_USERNAME_TEMPLATE": "{username}-country-{country}[-city-{city}]-session-{session}-lifetime-{lifetime}"
      }
    }
  }
}

For a plain fixed proxy with no geo in the username, use "PROXY_USERNAME_TEMPLATE": "{username}".

Configuration

Env var	Default	Notes
`AETHYN_USERNAME` / `AETHYN_PASSWORD`	—	Your Aethyn proxy credentials (default provider).
`AETHYN_DEFAULT_TIER`	`premium`	`premium` (HTTP `2099`) or `elite` (HTTP `5499`, unlocks city/state).
`AETHYN_HEADLESS`	`true`	Set `false` to watch the browser.
`AETHYN_MAX_SESSIONS`	`8`	Oldest session is evicted past this cap.
`AETHYN_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MIN`	`10`	Idle sessions auto-close after this many minutes.
`AETHYN_IPINFO_URL`	`https://ipinfo.io/json`	Endpoint `check_exit_ip` hits (through the proxy).
`PROXY_HOST` / `PROXY_PORT` / `PROXY_USERNAME` / `PROXY_PASSWORD` / `PROXY_USERNAME_TEMPLATE`	—	Bring-your-own proxy (overrides the Aethyn default).

HTTP proxies only — Chromium can't authenticate SOCKS5, so this server is HTTP-only by design.

Guardrails

This tool is for collecting public data. Please:

Respect robots.txt, rate limits, and each site's terms and the law. Can reach ≠ should.
No login/credential-wall automation, and no CAPTCHA solving — there's no such capability. If a site shows a challenge, read the page and stop rather than trying to bypass it.
Pace yourself. A residential IP firing dozens of requests per second is still obviously a bot.
Your credentials stay in your MCP config on your machine; the proxy password is never logged.

Get credentials

Need residential proxy credentials? The free trial needs no card:

→ Create an Aethyn account · Quickstart docs · Pricing

Contributing

PRs welcome — especially extending data/locations.json with more countries, cities, and states (single lowercase alphanumeric tokens), and new client examples. Keep it real and runnable; use placeholder credentials only.

License

MIT — free to use, copy, and adapt.

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Aethyn Browser?

Does Aethyn Browser need an API key?

What transport does Aethyn Browser use?

When was Aethyn Browser last checked?

Documentation

Aethyn Browser MCP — residential-proxy browser control for AI agents (pick the country, one identity per task)

Why this exists

Quickstart

Tools

How it's different

Bring your own proxy

Configuration

Guardrails

Get credentials

Contributing

License