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    "a": {
      "slug": "browser-use",
      "name": "Browser Use",
      "vendor": "Browser Use",
      "vendorUrl": "https://browser-use.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "Browser Use runs AI agents that operate a web browser. It has an MIT Python library and CLI, and a hosted cloud with an agent API, managed browsers over CDP and an MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/browser-use.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use",
      "license": "MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "browser-use-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "browser-use-sdk"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "browser-use"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve API key from cloud.browser-use.com, sent as the `X-Browser-Use-API-Key` header with no Bearer prefix. Keys start with `bu_`, belong to one project and share its credits and concurrency. A key can carry a monthly spending cap, which is a soft limit. No scopes were found in the docs. EU keys are separate and work only on api.eu.browser-use.com. The x402 host authenticates by wallet signature with no key.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from prepaid credits, minimum top-up $5, no subscription and no expiry. Browsers $0.02 an hour, rounded up to whole minutes, plus traffic at $5 a GB through the managed residential proxy (on by default) or $0.20 a GB direct or through your own proxy. Hosted agents cost model tokens plus a 20 per cent fee, plus browser time and traffic. $1 of free credit once for eligible Google, GitHub or Microsoft signups, no card. An agent with a wallet can start without an account by x402 (https://browser-use.com/pricing, https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/guides/x402.md).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.02 / browser-hr",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "yes",
        "evidence": "x402 on https://x402.api.browser-use.com, which the docs say exposes every /api/v2 and /api/v3 route with an x402 challenge in place of API key auth. USDC on Base mainnet, signed with EIP-3009, no account or API key. Payments are credit top-ups to a project tied to the wallet, not per-call fees. /api/v4 isn't named as covered (https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/guides/x402.md, checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://x402.api.browser-use.com/api/v3/sessions",
            "priceUsd": null,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 7,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 117448,
        "npmWeekly": 106854,
        "pypiWeekly": 2090278,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.browser-use.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.browser-use.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.browser-use.com/cloud/openapi/v4.json",
      "registryName": "com.browser-use/browser-use",
      "capabilities": [
        "browser.control",
        "browser.hosted",
        "web.extract"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "official",
        "hosted",
        "open-source",
        "usage",
        "no-card",
        "x402",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-07",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 77.9,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 16,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 629,
        "categoryRank": 1,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 90,
          "reliability": 87,
          "schema": 85,
          "security": 59,
          "transparency": 65
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "The hosted cloud accepts x402 top-ups in USDC on Base with no account or API key, and publishes prices, rate limits and three OpenAPI documents. The privacy policy says inputs are used to train Browser Use's models, API keys have no documented scopes, and no prompt-injection guidance was found in the docs.",
        "bestFor": "An agent that wants to hand a whole browser task to a hosted agent and get a result back, or that needs a low-cost cloud browser over CDP, and for unattended agents that can pay by x402.",
        "strengths": [
          "x402 host at x402.api.browser-use.com takes USDC on Base with no account or API key, and wallet top-ups start at $0.01",
          "Public prices without login, $0.02 a browser-hour, proxy traffic $5 a GB, model tokens plus a 20 per cent fee",
          "OpenAPI 3.1.0 documents for API v2, v3 and v4, llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page",
          "Rate limits published with numbers, and 429 bodies carry `limit_rps` and `retry_after_seconds` beside Retry-After",
          "Secret bindings limit each credential to at most 20 named hostnames, and a run takes a `maxCostUsd` cap"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "The privacy policy says inputs are used to train Browser Use's AI models, with no opt-out described outside Enterprise zero data retention",
          "No scopes or permissions documented for API keys, and the per-key monthly spending cap is a soft limit",
          "No prompt-injection guidance found in the cloud docs, though agents read untrusted pages",
          "No idempotency key on `POST /runs`, and a client timeout leaves the billable run active",
          "The terms allow the service to be changed or discontinued with or without notice, and no deprecation policy was found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Send the key as `X-Browser-Use-API-Key` with no Bearer prefix. A Bearer header returns 401",
          "Stop browsers with `PATCH /api/v4/browsers/{id}` and `{\"action\":\"stop\"}`. Closing CDP or the SDK client leaves the browser billing",
          "Poll `GET /runs/{id}/status`, not the full run, and wait for the returned Retry-After on 429, which can be 300 seconds at the edge",
          "Before resubmitting after a timeout, read the existing run's status. The server keeps running and may already have submitted a form",
          "With a wallet and no key, call x402.api.browser-use.com on `/api/v2` or `/api/v3` routes. A task stops with INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS if credit runs out mid-run"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 77.9
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 78,
          "maintenance": 77,
          "payments": 90,
          "reliability": 87,
          "schema": 85,
          "security": 59,
          "transparency": 51
        },
        "provenanceScore": 78
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install --upgrade browser-use-sdk",
        "http": "curl https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4/runs -H \"X-Browser-Use-API-Key: $BROWSER_USE_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"task\":\"Find the top Hacker News story\"}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add -t http -H \"x-browser-use-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY\" browser-use https://api.browser-use.com/v3/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "browser-use": {
              "headers": {
                "x-browser-use-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
              },
              "url": "https://api.browser-use.com/v3/mcp"
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "pip install \"browser-use-sdk[x402]\"\n# set BROWSER_USE_X402_PRIVATE_KEY, then use AsyncBrowserUse from browser_use_sdk.v3, or POST https://x402.api.browser-use.com/api/v3/sessions with an x402 client (USDC on eip155:8453)"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/browser-use"
      },
      "area": "developer",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Cloud browser",
          "unit": "browser-hour",
          "usd": 0.02,
          "note": "rounded up to whole minutes, one-minute minimum"
        },
        {
          "item": "Residential proxy traffic",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 5,
          "note": "managed proxy, on by default"
        },
        {
          "item": "Direct or own-proxy traffic",
          "unit": "gb",
          "usd": 0.2
        },
        {
          "item": "Agent service fee on model tokens",
          "unit": "pct",
          "usd": 20,
          "note": "added to model cost, plus browser time and traffic"
        },
        {
          "item": "GPT-5.6 Luna input, fee included",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 0.24,
          "note": "output $1.44, cached input $0.024"
        },
        {
          "item": "Claude Sonnet 5 input, fee included",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 2.4,
          "note": "output $12.00, cached input $0.24"
        },
        {
          "item": "Claude Opus 5 input, fee included",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 6,
          "note": "output $30.00, cached input $0.60"
        },
        {
          "item": "BU 2.0 model API input",
          "unit": "1m-tokens",
          "usd": 0.6,
          "note": "output $3.50, cached input $0.06"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Browser Use, Inc.",
        "domain": "browser-use.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-11-11",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://browser-use.com/legal/terms-of-service",
        "privacy": "https://browser-use.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.browser-use.com",
        "changelog": "https://browser-use.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The privacy policy names Browser Use, Inc. as the responsible entity. The terms of service, last revised 15 July 2026, name Browser Use Inc. and say it is headquartered in the United States.",
          "browser-use.com/.well-known/security.txt gives security@browser-use.com and the SOC 2 page as contact and policy, with a Canonical line and no Expires field, which RFC 9116 requires.",
          "RDAP for browser-use.com gives a registration date of 2024-11-11.",
          "The API, the x402 host, the EU API and the MCP server all answer on browser-use.com subdomains.",
          "The DPA of 30 July 2026 links the sub-processor list in a Vanta trust centre, which we didn't read."
        ],
        "score": 78
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/browser-use.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "browser-use",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:42.220856498Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 404,
          "lastMs": 483,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 402,
          "p95ms24h": 483,
          "samples24h": 42,
          "samples30d": 42,
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 42,
              "ok": 42
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.browser-use.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T17:50:26.510267517Z"
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "browser-use/browser-use",
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            "released": "2026-10-07",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:03:57.128680866Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "browser-use-sdk",
            "version": "3.11.3",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:03:54.64489162Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "browser-use",
            "version": "0.13.11",
            "released": "2026-10-07",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:03:57.118403182Z"
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "browser-use-sdk",
            "version": "3.11.3",
            "released": "2026-09-04",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:03:51.553845048Z"
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        ],
        "githubStars": 117489,
        "npmWeekly": 106854,
        "pypiWeekly": 1988477,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://browser-use.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:31.486316829Z"
        },
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://browser-use.com/changelog",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:52.4056577Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "e7ba101972fd"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser-use.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:56.607383979Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "6a7e4554a766"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser-use.com/privacy",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:58.452258616Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "eae34689aea2"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://browser-use.com/legal/terms-of-service",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:15:54.631348148Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "71b9761ec4ab"
          }
        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:08:42.220856498Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Browser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on transparency \u0026 trust.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived",
      "name": "Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)",
      "vendor": "Model Context Protocol (archived)",
      "vendorUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived",
      "kind": "mcp",
      "category": "browser",
      "summary": "The original browser-automation reference server, driving Chrome through Puppeteer with screenshots and JavaScript evaluation.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [
        "stdio"
      ],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "none",
      "authNotes": "Local process with full control of a Chrome instance.",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Open source; unmaintained.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Archived reference server, no payments.",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 7,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 294,
        "npmWeekly": 25072,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-01"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/tree/main/src/puppeteer",
      "capabilities": [
        "browser.control"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reference",
        "archived",
        "local",
        "open-source",
        "superseded"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2025-05-12",
      "graded": true,
      "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.",
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 30.6,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 619,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 629,
        "categoryRank": 12,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 47,
          "maintenance": 0,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 12,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 22,
          "transparency": 75
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "high",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
        },
        "negative": -4,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "-4: an open exfiltration path that will never be fixed. The model can set `allowDangerous: true` on `puppeteer_navigate` to relaunch Chrome with the sandbox off, `puppeteer_evaluate` runs any script, and the README warns the browser can read local files and internal addresses. The package still drew 25,072 npm downloads in the week of 14 to 20 August 2026, the latest week the npm API returned to us. Archived with a no-guarantees notice, so we deduct less than for a disclosed bypass (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers-archived/blob/main/src/puppeteer/index.ts; https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer)."
        ],
        "verdict": "Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list. Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm.",
        "bestFor": "Nothing new.",
        "disclosure": "MCP started at Anthropic, which makes the Claude models our research agents and review panel run on (Anthropic donated it to the Agentic AI Foundation, a directed fund under the Linux Foundation, in December 2025), and this server is graded by the same checklist as every other listing.",
        "strengths": [
          "Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list",
          "Simple mental model (navigate, click, fill, select, hover, screenshot, evaluate)",
          "MIT and short enough to audit in an afternoon"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm",
          "`allowDangerous: true` in a tool call lifts the sandbox guard, and Docker mode never had one",
          "Pins Puppeteer ^23.4.0, which npm marks as no longer supported",
          "No accessibility snapshot or text extraction, so the agent works from screenshots and scripts",
          "No tool annotations, no tests, no successor named anywhere official"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Don't install it for new work. playwright-mcp covers the same tasks with snapshots and annotations",
          "If you inherit a config for it, set ALLOW_DANGEROUS to false and never pass `allowDangerous`",
          "Never run it with a logged-in profile or on a host with internal services the browser can reach"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 1,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "high",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 30.6
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 47,
          "maintenance": 0,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 12,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 22,
          "transparency": 80
        },
        "provenanceScore": 69
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/browser.control",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/puppeteer-reference-server-archived"
      },
      "supersededBy": [
        "playwright-mcp",
        "chrome-devtools-mcp"
      ],
      "sameCompany": [
        "fetch-reference-server",
        "git-reference-server",
        "filesystem-reference-server",
        "memory-reference-server",
        "postgres-reference-server-archived",
        "sequential-thinking-reference-server"
      ],
      "area": "developer",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Model Context Protocol, a Series of LF Projects, LLC",
        "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io",
        "domainRegistered": "2024-11-18",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/terms-of-use/",
        "privacy": "https://www.lfprojects.org/policies/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/releases",
        "securityTxt": "valid",
        "checked": "2026-09-26",
        "score": 69
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/puppeteer-reference-server-archived.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "puppeteer-reference-server-archived",
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer",
            "version": "2025.5.12",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:26:31.947955137Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 303,
        "npmWeekly": 35614,
        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "valid",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:47.022642624Z"
        },
        "domain": {
          "domain": "modelcontextprotocol.io",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:06:56.741922917Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T16:26:32.789225835Z"
      }
    },
    "facts": [
      {
        "a": "HTTP API",
        "b": "MCP server",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "Browser Use",
        "b": "Model Context Protocol (archived)",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "https://api.browser-use.com/api/v4",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio",
        "b": "stdio",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "API key",
        "b": "None",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Pay per use",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
      },
      {
        "a": "MIT for the open-source library and the SDK. Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service",
        "b": "MIT",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "7",
        "b": "7",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
      {
        "a": "com.browser-use/browser-use",
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Browser Use Cloud is a proprietary service under Browser Use's terms of service | MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 7 | 7 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.browser-use/browser-use` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2025-05-12 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-15 | 2021-09-08 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2023-03-15 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 117k stars, 107k npm/wk, 2.1M PyPI/wk | 294 stars, 25k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 1/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Browser Use.** The hosted cloud accepts x402 top-ups in USDC on Base with no account or API key, and publishes prices, rate limits and three OpenAPI documents. The privacy policy says inputs are used to train Browser Use's models, API keys have no documented scopes, and no prompt-injection guidance was found in the docs.\n\n**Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server).** Seven tools in about 700 tokens, every input with a `required` list. Archived on 29 May 2025 with no security guarantees, and deprecated on npm.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Browser Use\n\n1. Send the key as `X-Browser-Use-API-Key` with no Bearer prefix. A Bearer header returns 401\n2. Stop browsers with `PATCH /api/v4/browsers/{id}` and `{\"action\":\"stop\"}`. Closing CDP or the SDK client leaves the browser billing\n3. Poll `GET /runs/{id}/status`, not the full run, and wait for the returned Retry-After on 429, which can be 300 seconds at the edge\n4. Before resubmitting after a timeout, read the existing run's status. The server keeps running and may already have submitted a form\n5. With a wallet and no key, call x402.api.browser-use.com on `/api/v2` or `/api/v3` routes. A task stops with INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS if credit runs out mid-run\n\n### Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)\n\n1. Don't install it for new work. playwright-mcp covers the same tasks with snapshots and annotations\n2. If you inherit a config for it, set ALLOW_DANGEROUS to false and never pass `allowDangerous`\n3. Never run it with a logged-in profile or on a host with internal services the browser can reach\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Browser Use or Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)?\n\nBrowser Use scores 77.9 (BB) on agent readiness against Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server)'s 30.6 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) leads on transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Browser Use and Puppeteer (archived MCP reference server) need an API key?\n\nBrowser Use needs an API key. 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