# How to use browser automation

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-use-browser-automation/148466>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 10, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-use-browser-automation/148466 "2026-01-10T02:37:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![DogSkull](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/dogskull/32/73485_2.png) [@DogSkull](https://forum.cursor.com/u/DogSkull)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-use-browser-automation/148466/1 "2026-01-10T02:37:02Z")

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I want the chat to be able to see the browser, the HTML code, and the console, and to be able to navigate through it — basically what is described in the Cursor documentation. But no matter what I do, the chat can’t see my browser, regardless of whether it’s the built-in browser tab or the bundled Chrome.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/3/4/34b0e53ebd92a187ec5a591e28c307b0b22c9b5b.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/original/3X/b/d/bdc38c4490f22e62897c7a97ca854ae39321d9bd.png)

Browser tab and bundled chrome work corretly, but agent cant reach it.

How to do it in correct way step by step?

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-use-browser-automation/148466/2 "2026-01-10T13:25:05Z")

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Hey, thanks for the report.

This is a known issue, it’s a regression in versions 2.3.18+. The team is working on a fix. Browser automation runs through built-in tools and shouldn’t show up as a separate MCP server in Settings.

To help the team speed up the fix, can you share:

- Help \> Toggle Developer Tools \> Console, any errors when trying to use the browser tools
- The Request ID from the failed call (chat menu \> Copy Request ID)

Related report: [Browser MCP Tools Not Available](https://forum.cursor.com/t/browser-mcp-tools-not-available/148335)

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**Author:** ![deanrie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/deanrie/32/1263_2.png) [@deanrie](https://forum.cursor.com/u/deanrie)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-use-browser-automation/148466/3 "2026-01-15T04:29:49Z")

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Hey, could you turn off Privacy Mode and copy the request ID? The team is trying to look into this. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![DogSkull](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/dogskull/32/73485_2.png) [@DogSkull](https://forum.cursor.com/u/DogSkull)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:04am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/how-to-use-browser-automation/148466/4 "2026-01-15T07:04:38Z")

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request ids: (from oldest to newest) (i dont have this one from screen)  
ea83780c-416a-4709-838a-7da60be24879  
c36efad0-8de3-41fc-8866-739a98767472  
88e61407-90f2-4170-bb44-ff4b4db8045f

in .txt file logs from console.

[logs.txt](https://forum.cursor.com/uploads/short-url/pbH68iTeE7CrTIRlcIdoyG6TLVC.txt) (54,7 KB)