Install CloakBrowser MCP for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"swimmwatch-cloakbrowser-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"cloakbrowser-mcp@1.14.1"
],
"env": {
"PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_BROWSER_ENGINE": "cloak",
"PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_HEADLESS": "true",
"PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_OUTPUT_DIR": ".playwright-mcp",
"PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CODEGEN": "typescript",
"PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_SNAPSHOT_BOXES": "false",
"PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_TIMEOUT_SETTLE": "500",
"PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_USER_DATA_DIR": "",
"CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CONTEXT_OPTIONS": "",
"CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXTENSION_PATHS": "",
"CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_CONSOLE_FALLBACK": "true",
"CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_GEOIP_PROXY_MATCH": "false",
"CLOAK_PLAYWRIGHT_MCP_EXTRA_ARGS": ""
}
}
}
}