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Safari MCP server & Claude connector

Does Safari have an official MCP server or Claude connector?

Official

As of October 2026, Apple's WebKit team publishes a Safari MCP server built into safaridriver, introduced in Safari 27 and Safari Technology Preview 247. It runs locally on a Mac, exposes 17 tools for debugging pages, and needs remote automation enabled in Safari's Developer settings. The server has no sign-in. It can run JavaScript and click through pages.

Last checked October 18, 2026

Verdict and evidence

What we checked: Safari MCP server (safaridriver --mcp)
Published by: Apple (WebKit) (official)
Runs: Runs locally
Sign-in: None
Stage: preview
Plan: macOS with Safari 27 or Safari Technology Preview 247; enable 'Allow remote automation and external agents' under Safari > Settings > Developer.

Evidence

Introducing the Safari MCP server for web developers (webkit.org, seen October 18, 2026)

What an AI can do in Safari

Read

Get page content as markdown, HTML or JSONget_page_content
Take a screenshotscreenshot
List network requestslist_network_requests
Read console messagesbrowser_console_messages

Create

Open a new tabcreate_tab

Run

Navigate to a URL and return page contentnavigate_to_url
Run JavaScript in the pageevaluate_javascript
Click, type, scroll and other DOM actionspage_interactions

From the publisher’s documentation for the version we checked. Not every tool is listed.

Setup

Claude Code

Safari 27: add safaridriver in MCP mode.

claude mcp add safari-mcp -- "/usr/bin/safaridriver" --mcp

Source

Claude Code

Safari Technology Preview variant.

claude mcp add safari-mcp-stp -- "/Applications/Safari Technology Preview.app/Contents/MacOS/safaridriver" --mcp

Source

Other clients

Generic JSON config for other clients.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "safari-mcp": {
      "command": "/usr/bin/safaridriver",
      "args": ["--mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Source

Safety check

Pass
Publisher verified
Announced in a WebKit blog post by a Safari team author; the server is a flag on Apple's own /usr/bin/safaridriver binary.
Pass
Auth model
No credentials. Local process; requires the user to enable remote automation and external agents in Safari Developer settings.
Flag
Write and delete access
evaluate_javascript and page_interactions let an agent run code and click, type and submit in pages you have open; no read-only mode documented. Apple says it does not access AutoFill or other browsing data and makes no network calls itself.
Unknown
Tool-description injection scan
Read the post's tool table and setup commands; no AI-directed text seen, but the tool descriptions inside safaridriver were not inspected.
Unknown
Repo maintenance
Built into a closed-source system binary; bugs go to bugs.webkit.org. No repo to check.

FAQ

Does Safari have an official MCP server?

Yes. Apple's WebKit team introduced it on July 1, 2026 with Safari 27 and Safari Technology Preview 247, built into safaridriver.

Is Safari a Claude connector?

No Claude directory listing was found. You add it to Claude Code with the claude mcp add command Apple documents.

Does it send my browsing data to Apple?

Apple says the server runs locally, makes no network calls itself and does not access personal Safari data such as AutoFill. Page content goes to whichever agent you run.

What can it do?

Apple lists 17 tools for inspecting DOM, network requests, console output and screenshots, plus JavaScript execution and page interactions.

Is there a read-only mode?

None is documented. Apple advises using only agents you trust.

Last reviewed October 18, 2026.

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