Comet Agentic Browser
Connects Claude to Perplexity Comet's agentic browser for autonomous web browsing, deep research, and real-time task monitoring. Enables Claude to delegate web research tasks and receive comprehensive results through multiple browsing modes.
What is Comet Agentic Browser?
Comet Agentic Browser is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code to connects claude to perplexity comet's agentic browser for autonomous web browsing, deep research, and real-time task monitoring. enables claude to delegate web research tasks and receive comprehensive...
Connects Claude to Perplexity Comet's agentic browser for autonomous web browsing, deep research, and real-time task monitoring. Enables Claude to delegate web research tasks and receive comprehensive results through multiple browsing modes.
This server falls under the Browser Automation category on MCPgee, the world's largest MCP server directory with 33,000+ servers.
Features
- Connects Claude to Perplexity Comet's agentic browser for au
Use Cases
Maintainer
Works with
Installation
Manual Installation
npx comet-mcpConfiguration
Configuration Details
claude_desktop_config.json
Performance
Response Metrics
Resource Usage
How to Set Up and Use Comet Agentic Browser
Comet MCP connects Claude to Perplexity Comet's agentic browser, enabling autonomous web browsing and deep research without any manual browser control. Claude delegates research tasks through six MCP tools — submitting queries, polling for progress, capturing screenshots, and switching between search modes — while Comet handles the actual browsing, JavaScript execution, and result synthesis, returning comprehensive research results directly into the conversation.
Prerequisites
- Node.js 18 or newer installed
- Perplexity Comet browser downloaded and installed from https://www.perplexity.ai/comet
- An MCP-compatible client such as Claude Code or Claude Desktop
- macOS or Windows (Linux not officially supported — Comet is a desktop application)
Download and install Perplexity Comet
Comet is a standalone browser application. Download it from perplexity.ai/comet and install it to the default location. On macOS this is /Applications/Comet.app; on Windows it installs to %LOCALAPPDATA%.
Configure your MCP client to use comet-mcp
Add the comet-mcp package to your Claude configuration. The server uses npx to auto-download and run without a separate install step.
Set COMET_PATH if Comet is installed in a non-standard location
If you installed Comet somewhere other than the default path, set the COMET_PATH environment variable in your MCP config.
Enable WSL2 mirrored networking (Windows WSL2 users only)
If running Claude Code inside WSL2, enable mirrored networking in your .wslconfig file so the MCP server can reach the Comet browser running on the Windows host.
# Add to C:\Users\<YourUser>\.wslconfig:
[wsl2]
networkingMode=mirroredRestart your MCP client and verify the connection
After saving the config, restart Claude Desktop or reload Claude Code. Ask Claude to use comet_connect to establish the browser connection, then submit a research task.
Comet Agentic Browser Examples
Client configuration
Claude Desktop / Claude Code configuration for Comet MCP. Add COMET_PATH only if Comet is not in the default location.
{
"mcpServers": {
"comet-bridge": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "comet-mcp"],
"env": {
"COMET_PATH": "/Applications/Comet.app"
}
}
}
}Prompts to try
Example prompts that leverage Comet's agentic browser through the MCP tools.
- "Use Comet to research the latest benchmarks for large language models published in 2025"
- "Browse to the Hacker News front page and summarize the top 5 stories"
- "Switch Comet to deep research mode and find academic papers on transformer attention mechanisms"
- "Take a screenshot of the current Comet browser page"
- "Stop the current Comet research task and start a new one on quantum computing advances"Troubleshooting Comet Agentic Browser
comet_connect fails with 'Comet not found'
Ensure Comet is installed at the expected path (/Applications/Comet.app on macOS). If installed elsewhere, set COMET_PATH in your MCP config env block to the correct location.
WSL2 cannot reach the Comet browser on the Windows host
Enable mirrored networking: add 'networkingMode=mirrored' under [wsl2] in C:\Users\<YourUser>\.wslconfig, then run 'wsl --shutdown' and restart WSL.
comet_poll returns no progress after submitting a task
Comet tasks can take 30-120 seconds for deep research. Call comet_poll repeatedly with a delay between calls. If stuck, use comet_stop to cancel and resubmit.
Frequently Asked Questions about Comet Agentic Browser
What is Comet Agentic Browser?
Comet Agentic Browser is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects claude to perplexity comet's agentic browser for autonomous web browsing, deep research, and real-time task monitoring. enables claude to delegate web research tasks and receive comprehensive results through multiple browsing modes. It connects AI assistants to external tools and data sources through a standardized interface.
How do I install Comet Agentic Browser?
Follow the installation instructions on the Comet Agentic Browser GitHub repository. Clone the repo, install dependencies, and add the server config to your AI client.
Which AI clients work with Comet Agentic Browser?
Comet Agentic Browser works with all major MCP-compatible AI clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Windsurf, and Cline.
Is Comet Agentic Browser free to use?
Yes, Comet Agentic Browser is open source and available under the MIT License license. You can use it freely in both personal and commercial projects.
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