chrome-mcp
Tools

Tabs

Open, list, focus and close tabs in the real Chrome window.

Generated from @mehmoodqureshi/chrome-mcp 0.9.11. 4 tools.

tabs_list

List open browser tabs.

No arguments.

{
  "tool": "tabs_list",
  "args": {}
}

tab_new

Open a NEW tab (optionally at a URL) and focus it. Prefer this over navigate when the user says "open"/"go to" a site — navigate REPLACES the current tab. Pass active:false to open in the background (used by parallel batches).

ArgumentTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringno
activebooleanno
{
  "tool": "tab_new",
  "args": {
    "url": "<url>"
  }
}

tab_select

Make a tab active by tabId.

ArgumentTypeRequiredDescription
tabIdstringyes
{
  "tool": "tab_select",
  "args": {
    "tabId": "<tabId>"
  }
}

tab_close

Close a tab by tabId.

ArgumentTypeRequiredDescription
tabIdstringyes
{
  "tool": "tab_close",
  "args": {
    "tabId": "<tabId>"
  }
}

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