Mantis

Lets agents browse pages as numbered text controls.

  • AI tool
  • Free

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Pricing

Free and open source (MIT).

Overview

Mantis is a browser MCP that returns numbered text controls instead of screenshots or accessibility trees. Coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can read and act on pages with fewer tokens. You install it with npx mantis-browser; optional Chrome CDP is supported. The makers publish benchmarks against Playwright MCP on their site.

Key features

  • Numbered text controls
  • MCP for Claude Code / Codex / Cursor
  • Optional real Chrome CDP
  • Published benches vs Playwright MCP

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Last updated 2026-11-06

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