## Summary This PR fixes several documentation and skill-reference issues across the repo to improve accuracy and reduce confusion in implementation and troubleshooting workflows. ## Changes - corrected CLI examples in skill docs - fixed the documented argument order for `performance_analyze_insight` - updated the memory leak fallback script path - corrected generated tool reference wording by updating the source-of-truth tool descriptions --------- Co-authored-by: ojonesjr <50652264+ojonesjr@users.noreply.github.com>
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Chrome DevTools MCP Tool Reference (~6951 cl100k_base tokens)
- Input automation (9 tools)
- Navigation automation (6 tools)
- Emulation (2 tools)
- Performance (4 tools)
- Network (2 tools)
- Debugging (6 tools)
Input automation
click
Description: Clicks on the provided element
Parameters:
- uid (string) (required): The uid of an element on the page from the page content snapshot
- dblClick (boolean) (optional): Set to true for double clicks. Default is false.
- includeSnapshot (boolean) (optional): Whether to include a snapshot in the response. Default is false.
drag
Description: Drag an element onto another element
Parameters:
- from_uid (string) (required): The uid of the element to
drag - to_uid (string) (required): The uid of the element to drop into
- includeSnapshot (boolean) (optional): Whether to include a snapshot in the response. Default is false.
fill
Description: Type text into an input, text area or select an option from a <select> element.
Parameters:
- uid (string) (required): The uid of an element on the page from the page content snapshot
- value (string) (required): The value to
fillin - includeSnapshot (boolean) (optional): Whether to include a snapshot in the response. Default is false.
fill_form
Description: Fill out multiple form elements at once
Parameters:
- elements (array) (required): Elements from snapshot to
fillout. - includeSnapshot (boolean) (optional): Whether to include a snapshot in the response. Default is false.
handle_dialog
Description: If a browser dialog was opened, use this command to handle it
Parameters:
- action (enum: "accept", "dismiss") (required): Whether to dismiss or accept the dialog
- promptText (string) (optional): Optional prompt text to enter into the dialog.
hover
Description: Hover over the provided element
Parameters:
- uid (string) (required): The uid of an element on the page from the page content snapshot
- includeSnapshot (boolean) (optional): Whether to include a snapshot in the response. Default is false.
press_key
Description: Press a key or key combination. Use this when other input methods like fill() cannot be used (e.g., keyboard shortcuts, navigation keys, or special key combinations).
Parameters:
- key (string) (required): A key or a combination (e.g., "Enter", "Control+A", "Control++", "Control+Shift+R"). Modifiers: Control, Shift, Alt, Meta
- includeSnapshot (boolean) (optional): Whether to include a snapshot in the response. Default is false.
type_text
Description: Type text using keyboard into a previously focused input
Parameters:
- text (string) (required): The text to type
- submitKey (string) (optional): Optional key to press after typing. E.g., "Enter", "Tab", "Escape"
upload_file
Description: Upload a file through a provided element.
Parameters:
- filePath (string) (required): The local path of the file to upload
- uid (string) (required): The uid of the file input element or an element that will open file chooser on the page from the page content snapshot
- includeSnapshot (boolean) (optional): Whether to include a snapshot in the response. Default is false.
Navigation automation
close_page
Description: Closes the page by its index. The last open page cannot be closed.
Parameters:
- pageId (number) (required): The ID of the page to close. Call
list_pagesto list pages.
list_pages
Description: Get a list of pages open in the browser.
Parameters: None
navigate_page
Description: Go to a URL, or back, forward, or reload. Use project URL if not specified otherwise.
Parameters:
- handleBeforeUnload (enum: "accept", "decline") (optional): Whether to auto accept or beforeunload dialogs triggered by this navigation. Default is accept.
- ignoreCache (boolean) (optional): Whether to ignore cache on reload.
- initScript (string) (optional): A JavaScript script to be executed on each new document before any other scripts for the next navigation.
- timeout (integer) (optional): Maximum wait time in milliseconds. If set to 0, the default timeout will be used.
- type (enum: "url", "back", "forward", "reload") (optional): Navigate the page by URL, back or forward in history, or reload.
- url (string) (optional): Target URL (only type=url)
new_page
Description: Open a new tab and load a URL. Use project URL if not specified otherwise.
Parameters:
- url (string) (required): URL to load in a new page.
- background (boolean) (optional): Whether to open the page in the background without bringing it to the front. Default is false (foreground).
- isolatedContext (string) (optional): If specified, the page is created in an isolated browser context with the given name. Pages in the same browser context share cookies and storage. Pages in different browser contexts are fully isolated.
- timeout (integer) (optional): Maximum wait time in milliseconds. If set to 0, the default timeout will be used.
select_page
Description: Select a page as a context for future tool calls.
Parameters:
- pageId (number) (required): The ID of the page to select. Call
list_pagesto get available pages. - bringToFront (boolean) (optional): Whether to focus the page and bring it to the top.
wait_for
Description: Wait for the specified text to appear on the selected page.
Parameters:
- text (array) (required): Non-empty list of texts. Resolves when any value appears on the page.
- timeout (integer) (optional): Maximum wait time in milliseconds. If set to 0, the default timeout will be used.
Emulation
emulate
Description: Emulates various features on the selected page.
Parameters:
- colorScheme (enum: "dark", "light", "auto") (optional):
Emulatethe dark or the light mode. Set to "auto" to reset to the default. - cpuThrottlingRate (number) (optional): Represents the CPU slowdown factor. Omit or set the rate to 1 to disable throttling
- geolocation (string) (optional): Geolocation (
<latitude>x<longitude>) toemulate. Latitude between -90 and 90. Longitude between -180 and 180. Omit to clear the geolocation override. - networkConditions (enum: "Offline", "Slow 3G", "Fast 3G", "Slow 4G", "Fast 4G") (optional): Throttle network. Omit to disable throttling.
- userAgent (string) (optional): User agent to
emulate. Set to empty string to clear the user agent override. - viewport (string) (optional):
Emulatedevice viewports '<width>x<height>x<devicePixelRatio>[,mobile][,touch][,landscape]'. 'touch' and 'mobile' toemulatemobile devices. 'landscape' toemulatelandscape mode.
resize_page
Description: Resizes the selected page's window so that the page has specified dimension
Parameters:
- height (number) (required): Page height
- width (number) (required): Page width
Performance
performance_analyze_insight
Description: Provides more detailed information on a specific Performance Insight of an insight set that was highlighted in the results of a trace recording.
Parameters:
- insightName (string) (required): The name of the Insight you want more information on. For example: "DocumentLatency" or "LCPBreakdown"
- insightSetId (string) (required): The id for the specific insight set. Only use the ids given in the "Available insight sets" list.
performance_start_trace
Description: Start a performance trace on the selected webpage. Use to find frontend performance issues, Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS), and improve page load speed.
Parameters:
- autoStop (boolean) (optional): Determines if the trace recording should be automatically stopped.
- filePath (string) (optional): The absolute file path, or a file path relative to the current working directory, to save the raw trace data. For example, trace.json.gz (compressed) or trace.json (uncompressed).
- reload (boolean) (optional): Determines if, once tracing has started, the current selected page should be automatically reloaded. Navigate the page to the right URL using the
navigate_pagetool BEFORE starting the trace if reload or autoStop is set to true.
performance_stop_trace
Description: Stop the active performance trace recording on the selected webpage.
Parameters:
- filePath (string) (optional): The absolute file path, or a file path relative to the current working directory, to save the raw trace data. For example, trace.json.gz (compressed) or trace.json (uncompressed).
take_memory_snapshot
Description: Capture a heap snapshot of the currently selected page. Use to analyze the memory distribution of JavaScript objects and debug memory leaks.
Parameters:
- filePath (string) (required): A path to a .heapsnapshot file to save the heapsnapshot to.
Network
get_network_request
Description: Gets a network request by an optional reqid, if omitted returns the currently selected request in the DevTools Network panel.
Parameters:
- reqid (number) (optional): The reqid of the network request. If omitted returns the currently selected request in the DevTools Network panel.
- requestFilePath (string) (optional): The absolute or relative path to save the request body to. If omitted, the body is returned inline.
- responseFilePath (string) (optional): The absolute or relative path to save the response body to. If omitted, the body is returned inline.
list_network_requests
Description: List all requests for the currently selected page since the last navigation.
Parameters:
- includePreservedRequests (boolean) (optional): Set to true to return the preserved requests over the last 3 navigations.
- pageIdx (integer) (optional): Page number to return (0-based). When omitted, returns the first page.
- pageSize (integer) (optional): Maximum number of requests to return. When omitted, returns all requests.
- resourceTypes (array) (optional): Filter requests to only return requests of the specified resource types. When omitted or empty, returns all requests.
Debugging
evaluate_script
Description: Evaluate a JavaScript function inside the currently selected page. Returns the response as JSON, so returned values have to be JSON-serializable.
Parameters:
-
function (string) (required): A JavaScript function declaration to be executed by the tool in the currently selected page. Example without arguments:
() => { return document.title }orasync () => { return await fetch("example.com") }. Example with arguments:(el) => { return el.innerText; } -
args (array) (optional): An optional list of arguments to pass to the function.
get_console_message
Description: Gets a console message by its ID. You can get all messages by calling list_console_messages.
Parameters:
- msgid (number) (required): The msgid of a console message on the page from the listed console messages
lighthouse_audit
Description: Get Lighthouse score and reports for accessibility, SEO and best practices. This excludes performance. For performance audits, run performance_start_trace
Parameters:
- device (enum: "desktop", "mobile") (optional): Device to
emulate. - mode (enum: "navigation", "snapshot") (optional): "navigation" reloads & audits. "snapshot" analyzes current state.
- outputDirPath (string) (optional): Directory for reports. If omitted, uses temporary files.
list_console_messages
Description: List all console messages for the currently selected page since the last navigation.
Parameters:
- includePreservedMessages (boolean) (optional): Set to true to return the preserved messages over the last 3 navigations.
- pageIdx (integer) (optional): Page number to return (0-based). When omitted, returns the first page.
- pageSize (integer) (optional): Maximum number of messages to return. When omitted, returns all messages.
- types (array) (optional): Filter messages to only return messages of the specified resource types. When omitted or empty, returns all messages.
take_screenshot
Description: Take a screenshot of the page or element.
Parameters:
- filePath (string) (optional): The absolute path, or a path relative to the current working directory, to save the screenshot to instead of attaching it to the response.
- format (enum: "png", "jpeg", "webp") (optional): Type of format to save the screenshot as. Default is "png"
- fullPage (boolean) (optional): If set to true takes a screenshot of the full page instead of the currently visible viewport. Incompatible with uid.
- quality (number) (optional): Compression quality for JPEG and WebP formats (0-100). Higher values mean better quality but larger file sizes. Ignored for PNG format.
- uid (string) (optional): The uid of an element on the page from the page content snapshot. If omitted, takes a page screenshot.
take_snapshot
Description: Take a text snapshot of the currently selected page based on the a11y tree. The snapshot lists page elements along with a unique identifier (uid). Always use the latest snapshot. Prefer taking a snapshot over taking a screenshot. The snapshot indicates the element selected in the DevTools Elements panel (if any).
Parameters:
- filePath (string) (optional): The absolute path, or a path relative to the current working directory, to save the snapshot to instead of attaching it to the response.
- verbose (boolean) (optional): Whether to include all possible information available in the full a11y tree. Default is false.