tapsite

The MCP server for web intelligence extraction. 55 tools that give AI agents the ability to understand websites — not just drive a browser, but extract structured intelligence about design systems, accessibility, performance, content, and more.

Other MCP browser tools let agents click buttons. tapsite lets agents extract a complete color palette, audit WCAG contrast ratios, diff two sites' design tokens, detect tech stacks, or pull structured data with custom CSS/XPath/regex selectors — all as structured JSON that agents can reason about.

55 Tools · 11 Categories · 4 Workflows · Multi-Format Export

Works with Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible AI agent. LangChain/LangGraph integration coming soon.

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Installation

# Quick start (no install required)
npx -y tapsite

# Or install globally
npm install -g tapsite
npx playwright install chromium
npx playwright install-deps chromium

Add to your AI agent's MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tapsite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "tapsite"]
    }
  }
}

First run: Playwright will install Chromium automatically if not already present (~150MB one-time download).

Also available on the MCP Registry and Glama.

What makes tapsite different

Extract design systems — colors, fonts, spacing scales, breakpoints, components, shadows, icons, CSS variables, and contrast ratios from any website. Output as structured JSON or W3C design tokens.

Audit quality — accessibility scoring with WCAG contrast analysis, performance timing (Core Web Vitals), tech stack detection, dark mode support, and animation inventory.

Compare and track — diff two sites side by side, or track a single site over time with snapshot-based temporal diffs. Regressions and improvements are flagged automatically. Disk caching means crawls resume where they left off, and results are reused across sessions.

Work behind login walls — persistent browser sessions with full MFA support. A 3-tier anti-bot escalation system handles protected sites automatically — from stealth scripts to proxy rotation. Log in once manually, then extract across tool calls without re-authenticating. Credentials never enter the chat.

Tools (55)

Session (8)

Content Extraction (6)

Custom Extraction (2)

Design Tokens (5)

Visual Assets (4)

Layout Intelligence (3)

Quality & Compliance (7)

Technology Detection (10)

Network & API (2)

Multi-page (2)

Export (2)

Engine

Resilient extraction engine. Parallel browser pooling for concurrent page extraction. Persistent disk caching — crawls resume where they left off and results are reused across sessions. 3-tier anti-bot escalation with automatic proxy rotation for protected sites.

Workflows (4)

LangChain / LangGraph integration (coming soon)

Native LangChain and LangGraph integration is on the roadmap. When released, it will provide a dedicated Python wrapper with tool subsets and managed session lifecycle.

Security

Prompt injection defense (hidden element filtering + output sanitization), HTTPS enforced, private IPs blocked, auth headers redacted. Credentials never enter the chat — log in manually with full MFA support.

Prompt injection defense

Extractors skip hidden elements (display:none, visibility:hidden, opacity:0, zero-size, clip-hidden) to prevent invisible text injection. All output is scanned for prompt injection patterns — instruction overrides, role hijacking, exfiltration attempts, and tool manipulation are flagged inline as [INJECTION_DETECTED].

Credential safety

Never pass credentials through the chat. Use tapsite_login_manual to open a headed browser, log in manually (including MFA), then tapsite_login_check to confirm. Credentials never touch the AI provider's servers or local transcripts.

Docker

tapsite ships a Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml for headless-only use — CI pipelines, server deployments, or anywhere you don't want a local Node.js install.

docker build -t tapsite .
docker compose up

tapsite_login_manual is not available in Docker (it requires a display). To use authenticated sessions in Docker, log in locally first, then mount the profiles/ directory into the container:

volumes:
  - ./output:/app/output
  - ./profiles:/app/profiles

Security note: profiles/ contains live session cookies. Don't commit it to version control (it's already in .gitignore).

Development setup

git clone https://github.com/mgriffen/tapsite
cd tapsite
npm install
npx playwright install chromium
npx playwright install-deps chromium

MCP config pointing to local source:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tapsite": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/tapsite/src/server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Project structure

src/
  server.js        — MCP server entry point
  browser.js       — shared Chromium context (ensureBrowser, closeBrowser)
  helpers.js       — shared helpers (safeNavigate, summarizeResult, indexPage)
  sanitizer.js     — prompt injection detection
  diff.js          — per-extractor diff logic and extractor name/args mapping
  snapshots.js     — temporal snapshot I/O (saveSnapshot, loadLatestSnapshot)
  browser-pool.js  — parallel browser context pooling
  cache.js         — persistent disk caching with TTL
  markdown.js      — HTML-to-Markdown converter (raw/fit/citations)
  chunker.js       — LLM-friendly text chunking (fixed/semantic/sentence)
  content-filter.js — BM25 relevance filtering
  anti-bot.js      — block detection and tier escalation
  proxy.js         — proxy rotation with failure tracking
  stealth-setup.js — Puppeteer-extra stealth plugin registration
  extraction-strategies.js — CSS/XPath/regex flexible extractors
  extractors.js    — browser-context extraction functions (page.evaluate())
  exporter.js      — file export: JSON, Markdown, HTML, CSV
  inspector.js     — DOM extraction for inspect tools
  cli.js           — standalone CLI (login, inspect, session)
  config.js        — paths and defaults
  tools/
    session.js     — login, inspect, screenshot, interact, scroll, run_js, close
    extraction.js  — all extract_* tools
    network.js     — capture_network, extract_api_schema, extract_stack
    multipage.js   — crawl, diff_pages
    export.js      — export, export_design_report
    workflows.js   — teardown, audit, harvest, designsystem
profiles/          — browser state / session cookies (gitignored)
output/            — export results + snapshots (gitignored)

Output formats

• output/run-{timestamp}/ — tapsite_export: JSON, Markdown, HTML, screenshots, CSV tables
• output/design-report-{timestamp}/ — tapsite_export_design_report: report.html, design-tokens.json, design-tokens.css
• output/snapshots/{domain}/ — tapsite_diff_pages temporal snapshots

License

MIT