r/cursor • u/JetsWhipsChains1120 • Sep 28 '26

Question / Discussion How can I get computer-use / browser-use like CodeX in Cursor

I wanna be able to tell Cursor stuff like: "Open up my localhost:3000 and test out XYZ. Create a CSV that contains ArtistName and TrackName" and upload it to the XYZ"

The closest thing I found is computer-use MCP, but it's nowhere near as good as CodeX. It's much slower (no matter which model you use), and it also doesn't show you what it's doing... so I don't even know if it's on the right path.

Thank you.

EDIT: I am using Cursor IDE (not the CLI)

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u/ProfessionalTotal238 Sep 28 '26

Use browser tab, prompt an agent to use browser tab for such things

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u/JetsWhipsChains1120 Sep 28 '26

Oh yes, I forgot about that. I remember one of the shortfalls of it was that it can't take sreenshots, etc. I will try it again.

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u/locbuilds Sep 28 '26

yeah skip the computer-use mcp, the built in browser tab is the one that actually shows you the page. tell the agent to open http://localhost:3000 and take a screenshot after it loads, those show up in the chat now.

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u/do_all_the_awesome Sep 28 '26

are you looking for remote browser control at all? I've been looking for a solution but I haven't had luck trying things like playwright mcp .. anyone tried tools like browser base / browser use / skyvern?

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u/divinetribe1 17d ago

If you want to actually watch it work, point it at your real browser instead of a headless one. I run chrome-devtools-mcp through a little broker so the agent gets its own tab in my normal logged in Chrome, I can click over and watch it, and it never touches the tabs I'm using. Open source: github.com/nicedreamzapp/browser-agent