Cursor’s Browser Tools are a Game Changer

No more manual screengrabs. No more copy-paste DOM.

I’m genuinely blown away by Cursor’s browser integration.

What Changed

Previously, debugging web dev with an AI assistant meant:

• Manual screenshots → paste into chat
• Copy-pasting chunks of DOM
• Describing what you’re seeing
• Back-and-forth “can you scroll down?”

Now? The agent just… looks at the page.

The Toolkit

What I’ve been using:

• browser_navigate — point it at a URL
• browser_snapshot — accessibility tree, better than screenshots for reasoning
• browser_take_screenshot — visual capture when needed
• browser_click / browser_type — interact with elements directly
• browser_console_messages — inspect console logs without opening devtools
• browser_network_requests — see API calls, failed fetches, etc.
• browser_resize — test responsive layouts at different widths
• browser_wait_for — wait for text to appear/disappear or just pause

The console and network tools seem particularly powerful for debugging—no more “check your network tab” back-and-forth.

Why It Matters

This feels like a genuine workflow shift. The agent can now:

1. Navigate to your running dev server
2. Visually verify changes
3. Inspect the DOM structure
4. Catch console errors
5. Iterate on fixes

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Now I just need it to make me coffee while the tests run.