How do I install Arc Control (macOS)?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Arc Control (macOS) need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: ARC_MCP_LABEL, ARC_MCP_SPACE, ARC_MCP_STATE_DIR, ARC_MCP_WINDOW, ARC_MCP_WINDOW_PLACEMENT, ARC_MCP_IDLE_MS, ARC_MCP_IDLE_WAIT_MS, ARC_MCP_ARC_DATA_DIR, ARC_MCP_ALLOW_HISTORY, ARC_MCP_CDP, ARC_MCP_CDP_PORT, ARC_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS, ARC_MCP_BLOCKED_ORIGINS, ARC_MCP_BLOCK_READS, ARC_MCP_READ_ONLY, ARC_MCP_AUDIT_LOG.

What transport does Arc Control (macOS) use?

Arc Control (macOS) runs locally over stdio.

Arc Control (macOS)

Q: When was Arc Control (macOS) last checked?

Last checked 2026-10-16. Arc browser MCP for macOS: agent window, snapshots, DevTools input, guardrails

by io.github.DB-25

Arc browser MCP for macOS: agent window, snapshots, DevTools input, guardrails

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Local command

npx -y [email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

ARC_MCP_LABEL — Names this agent's tab ownership. Two agents with different labels never see each other's owned tabs. Defaults to "default".
ARC_MCP_SPACE — With ARC_MCP_WINDOW=space, the Arc space new tabs open into, when a space with that name exists. Arc will not let a script create a space, so make it by hand. Defaults to "Agent".
ARC_MCP_STATE_DIR — Directory where per-session tab ownership is recorded, so a restarted agent can clean up the tabs its previous run left behind. Defaults to ~/Library/Application Support/arc-control-mcp.
ARC_MCP_WINDOW — "dedicated" keeps agent tabs in one separate agent window, never the user's own. "space" puts them in the Agent space of the user's window. Defaults to "dedicated".
ARC_MCP_WINDOW_PLACEMENT — Where the agent window goes once, at creation: "auto" (largest non-main display, else where Arc puts it), "second-display", "minimized" (experimental) or "none". Needs Accessibility. Defaults to "auto".
ARC_MCP_IDLE_MS — How many milliseconds the user must have been idle before the server does anything visible. 0 turns the activity gate off. Defaults to 1500.
ARC_MCP_IDLE_WAIT_MS — How many milliseconds to wait for that pause before failing with userActive true. Defaults to 15000.
ARC_MCP_ARC_DATA_DIR — Directory the local data tools (sidebar_tree, find_stale_tabs, search_archive, search_history) read Arc's files from. Defaults to ~/Library/Application Support/Arc.
ARC_MCP_ALLOW_HISTORY — Set to 1 to let search_history run. Off by default, and any other value leaves it off.
ARC_MCP_CDP — Set to 0 to disable the DevTools engine (trusted input, screenshots, console and network capture). On by default, and inert until Arc is launched with --remote-debugging-port.
ARC_MCP_CDP_PORT — The DevTools port to probe on 127.0.0.1. The host is fixed. Defaults to 9222.
ARC_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS — Guardrail. Comma list of origins the agent may touch (host, *.host, scheme://host[:port], file://, about:). Anything not listed is refused. Unset means no allow list.
ARC_MCP_BLOCKED_ORIGINS — Guardrail. Comma list of origins the agent may not touch. Wins over the allow list. Unset means no block list.
ARC_MCP_BLOCK_READS — Set to 1 to apply the origin lists to read tools as well as changing ones. Off by default.
ARC_MCP_READ_ONLY — Set to 1 to expose only the read-only tools. Off by default.
ARC_MCP_AUDIT_LOG — Path of a file that gets one JSON line per changing call (time, tool, tab, origin, ok, error), never typed values or script code. Unset means no audit log.

Provider

Claude Code

ARC_MCP_LABEL=<value> ARC_MCP_SPACE=<value> ARC_MCP_STATE_DIR=<value> ARC_MCP_WINDOW=<value> ARC_MCP_WINDOW_PLACEMENT=<value> ARC_MCP_IDLE_MS=<value> ARC_MCP_IDLE_WAIT_MS=<value> ARC_MCP_ARC_DATA_DIR=<value> ARC_MCP_ALLOW_HISTORY=<value> ARC_MCP_CDP=<value> ARC_MCP_CDP_PORT=<value> ARC_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=<value> ARC_MCP_BLOCKED_ORIGINS=<value> ARC_MCP_BLOCK_READS=<value> ARC_MCP_READ_ONLY=<value> ARC_MCP_AUDIT_LOG=<value> claude mcp add io.github.db-25-arc-control-mcp -- npx -y [email protected]

Run in a terminal.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.db-25-arc-control-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARC_MCP_LABEL": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_SPACE": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_STATE_DIR": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_WINDOW": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_WINDOW_PLACEMENT": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_IDLE_MS": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_IDLE_WAIT_MS": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_ARC_DATA_DIR": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_ALLOW_HISTORY": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_CDP": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_CDP_PORT": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_BLOCKED_ORIGINS": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_BLOCK_READS": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<value>",
        "ARC_MCP_AUDIT_LOG": "<value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

Step-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

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