# FoxPilot > Drive Firefox from an MCP client: tabs, history, page content, plus opt-in Automation Mode (click, type, snapshot, screenshot, JS) for AI assistants. Local-only, privacy-first. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/foxpilot](https://chrome-stats.com/d/foxpilot) ## Overview - **ID:** `foxpilot` - **Platform:** Firefox - **Type:** Firefox add-on - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** BalaK - **Category:** other - **Daily users:** 9 - **Weekly downloads:** 5 - **Version:** 1.0.22 - **Last updated:** 2026-08-08 - **First published:** 2026-06-12 - **Size:** 171 KB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-04 - **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxpilot/) ## Description FoxPilot lets your AI assistant drive Firefox. It's a local MCP (Model Context Protocol) server paired with this extension, so MCP-compatible clients — like Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or Cursor — can control your real Firefox: open and organize tabs, search your history, read page content and links, and (when you opt in) automate pages directly. What it can do - Tabs & windows: open, close, select, reorder, and group tabs; navigate and use back/forward history. - Reading: extract a page's text and links, take an accessibility snapshot of interactive elements, and find/highlight text. - Automation Mode (opt-in): click, hover, type, fill forms, press keys, drag, upload files, take screenshots, run JavaScript, and capture console & network activity. - History: search across your recent browsing. Privacy first FoxPilot runs entirely on your machine. The extension talks only to a local server you run, authenticated with a secret you control. Page automation is off by default and must be explicitly enabled — and broad site access is an optional permission you grant only if you want it. Who it's for Developers and power users who want to give an AI assistant hands-on, auditable control of their browser — for testing, research, scraping, and repetitive web tasks — without sending data to a third party. Setup Install the companion MCP server (foxpilot-mcp) and connect it to your MCP client. Full instructions and source: https://github.com/balakumardev/foxpilot ## Rankings - #34,835 — Overall - #30 — ai copilot - #52 — copilot ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `tabs` - `tabGroups` - `history` - `storage` - `cookies` - `webRequest` - `webRequestBlocking` - `http://localhost/*` - `http://127.0.0.1/*` ## Safety - **Risk impact:** High risk impact - **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood ### Analysis details - Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern. - This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe. > Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing). ## Similar extensions and apps - [FoxMCP](https://chrome-stats.com/d/foxmcp) — 37 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Fox Pilot](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fox-pilot) — 1 users - [Blueprint MCP for Firefox](https://chrome-stats.com/d/blueprint-mcp-for-firefox) — 81 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Open Browser Control](https://chrome-stats.com/d/open-browser-control) — 26 users, 5.00 / 5 - [FoxHound](https://chrome-stats.com/d/foxhound-mcp) — 21 users - [Foxhole for Claude](https://chrome-stats.com/d/foxhole-for-claude) — 46 users - [Browser Control MCP](https://chrome-stats.com/d/browser-control-mcp) — 1,395 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Claude Advance Controls](https://chrome-stats.com/d/claude-advance-controls) — 2 users - [Browser for AI Agent](https://chrome-stats.com/d/browser-for-ai-agent) — 12 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Google AI Overview Scraper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/google-ai-overview-scraper) — 1 users - [CoPilot EveryWhere](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copilot-everywhere) — 30 users - [Speechfire](https://chrome-stats.com/d/speechfire) — 258 users, 3.13 / 5 --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/foxpilot)