Inspect.dev MCP server and mobile debugging integrations

Inspect.dev supports two distinct MCP workflows: searching the documentation and debugging a live mobile browser.

Inspect documentation MCP server

The read-only documentation MCP server searches and retrieves Inspect guides. It uses Streamable HTTP and requires no authentication.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inspect-docs": {
      "url": "https://docs.inspect.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Server URL: https://docs.inspect.dev/mcp
Inspect MCP server card
Tools: documentation search and read-only documentation filesystem queries

Debug mobile browsers from MCP agents

Device actions run locally through the Inspect CLI. Inspect exposes a Chrome DevTools Protocol endpoint for the connected mobile browser, so Chrome DevTools MCP, Puppeteer, and other CDP-compatible clients can use the live device. This keeps USB devices and local development servers on the user’s machine instead of sending them to a remote Inspect service.

inspect cdp --json
npx chrome-devtools-mcp@1.6.0 \
  --browser-url=http://127.0.0.1:9222

iOS/WebKit capability matrix

Chrome DevTools MCP exposes Chromium-shaped tools. Inspect implements the parts that have an honest WebKit translation or simulator host assist and returns explicit errors for Chromium-only behavior.

Capability	Support on iOS through Inspect
Pages: list and select	Supported
Close page	No truthful WebKit host equivalent; the client reports when the last page remains open
Navigation and new page	Supported; missing WebKit navigation falls back to `location.assign`, and simulator tab creation uses `simctl openurl`
Snapshot, evaluate, console, network, screenshot, wait	Supported
Click, hover, fill, form fill, typing, keys	Synthetic DOM input; printable text errors if no editable control is focused
File upload	Supported where WebKit exposes or Inspect synthesizes the file input node
Viewport and media emulation	Partial; depends on the iOS/WebKit version
Performance trace and insights	Translated from WebKit Timeline; version-sensitive and should be checked in the tool response
CPU/network throttling	Unsupported when WebKit has no truthful equivalent; never silently acknowledged
Heap snapshot	Unsupported without a compatible WebKit heap-profiler stream
Lighthouse	Best effort; individual Chromium-only audits may be unavailable

MCP transports sometimes return a failed tool call as ordinary text with isError: false. Treat responses containing an explicit failure such as “Unable to”, “was not found”, or “unsupported” as failures. Inspect’s pinned coverage sweep enforces that rule and checks the exact 29-tool inventory of chrome-devtools-mcp@1.6.0.

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Inspect.dev MCP server and mobile debugging integrations

Inspect documentation MCP server

Debug mobile browsers from MCP agents

iOS/WebKit capability matrix

​Inspect documentation MCP server

​Debug mobile browsers from MCP agents

​iOS/WebKit capability matrix

Inspect documentation MCP server

Debug mobile browsers from MCP agents

iOS/WebKit capability matrix