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Chrome MCP Troubleshooting

by trailofbits

Chrome MCP Troubleshooting is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by trailofbits in skills.

6.6K stars567 forkson trailofbits/skillsAdded 2026/08/15Repository updated 2026/08/14
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Install Chrome MCP Troubleshooting
Copy Chrome MCP Troubleshooting into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/tree/main/plugins/claude-in-chrome-troubleshooting/skills/chrome-mcp-troubleshooting ~/.claude/skills/chrome-mcp-troubleshooting

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/trailofbits/skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
plugins/claude-in-chrome-troubleshooting/skills/chrome-mcp-troubleshooting/SKILL.md in trailofbits/skills
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/chrome-mcp-troubleshooting
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Automation — 1523 skills

What Chrome MCP Troubleshooting does

Chrome MCP Troubleshooting diagnoses and fixes connectivity issues with the Claude in Chrome MCP extension when tools fail or report 'Browser extension is not connected'. Use it to resolve conflicts between Claude.app Cowork and Claude Code CLI native hosts on macOS.

Chrome MCP Troubleshooting is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Chrome MCP Troubleshooting comes from a repository tagged agent-skills.

Documentation

README

Claude in Chrome MCP Troubleshooting

Use this skill when Claude in Chrome MCP tools fail to connect or work unreliably.

When to Use

  • mcp__claude-in-chrome__* tools fail with "Browser extension is not connected"
  • Browser automation works erratically or times out
  • After updating Claude Code or Claude.app
  • When switching between Claude Code CLI and Claude.app (Cowork)
  • Native host process is running but MCP tools still fail

When NOT to Use

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Chrome MCP Troubleshooting provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

  • /mcp

Frequently asked about Chrome MCP Troubleshooting

  • What else does trailofbits publish alongside Chrome MCP Troubleshooting?

    Chrome MCP Troubleshooting is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from trailofbits/skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Agentic Actions Auditor, Algorand Vulnerability Scanner and Audit Context Building. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Chrome MCP Troubleshooting does, and is maintained by trailofbits in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the trailofbits/skills page.

  • How does Chrome MCP Troubleshooting compare to other Automation skills?

    Chrome MCP Troubleshooting ranks #201 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Chrome MCP Troubleshooting against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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