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Rohit Raj
Rohit Raj

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Safari MCP Server: Apple\'s Official Debugger vs the Community Tools (2026 Guide)

Originally published on rohitraj.tech

Apple shipped an official Safari MCP server in Safari Technology Preview 247 on July 1, 2026 — 16 built-in tools that let AI coding agents see your rendered page, read the console, and evaluate JS directly instead of you describing screenshots. There\'s also a separate, older community safari-mcp npm ecosystem with 80+ tools that works on production Safari. Here\'s what\'s actually new, how to install either one, when Apple\'s version is the right pick, and how I\'d wire it into a real dev workflow without waiting for a CI runner that supports Safari headless.


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