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Launch sessions in BrowserStack Live with the MCP server
Use natural language prompts in your AI assistant to instantly launch BrowserStack Live sessions for interactive manual testing on real devices.
Use the BrowserStack MCP server to quickly launch BrowserStack Live sessions for manual browser testing from your coding assistant (such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, or Cursor). Skip the dashboard and start testing your websites on any real browser with simple prompts.
To use Live tools on the MCP server, you need a Live license. Contact BrowserStack support to enable a license for your account.
Launch browser sessions (runBrowserLiveSession)
Use the runBrowserLiveSession tool to start an interactive testing session on a real browser in the cloud. This tool allows you to instantly access any browser-OS combination for manual testing.
Example: Using MCP server with Live using GitHub Copilot agent on VS Code
Tool reference
Launch a browser on a real device for manual testing with the runBrowserLiveSession tool.
For a complete list of supported browsers & mobile devices, refer to the BrowserStack Live supported devices & browsers page.
| Example Prompt | Description | Input Parameters | Invoked Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open www.browserstack.com on the latest version of Microsoft Edge on Windows 11 | Starts an interactive BrowserStack Live session for testing websites on real desktop or mobile browsers. | • url (required): Website URL (e.g., www.browserstack.com) • desiredBrowser (required): Full browser name (e.g., Microsoft Edge) • desiredPlatform (required): OS name (e.g., Windows 11) • desiredBrowserVersion (required): Browser version (e.g., latest) |
runBrowserLiveSession |
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