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mcp by webdriverio MCP Server

MCP server with WebdriverIO for browser and mobile app automation (iOS/Android via Appium)

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Published as @wdio/mcp on npm. Runs locally.

Reviewed GitHub reports

7 GitHub reports passed Pod's relevance review. This can include external user reports, maintainer-confirmed bugs, and concrete feature gaps. It is evidence to inspect, not a count of distinct defects. Showing 5.

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Attach an existing session to MCP

There should be a way to attach the existing session to MCP. It seems start_new_session command alway start a new session. attaching an existing session can help to run the test from script/command line i.e. WDIO test runner and then handover to AI assistance or agent.

Read the thread · 2026-02-18 · closed · external user · 5 comments

Feature Request: Native LambdaTest Support as a Cloud Provider

Summary

Add native LambdaTest support to wdio-mcp as a cloud provider, following the same pattern as the existing BrowserStack integration. This would allow users to start mobile and browser sessions on LambdaTest real devices without exposing credentials through the AI agent context.

Motivation

Currently, wdio-mcp supports BrowserStack as a cloud provider via:

{
  "provider": "browserstack",
  "platform": "android"
}

The MCP server reads `BROWSERSTACK_USERN

Read the thread · 2026-05-11 · closed · external user · 4 comments

[Bug]: Sauce Labs provider discards user-supplied options and injects an empty tunnel name

Environment

  • Provider: Sauce Labs (src/providers/cloud/saucelabs.provider.ts)
  • Affects: browser and mobile (native app / mobile browser) session capabilities

Summary

The Sauce Labs provider's buildCapabilities() builds its own sauce:options object and assigns it to the resolved capabilities. Every other top-level user capability is merged via spread, but sauce:options is a nested object the provider also constructs, so it gets overwritten wholesale — any Sauce settings a calle

Read the thread · 2026-07-20 · closed · outside contributor · 2 comments

[bug] ]start_session hardcodes protocol: "http" — breaks HTTPS cloud providers (e.g. LambdaTest)

Bug Report

Description

start_session hardcodes protocol: "http" when building the Appium connection config in server.js. This breaks any cloud provider that uses HTTPS (port 443), such as LambdaTest's real device hub.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Configure .mcp.json with LambdaTest credentials
  2. Call start_session with raw capabilities pointing to LambdaTest:
    • hostname: "mobile-hub.lambdatest.com"
    • port: 443
    • protocol: "https"
  3. Session fails — the protoco

Read the thread · 2026-04-24 · closed · external user · 2 comments

feat(start_browser): allow passing browser capabilities (extensions, user-data-dir, chrome args) + optional attach to existing Chrome

Summary

I’m using the WebdriverIO MCP start_browser tool to automate end-to-end flows that require launching the browser with custom capabilities, especially Chrome extensions (any extension) and/or a persistent profile.

Right now, start_browser only exposes basic launch parameters (headless/window size/navigationUrl). There’s no way to pass WebDriver capabilities such as goog:chromeOptions (e.g. --load-extension, --user-data-dir, custom args / prefs).

**Concrete examp

Read the thread · 2026-02-17 · closed · outside contributor · 2 comments

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