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February 16, 2026•Dzianis Vashchuk•2 min read

Week of February 10: MCP Remote Control, OpenRouter Free Models, and Tab Groups

VibeBrowser launches MCP protocol support for remote AI control, OpenRouter integration with free models, Chrome tab groups, and wildcard TLS infrastructure.

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The biggest architectural leap in VibeBrowser's history: your browser is now controllable from any AI tool that speaks MCP, and you can run it with free models.

Control your browser from Claude, Cursor, or any AI tool

VibeBrowser now implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — the open standard for connecting AI agents to tools. This means you can drive your browser from Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, or any other MCP-compatible AI assistant.

What this unlocks:

  • Your coding agent gets a browser. Writing a web scraper? Testing a UI? Your AI assistant can now open pages, click buttons, fill forms, and take screenshots — all through MCP.
  • Remote relay mode. The MCP server connects over a secure relay, so your AI tools can control a browser running on a different machine.
  • Rich tool responses. Every MCP tool call returns the page content and open tab list alongside the action result, so the AI always has full context.

This turns VibeBrowser from a standalone extension into web infrastructure for any AI agent.

Free AI models with OpenRouter

OpenRouter is now a first-class provider in VibeBrowser. Connect your account in Settings and access hundreds of models — including several that are completely free.

The free tier defaults to Kimi K2 Thinking, a capable reasoning model that handles complex web tasks at zero cost. No credit card, no trial period — just connect and start automating.

Chrome tab groups

The agent now creates Chrome tab groups for the tabs it opens. Your agent-controlled tabs are visually separated from your personal browsing, so you always know which tabs the AI is managing.

@ tab mentions deliver content

When you @ mention a tab in the chat, VibeBrowser now passes the actual page content to the agent — not just the URL. This means you can say "@Documentation explain how this API works" and the agent reads the full page.

Wildcard TLS

All VibeBrowser services now use wildcard TLS certificates for *.api.vibebrowser.app. This means every sub-service gets automatic HTTPS without manual certificate management — more secure and easier to scale.

Under the hood

  • Added Sentry error reporting across all browser tools
  • Fixed Chrome Web Store redirect URI for Google OAuth
  • Improved MCP server test reliability
  • Stable extension ID via manifest key for consistent behavior across installs
  • GPT-5.2 Codex deployments expanded to more regions

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