CLI ↔ MCP mapping

How every bl CLI command lines up with the MCP tools (the two surfaces are not 1:1).

browserlane is one engine behind two surfaces: the human bl CLI and the agent-facing MCP server. They are not 1:1. Some CLI verbs are renamed on the MCP side (bl go → browser_navigate); some single commands split into get/set tool pairs (bl viewport → browser_get_viewport + browser_set_viewport); the page-clock controls are MCP-only; and the install / daemon / agent-wiring plumbing is CLI-only. This page is generated from bl v0.1.1.

CLI command → MCP tool(s)

CLI command	MCP tool(s)
`bl go`	`browser_navigate`
`bl back`	`browser_back`
`bl forward`	`browser_forward`
`bl reload`	`browser_reload`
`bl wait`	`browser_wait`
`bl wait fn`	`browser_wait_for_fn`
`bl wait load`	`browser_wait_for_load`
`bl wait text`	`browser_wait_for_text`
`bl wait url`	`browser_wait_for_url`
`bl click`	`browser_click`
`bl dblclick`	`browser_dblclick`
`bl hover`	`browser_hover`
`bl type`	`browser_type`
`bl fill`	`browser_fill`
`bl press`	`browser_press`
`bl keys`	`browser_keys`
`bl select`	`browser_select`
`bl check`	`browser_check`
`bl uncheck`	`browser_uncheck`
`bl focus`	`browser_focus`
`bl scroll`	`browser_scroll`
`bl scroll into-view`	`browser_scroll_into_view`
`bl drag`	`browser_drag`
`bl mouse click`	`browser_mouse_click`
`bl mouse down`	`browser_mouse_down`
`bl mouse move`	`browser_mouse_move`
`bl mouse up`	`browser_mouse_up`
`bl upload`	`browser_upload`
`bl url`	`browser_get_url`
`bl title`	`browser_get_title`
`bl text`	`browser_get_text`
`bl html`	`browser_get_html`
`bl attr`	`browser_get_attribute`
`bl value`	`browser_get_value`
`bl count`	`browser_count`
`bl find`	`browser_find`, `browser_find_all`
`bl find alt`	`browser_find`
`bl find label`	`browser_find`
`bl find placeholder`	`browser_find`
`bl find role`	`browser_find`
`bl find testid`	`browser_find`
`bl find text`	`browser_find`
`bl find title`	`browser_find`
`bl find xpath`	`browser_find`
`bl map`	`browser_map`
`bl a11y-tree`	`browser_a11y_tree`
`bl is checked`	`browser_is_checked`
`bl is enabled`	`browser_is_enabled`
`bl is visible`	`browser_is_visible`
`bl pages`	`browser_list_pages`
`bl frames`	`browser_frames`
`bl frame`	`browser_frame`
`bl screenshot`	`browser_screenshot`
`bl pdf`	`browser_pdf`
`bl record start`	`browser_record_start`
`bl record stop`	`browser_record_stop`
`bl highlight`	`browser_highlight`
`bl cookies`	`browser_get_cookies`, `browser_set_cookie`
`bl cookies clear`	`browser_delete_cookies`
`bl storage`	`browser_storage_state`
`bl storage restore`	`browser_restore_storage`
`bl download dir`	`browser_download_set_dir`
`bl dialog accept`	`browser_dialog_accept`
`bl dialog dismiss`	`browser_dialog_dismiss`
`bl content`	`browser_set_content`
`bl diff map`	`browser_diff_map`
`bl viewport`	`browser_get_viewport`, `browser_set_viewport`
`bl window`	`browser_get_window`, `browser_set_window`
`bl media`	`browser_emulate_media`
`bl geolocation`	`browser_set_geolocation`
`bl eval`	`browser_evaluate`
`bl sleep`	`browser_sleep`
`bl start`	`browser_start`
`bl stop`	`browser_stop`
`bl page close`	`browser_close_page`
`bl page new`	`browser_new_page`
`bl page switch`	`browser_switch_page`

MCP-only (no CLI command)

These tools have no bl equivalent — the fake-clock controls (an MCP-only testing surface) and the record group/chunk lifecycle hooks:

browser_record_start_chunk
browser_record_start_group
browser_record_stop_chunk
browser_record_stop_group
page_clock_fast_forward
page_clock_install
page_clock_pause_at
page_clock_resume
page_clock_run_for
page_clock_set_fixed_time
page_clock_set_system_time
page_clock_set_timezone

CLI-only (no MCP tool)

These commands exist only in the CLI — installation, diagnostics, the daemon, and agent wiring (each may have subcommands, e.g. bl daemon start, bl completion zsh):

bl add-mcp
bl add-skill
bl bidi-test
bl completion
bl daemon
bl install
bl is-installed
bl launch-test
bl paths
bl version
bl ws-test

A few leaf commands also have no direct tool:

bl is actionable
bl mcp
bl record chunk start
bl record chunk stop
bl record group start
bl record group stop

CLI command → MCP tool(s)

MCP-only (no CLI command)

CLI-only (no MCP tool)

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