[FEAT] Official MCP HTTP endpoint (Playwright MCP / Chrome DevTools MCP) on linuxserver/chrome #19

Is this a new feature request?

• I have searched the existing issues

Wanted change

Document or ship an official way to expose MCP (Model Context Protocol) next to the existing Selkies GUI on linuxserver/chrome.

Specifically:

1. Keep Google Chrome in the desktop container (this image is already the right shape).
2. Expose an HTTP MCP endpoint agents can call, e.g. Playwright MCP or Chrome DevTools MCP, something like http://host:8931/mcp.
3. Either:
   • an official docker-mod that starts MCP against this Chrome via CDP, or
   • README + compose example: CHROME_CLI CDP + sidecar (socat because Chrome still binds DevTools to 127.0.0.1) + npx @playwright/mcp --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8931 --cdp-endpoint http://127.0.0.1:9224.

This is not a request to add classic VNC 5900. The Selkies UI on :3001 is fine for humans. MCP is for agents.

Reason for change

I searched this repo (all 8 issues) and linuxserver/docker-chromium. Nobody used the word MCP.

Closest threads are CDP only:

• This repo: [FEAT] Allow user to enable remote debugging port #11 (CHROME_CLI remote debugging; Chrome 136+ needs non-default --user-data-dir; --remote-debugging-address ignored, binds 127.0.0.1)
• Chromium: #71, #75 (CDP), #16 (Puppeteer wsEndpoint), #30 (remote-debugging-port)

Agents cannot use CDP as MCP. Outbound MCP clients need Streamable HTTP. Community one-shots exist (Playwright Chromium + noVNC + MCP) but they are not this Google Chrome image.

Benefit: same linuxserver Chrome desktop we already run, plus a supported agent attach path, without a third-party fork.

Proposed code change

Document this (or ship it as a docker-mod):

services:
  chrome:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/chrome:latest
    environment:
      - CUSTOM_USER=abc
      - PASSWORD=abc
      - CHROME_CLI=--user-data-dir=/config/chrome-cdp --remote-debugging-port=9223
    ports:
      - "3001:3001"
      - "8931:8931"
    shm_size: "1gb"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
  chrome-proxy:
    image: alpine/socat:latest
    network_mode: "service:chrome"
    command: tcp-listen:9224,fork,reuseaddr,bind=0.0.0.0 tcp:127.0.0.1:9223
  playwright-mcp:
    image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/mcp
    network_mode: "service:chrome"
    init: true
    stdin_open: true
    command: --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8931 --cdp-endpoint http://127.0.0.1:9224

Human view: https://host:3001. Agent: http://host:8931/mcp.

Is MCP on the roadmap, or is CDP-only the intended attach surface?