# update-browser

A write tool on the AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server MCP server.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `update-browser`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/update-browser

## Facts

- Tool: `update-browser`
- Server: AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server (`adspower/adspower-browser`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/AdsPower/adspower-browser
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "update-browser",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why update-browser is rated Medium

This tool creates or modifies browser profile data reversibly. It aligns with Write category semantics (update operations that can be undone by subsequent updates). Severity is medium because misuse could alter browser fingerprints or configurations affecting user privacy or test environments, but the impact is localized to individual profiles and reversible.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'update-browser' indicates modification of browser profile configuration. Server description confirms tools enable 'managing browser profiles' and 'operations like creating, opening, updating'."

## Use case

AI agents use update-browser to create or update resources in AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "update-browser": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "update-browser_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on AdsPower LocalAPI MCP Server (46)

- `delete-browser` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/delete-browser.md
- `delete-cache-v2` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/delete-cache-v2.md
- `delete-proxy` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/delete-proxy.md
- `delete-tag` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/delete-tag.md
- `click-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/click-element.md
- `close-all-profiles` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/close-all-profiles.md
- `close-browser` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/close-browser.md
- `connect-browser-with-ws` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/connect-browser-with-ws.md
- `download-kernel` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/download-kernel.md
- `drag-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/drag-element.md
- `evaluate-script` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/evaluate-script.md
- `fill-input` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/fill-input.md
- `hover-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/hover-element.md
- `iframe-click-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/iframe-click-element.md
- `navigate` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/navigate.md
- `open-browser` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/open-browser.md
- `open-new-page` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/open-new-page.md
- `press-key` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/press-key.md
- `scroll-element` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/scroll-element.md
- `select-option` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/select-option.md
- `new-fingerprint` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/new-fingerprint.md
- `check-status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/check-status.md
- `get-application-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-application-list.md
- `get-browser-active` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-browser-active.md
- `get-browser-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-browser-list.md
- `get-cloud-active` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-cloud-active.md
- `get-group-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-group-list.md
- `get-kernel-list` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-kernel-list.md
- `get-opened-browser` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-opened-browser.md
- `get-page-html` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser/get-page-html.md
- …and 16 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/adspower-adspower-browser.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=adspower-adspower-browser · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/adspower-adspower-browser