# browser.targets

Lists the tabs of ONE browser that currently have a live page agent — each as { tabId, url, title, engine, active, lastSeen, enabled }; enabled: true means the user ticked 'Use this tab for MCP' on it. This is a per-browser diagnostic: prefer status, which lists drivable tabs across ALL attached browsers as candidates, each with the target id ("b7a3c1#487") you pass to tools or to use_target. The bare tabId here is only meaningful inside the browser that answered. engine is best-effort and may be null until the app initialises. Needs no chosen tab itself: it asks the browser of target when one is passed (only its browser part is used, and it is not pinned), else this session's browser, else the only attached one.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `browser.targets`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/browser.targets

## Facts

- Tool: `browser.targets`
- Server: Pixi Inspector (`pixi-inspector-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp.md
- Install: `npx -y pixi-inspector-mcp`
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pixi-inspector-mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tabId` | integer | no | Legacy: a bare tab id, resolved inside the browser this session is already working with. Prefer `target`, which is unambiguous across browsers. |
| `target` | string | no | Drive a specific tab: a target id like "b7a3c1#487" from status/use_target/CHOOSE_TARGET. Omit to use this session's chosen tab (or the only available one). Pas |
| `frameId` | integer | no | Escape hatch: drive a specific FRAME of the tab (0 is the top frame). Normally unnecessary — the extension picks the frame running the game (canvas owner first, |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

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

## Why browser.targets is rated Low

Even though browser.targets only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

## Use case

AI agents call browser.targets to retrieve information from Pixi Inspector without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Pixi Inspector:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "browser.targets": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Pixi Inspector (62)

- `cdp.console.start` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.console.start.md
- `cdp.emulate.cpu` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.emulate.cpu.md
- `cdp.emulate.device` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.emulate.device.md
- `cdp.emulate.network` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.emulate.network.md
- `cdp.emulate.touch` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.emulate.touch.md
- `cdp.network.start` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.network.start.md
- `cdp.network.stop` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.network.stop.md
- `cdp.performance.trace.start` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.performance.trace.start.md
- `ext.logs` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/ext.logs.md
- `pixi.tree.highlight` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/pixi.tree.highlight.md
- `use_target` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/use-target.md
- `cdp.console.list` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.console.list.md
- `cdp.network.list` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.network.list.md
- `pixi.stats` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/pixi.stats.md
- `browser.eval` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/browser.eval.md
- `browser.navigate` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/browser.navigate.md
- `browser.reload` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/browser.reload.md
- `browser.screenshot` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/browser.screenshot.md
- `cdp.console.stop` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.console.stop.md
- `cdp.dom.getAttributes` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.dom.getattributes.md
- `cdp.dom.getBoxModel` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.dom.getboxmodel.md
- `cdp.dom.query` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.dom.query.md
- `cdp.dom.removeNode` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.dom.removenode.md
- `cdp.dom.setAttribute` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.dom.setattribute.md
- `cdp.dom.setOuterHTML` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.dom.setouterhtml.md
- `cdp.dom.snapshot` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.dom.snapshot.md
- `cdp.emulate.clear` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.emulate.clear.md
- `cdp.input.click` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.input.click.md
- `cdp.input.key` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.input.key.md
- `cdp.input.move` — Other — https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp/cdp.input.move.md
- …and 32 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/pixi-inspector-mcp.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=pixi-inspector-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/pixi-inspector-mcp