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This is usually the best default for sensitive systems.
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## WSL2: bridge Hermes in WSL to Windows Chrome
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This is the practical setup when:
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- Hermes runs inside WSL2
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- the browser you want to control is your normal signed-in Chrome on Windows
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- `/browser connect` is awkward or unreliable from WSL
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In this setup, Hermes does **not** connect to Chrome directly. Instead:
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- Hermes runs in WSL
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- Hermes starts a local stdio MCP server
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- that MCP server is launched through Windows interop (`cmd.exe` or `powershell.exe`)
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- the MCP server attaches to your live Windows Chrome session
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Mental model:
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```text
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Hermes (WSL) -> MCP stdio bridge -> Windows Chrome
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```
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### Why this mode is useful
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- you keep your real Windows browser profile, cookies, and logins
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- Hermes stays in its supported Unix environment (WSL2)
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- browser control is exposed as MCP tools instead of relying on Hermes core browser transport
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### Recommended server
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Use `chrome-devtools-mcp`.
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If your Windows Chrome already has live remote debugging enabled from `chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging`, add it like this from WSL:
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```bash
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hermes mcp add chrome-devtools-win --command cmd.exe --args /c "npx -y chrome-devtools-mcp@latest --autoConnect --no-usage-statistics"
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```
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After saving the server:
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```bash
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hermes mcp test chrome-devtools-win
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```
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Then start a fresh Hermes session or run:
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```text
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/reload-mcp
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```
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### Typical prompt
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Once loaded, Hermes can use the MCP-prefixed browser tools directly. For example:
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```text
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调用 MCP 工具 mcp_chrome_devtools_win_list_pages,列出当前浏览器标签页。
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```
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### When `/browser connect` is the wrong tool
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If Hermes runs in WSL and Chrome runs on Windows, `/browser connect` may fail even though Chrome is open and debuggable.
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Common reasons:
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- WSL cannot reach the same host-local endpoint Chrome exposes to Windows tools
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- newer Chrome live-debugging flows are not the same as a classic `ws://localhost:9222`
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- the browser is easier to attach to from a Windows-side helper like `chrome-devtools-mcp`
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In those cases, keep `/browser connect` for same-environment setups and use MCP for WSL-to-Windows browser bridging.
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### Known pitfalls
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- Start Hermes from a Windows-mounted path like `/mnt/c/Users/<you>` or `/mnt/c/workspace/...` when using Windows stdio executables through MCP.
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- If you start Hermes from `/root` or `/home/...`, Windows may emit a `UNC` current-directory warning before the MCP server starts.
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- If `chrome-devtools-mcp --autoConnect` times out while enumerating pages, reduce background/frozen tabs in Chrome and retry.
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### Example: blacklist dangerous actions
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```yaml
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