Chrome DevTools for Agents 1.0 Ships: MCP Server Gives AI Coding Agents Full Browser Runtime Access — LY Corporation Reports 96-98% Manual Analysis Reduction

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Google launched Chrome DevTools for Agents 1.0 at I/O 2026, providing an MCP server that gives coding agents like Antigravity, Cursor, and 20+ others direct access to console logs, network traffic, accessibility trees, and Lighthouse data from live Chrome browsers. LY Corporation used it to build an automated performance auditing system that reduced manual analysis by 96-98% and enabled on-demand audit reports for every team. The tool is available now via the chrome-devtools-mcp GitHub repository.