WebScout
Automates the reverse engineering of web applications and streaming APIs to discover, analyze, and capture network traffic.
About
WebScout is a powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed for the advanced reverse engineering of complex web applications, particularly chat interfaces and streaming APIs. It leverages comprehensive browser automation, powered by Playwright, to meticulously discover, analyze, and capture network traffic at the CDP level. With features like one-click analysis, smart pattern detection for various streaming formats (SSE, WebSockets, chunked transfers), and interactive browser control, WebScout provides structured data output, making it an invaluable tool for developers, security researchers, and API enthusiasts to understand and integrate with web services.
Key Features
- Comprehensive network traffic capture, including HTTP requests, responses, and WebSocket frames
- A toolkit of 14 specialized tools for web scraping, API discovery, and testing
- Automated reverse engineering of web applications and streaming endpoints
- 2 GitHub stars
- Interactive browser automation with persistent sessions, authentication handling, and element interaction
- Advanced detection of streaming response patterns (SSE, WebSocket, chunked transfers, custom formats)
Use Cases
- Automated analysis of chat interfaces to discover streaming API endpoints
- Simulating complex user interactions like login flows and multi-page navigation for testing or data extraction
- Real-time monitoring and capture of network traffic to reverse engineer web APIs
