Node Devtools Cli
This CLI tool provides Node.js development insights and debugging capabilities directly from your terminal for faster troubleshooting.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add node-devtools-cli npx -- -y @trustedskills/node-devtools-cli
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"node-devtools-cli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/node-devtools-cli"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The node-devtools-cli skill provides command-line access to Chrome DevTools. This allows you to inspect and debug Node.js applications running in a browser context, offering insights into performance and behavior that would otherwise be difficult to obtain. It enables features like profiling JavaScript execution and analyzing network requests directly from the terminal.
When to use it
- Debugging Node.js applications: Quickly identify and resolve issues in server-side JavaScript code by leveraging familiar DevTools debugging tools.
- Performance Profiling: Analyze CPU usage, memory allocation, and other performance metrics of your Node.js application running within a browser environment.
- Network Analysis: Inspect HTTP requests and responses to troubleshoot API calls and optimize data transfer.
- Examining Browser Context: Understand how your Node.js code interacts with the browser's DOM and JavaScript environment.
Key capabilities
- Command-line interface for Chrome DevTools
- JavaScript profiling
- Network request analysis
- Debugging of Node.js applications in a browser context
Example prompts
- "Profile CPU usage of my server."
- "Show me all network requests made by the application."
- "Set a breakpoint at line 123 in main.js and continue execution."
Tips & gotchas
- Requires Node.js to be installed on your system.
- The skill's effectiveness depends on having a browser context (e.g., a Puppeteer instance) already running for the Node.js application you wish to debug.
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