UpGrad LXP MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that controls a Firefox browser via Playwright to automate navigating UpGrad's learning platform, extracting class transcripts, and downloading resources.

Setup

npm install
npx playwright install firefox

Usage

With Claude Code / Claude Desktop

Add to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "upgrad-lxp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["tsx", "/path/to/upgrad-lxp-mcp/src/index.ts"],
      "env": {
        "UPGRAD_EMAIL": "your-email@example.com",
        "UPGRAD_PASSWORD": "your-password",
        "OUTPUT_DIR": "./output",
        "HEADLESS": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run directly

npm start

Available Tools

Tool	Description
launch_browser	Launch Firefox browser instance
close_browser	Close the browser
login	Log into UpGrad LXP
check_login_status	Check if currently logged in
list_courses	List available courses
select_course	Navigate into a course
list_tracks	List tracks/modules in a course
select_track	Navigate into a track
list_past_classes	List past classes in a track
view_class_details	Open a specific class's details
extract_transcript	Extract transcript from class details
extract_resources	Extract resource links from class details
download_resource	Download a resource file
save_transcript	Save transcript to disk
screenshot	Take a page screenshot
get_page_content	Get page text content
navigate	Navigate to a URL
click	Click an element
scrape_all_past_classes	Bulk scrape all past classes

Output Structure

output/
├── transcripts/     # Saved transcript files (.md, .txt, .json)
├── resources/       # Downloaded resource files (organized by class)
├── screenshots/     # Page screenshots
├── errors/          # Error screenshots for debugging
└── index.json       # Manifest from bulk scraping

Selector Updates

The CSS selectors in src/helpers/selectors.ts are initial guesses. After first launch:

1. Run the browser in headed mode (headless: false)
2. Log in and navigate to the target pages
3. Use browser DevTools to inspect the actual DOM
4. Update selectors.ts with the real selectors