Install the current version

Configure the local MCP with the official package, then install the matching browser extension. This command selects 0.2.0 independently of directory listing updates.

codex mcp add nodelane-act -- npx -y --package=https://act.nodelane.net/downloads/nodelane-act-0.2.0.tgz nodelane-act

Connect your local browser

NodeLane Act supplies a local stdio MCP server; its extension acts in your signed-in Reddit, Zhihu, X and WhatsApp pages. Use Node.js 22+, Chrome or Edge 120+, and run MCP and the browser on the same computer. Windows is the tested environment; macOS and Linux have not been tested.

Install the matching extension from act.nodelane.net/download/. Starting MCP connects it automatically, with no pairing, website developer key, or publicly exposed local port.

Use a downloaded package directly

Alternatively, extract the full plugin ZIP to a permanent folder and launch dist/server/index.js with node. Choose this or npm, and replace the example path with yours. The local ZIP does not depend on npm publication but still requires Node.js.

codex mcp add nodelane-act -- node "C:\Tools\nodelane-act\dist\server\index.js"

Check the connection and make a request

Use codex mcp list to inspect registration and /mcp in the CLI to check the service. Keep the browser open and confirm the Act extension is connected before starting with a read.

Example prompt: “Use NodeLane Act to search Reddit for discussions of local AI coding tools. Start with five titles, short summaries, and sources. Expand comments on only the two most relevant posts and compare the experiences. Do not publish or vote in this task.”

For Zhihu: “Read the first five answers to this question, keeping author, main point, and source. Compare disagreements and retain the next-page cursor so we can continue if needed.”

How Codex uses the tools

Only three tools appear initially. site.context selects a website tab, site.discover fetches the relevant input schema, and site.execute returns compact results. You do not need to paste both platforms’ full catalogs into the task.

This example discovers the exact answer-list operation. For execution, use the actual context targetId and the discovered questionId, limit, and cursor parameters.

site.context({ site: "zhihu" })
site.discover({ site: "zhihu", operation: "answers" })

Approval, results, and scope

Codex tool-approval settings are separate from Act. The extension does not add another confirmation before a user-requested write. Ask for a draft first when review is needed, then explicitly request publication. Website text is untrusted material, not authorization for new actions.

Results are sent to Codex and may be processed under your model service settings. Cancellation or timeout cannot undo a sent write. Live account verification covers reads; writes use mocks and browser fixtures.

See act.nodelane.net/en/reddit-mcp/ and act.nodelane.net/en/zhihu-mcp/. This connection serves local Codex use, not a remote MCP endpoint that cloud tasks can directly access.