Opera just made it a lot easier to use your favorite AI in the browser

As the agentic AI boom accelerates, companies are rolling out features and connections at a dizzying pace. On March 31, Opera announced a new Opera Neon feature to help AI clients plug into the browser. The aptly-named MCP Connector lets AI clients like Claude, ChatGPT, and OpenClaw use Opera Neon to accomplish tasks on your behalf.

What is MCP Connector for Opera Neon?

A bridge between your browser and your favorite AI tools

Opera Neon technically already had agentic AI capabilities. The browser has access to four Opera agents: Neon Do, Neon Make, Neon Chat, and ODRA (Opera Deep Research Agent). Each handles a specific type of request — Do will use the browser to accomplish tasks (like research or shopping), Make will build things (code, websites, or digital assets), and so on.

However, you had to be satisfied with Opera’s AI options, and if you used another client outside of Opera, there was a disconnect that added friction.

With the launch of MCP Connector, you can now have your preferred AI client plug directly into Opera Neon. For example, you can fire up Claude (one of our favorite free chatbots) and ask it to research and create a spreadsheet of the best headphones within your budget. Claude can then utilize Opera Neon to accomplish those tasks.

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MCP Connector uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a protocol originally developed by Anthropic. MCP is an open standard that facilitates connections between AI models and other tools and applications.

“Last year, we launched Browser Operator as a first step toward an agentic browser. Now we are opening those capabilities to external AI clients through MCP, so they can act directly inside the browser, not outside it,” said Monika Kurczyńska, Director of R&D for browser AI at Opera.

What’s so special about MCP Connector?

Less friction, more familiarity

There are two major advantages to using your choice of agent:

• You can use the same AI ecosystem you use for everything else. If you use Claude all day, it’s a much better experience to be able to continue using it for agentic tasks in the browser than to have to rely on a different model.
• You get the benefit of using your own browser. Often, when an agent wants to accomplish a task, it’ll spin up a separate browser session, which can introduce problems, such as needing to log into web apps and services. With Opera Neon and the MCP Connector, if you’re already signed in to services like Google Drive, your AI of choice can jump right in.

“The browser is where workflows live, but AI has been disconnected from it,” said Kurczyńska. “With Opera Neon, we connect popular AI clients directly to an agentic browser, so they can operate where users already work, without needing to recreate context.”

Opera says MCP Connector is available today for all Opera Neon subscribers. The company also has plans to bring a simplified version to the Opera One and Opera GX browsers down the road.