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Playwright

MCP

Microsoft’s browser, as tools the agent can drive.

Official Playwright MCP. Tabs, snapshots, clicks. The same engine as your tests.

latest·Apache-2.0·Updated this month·github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp·Transport: stdio

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claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Spec

What the server actually exposes.

  • browser_navigate

    write

    Open a URL.

  • browser_snapshot

    read

    Accessibility snapshot of the page.

  • browser_click

    write

    Click a role or a test id.

  • browser_type

    write

    Type into a field.

Guardrails

  • Local browser
  • You see the tab
  • No silent form-submit past a confirm in most clients

playwright-mcp.mcp/tools

Tools

  • browser_navigate

    Open a URL.

    write

  • browser_snapshot

    Accessibility snapshot of the page.

    read

  • browser_click

    Click a role or a test id.

    write

  • browser_type

    Type into a field.

    write

Last call

{ "ok": true,
  "tool": "browser_navigate",
  "rows": 12 }

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