Supports returning screenshots in compressed JPEG format through the browser_take_screenshot tool, with an option to toggle between JPEG and PNG formats.
Playwright MCP Server
This Actor wraps the playwright-mcp project to provide a serverless Playwright browser in the cloud. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually tuned models.
All credits to the original authors of https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp
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Key features
🚀 Uses Playwright's accessibility tree instead of pixel-based input for faster, lighter operation
📊 Works with structured data only - no vision models required
🎯 Applies tools deterministically, avoiding the ambiguity of screenshot approaches
🌐 Supports Apify Proxy (datacenter, residential, custom) and other Apify features
Use cases
🌐 Web navigation and form filling
📋 Structured data extraction
🧪 LLM-driven automated testing
🤖 Browser automation for AI agents
Tools (source)
Snapshot-based Interactions
browser_snapshot
Description: Capture accessibility snapshot of the current page, this is better than screenshot
Parameters: None
browser_click
Description: Perform click on a web page
Parameters:
element
(string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref
(string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot
browser_drag
Description: Perform drag and drop between two elements
Parameters:
startElement
(string): Human-readable source element description used to obtain the permission to interact with the elementstartRef
(string): Exact source element reference from the page snapshotendElement
(string): Human-readable target element description used to obtain the permission to interact with the elementendRef
(string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot
browser_hover
Description: Hover over element on page
Parameters:
element
(string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref
(string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot
browser_type
Description: Type text into editable element
Parameters:
element
(string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref
(string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshottext
(string): Text to type into the elementsubmit
(boolean, optional): Whether to submit entered text (press Enter after)slowly
(boolean, optional): Whether to type one character at a time. Useful for triggering key handlers in the page. By default entire text is filled in at once.
browser_select_option
Description: Select an option in a dropdown
Parameters:
element
(string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementref
(string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshotvalues
(array): Array of values to select in the dropdown. This can be a single value or multiple values.
browser_take_screenshot
Description: Take a screenshot of the current page. You can't perform actions based on the screenshot, use browser_snapshot for actions.
Parameters:
raw
(boolean, optional): Whether to return without compression (in PNG format). Default is false, which returns a JPEG image.element
(string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to screenshot the element. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If element is provided, ref must be provided too.ref
(string, optional): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If ref is provided, element must be provided too.
Vision-based Interactions
browser_screen_capture
Description: Take a screenshot of the current page
Parameters: None
browser_screen_move_mouse
Description: Move mouse to a given position
Parameters:
element
(string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementx
(number): X coordinatey
(number): Y coordinate
browser_screen_click
Description: Click left mouse button
Parameters:
element
(string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementx
(number): X coordinatey
(number): Y coordinate
browser_screen_drag
Description: Drag left mouse button
Parameters:
element
(string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the elementstartX
(number): Start X coordinatestartY
(number): Start Y coordinateendX
(number): End X coordinateendY
(number): End Y coordinate
browser_screen_type
Description: Type text
Parameters:
text
(string): Text to type into the elementsubmit
(boolean, optional): Whether to submit entered text (press Enter after)
Tab Management
browser_tab_list
Description: List browser tabs
Parameters: None
browser_tab_new
Description: Open a new tab
Parameters:
url
(string, optional): The URL to navigate to in the new tab. If not provided, the new tab will be blank.
browser_tab_select
Description: Select a tab by index
Parameters:
index
(number): The index of the tab to select
browser_tab_close
Description: Close a tab
Parameters:
index
(number, optional): The index of the tab to close. Closes current tab if not provided.
Navigation
browser_navigate
Description: Navigate to a URL
Parameters:
url
(string): The URL to navigate to
browser_navigate_back
Description: Go back to the previous page
Parameters: None
browser_navigate_forward
Description: Go forward to the next page
Parameters: None
Keyboard
browser_press_key
Description: Press a key on the keyboard
Parameters:
key
(string): Name of the key to press or a character to generate, such asArrowLeft
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Console
browser_console_messages
Description: Returns all console messages
Parameters: None
Files and Media
browser_file_upload
Description: Upload one or multiple files
Parameters:
paths
(array): The absolute paths to the files to upload. Can be a single file or multiple files.
browser_pdf_save
Description: Save page as PDF
Parameters: None
Utilities
browser_close
Description: Close the page
Parameters: None
browser_wait
Description: Wait for a specified time in seconds
Parameters:
time
(number): The time to wait in seconds
browser_resize
Description: Resize the browser window
Parameters:
width
(number): Width of the browser windowheight
(number): Height of the browser window
browser_install
Description: Install the browser specified in the config. Call this if you get an error about the browser not being installed.
Parameters: None
browser_handle_dialog
Description: Handle a dialog
Parameters:
accept
(boolean): Whether to accept the dialog.promptText
(string, optional): The text of the prompt in case of a prompt dialog.
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