Playwright MCP Server

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 element
    • ref (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 element
    • startRef (string): Exact source element reference from the page snapshot
    • endElement (string): Human-readable target element description used to obtain the permission to interact with the element
    • endRef (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 element
    • ref (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 element
    • ref (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot
    • text (string): Text to type into the element
    • submit (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 element
    • ref (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot
    • values (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 element
    • x (number): X coordinate
    • y (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 element
    • x (number): X coordinate
    • y (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 element
    • startX (number): Start X coordinate
    • startY (number): Start Y coordinate
    • endX (number): End X coordinate
    • endY (number): End Y coordinate

• browser_screen_type
  • Description: Type text
  • Parameters:
    • text (string): Text to type into the element
    • submit (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 as ArrowLeft or a

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 window
    • height (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.