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Playwright Fetch MCP Server

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Playwright Fetch MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides web content fetching capabilities using Playwright for browser automation. This server enables LLMs to retrieve and process JavaScript-rendered content from web pages, converting HTML to markdown for easier consumption.

Author

Created by Wyatt Roersma with assistance from Claude Code.

Key Features

  • Browser Automation: Uses Playwright to render web pages with full JavaScript support
  • Content Extraction: Automatically identifies and extracts main content areas from web pages
  • Markdown Conversion: Converts HTML to clean, readable markdown
  • Pagination Support: Handles large content through pagination
  • Robots.txt Compliance: Respects robots.txt directives for autonomous fetching
  • Proxy Support: Allows routing requests through a proxy server
  • Docker Ready: Available as pre-built Docker images via Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry

Available Tools

  • playwright-fetch - Fetches a URL using Playwright browser automation and extracts its contents as markdown.
    • url (string, required): URL to fetch
    • max_length (integer, optional): Maximum number of characters to return (default: 5000)
    • start_index (integer, optional): Start content from this character index (default: 0)
    • raw (boolean, optional): Get raw content without markdown conversion (default: false)
    • wait_for_js (boolean, optional): Wait for JavaScript to execute (default: true)

Prompts

  • playwright-fetch
    • Fetch a URL using Playwright and extract its contents as markdown
    • Arguments:
      • url (string, required): URL to fetch

Requirements

  • Python 3.13.2 or newer
  • uv package manager
  • Playwright browsers installed

Installation

uv pip install git+https://github.com/ThreatFlux/playwright-fetch.git # Install Playwright browsers uv pip exec playwright install

Alternatively, clone the repository and install:

git clone https://github.com/ThreatFlux/playwright-fetch.git cd playwright-fetch uv pip install -e . # Install Playwright browsers uv pip exec playwright install

2. Using Docker

You can use our pre-built Docker images from Docker Hub or GitHub Container Registry:

# From Docker Hub docker pull threatflux/playwright-fetch:latest # From GitHub Container Registry docker pull ghcr.io/threatflux/playwright-fetch:latest

Or build it yourself:

docker build -t threatflux/playwright-fetch .

Configuration

Configure for Claude.app

Add to your Claude settings:

"mcpServers": { "playwright-fetch": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["mcp-server-playwright-fetch"] } }
"mcpServers": { "playwright-fetch": { "command": "docker", "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "threatflux/playwright-fetch"] } }

Configure for VS Code

For manual installation, add the following JSON block to your User Settings (JSON) file in VS Code.

{ "mcp": { "servers": { "playwright-fetch": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["mcp-server-playwright-fetch"] } } } }
{ "mcp": { "servers": { "playwright-fetch": { "command": "docker", "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "threatflux/playwright-fetch"] } } } }

Command Line Options

The server supports these command-line options:

  • --user-agent: Custom User-Agent string
  • --ignore-robots-txt: Ignore robots.txt restrictions
  • --proxy-url: Proxy URL to use for requests
  • --headless: Run browser in headless mode (default: True)
  • --wait-until: When to consider navigation succeeded (choices: "load", "domcontentloaded", "networkidle", "commit", default: "networkidle")

Example Usage

# Run with default settings uv run mcp-server-playwright-fetch # Run with a custom user agent and proxy uv run mcp-server-playwright-fetch --user-agent="MyCustomAgent/1.0" --proxy-url="http://myproxy:8080" # Run with visible browser for debugging uv run mcp-server-playwright-fetch --headless=false

Debugging

You can use the MCP inspector to debug the server:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uvx mcp-server-playwright-fetch

Differences from Standard Fetch Server

This implementation differs from the standard fetch MCP server in these ways:

  1. Browser Automation: Uses Playwright to render JavaScript-heavy pages
  2. Content Extraction: Attempts to extract main content from common page structures
  3. Wait Options: Configurable page loading strategy (wait for load, DOM content, network idle)
  4. Visible Browser Option: Can run with a visible browser for debugging

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Install Server
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security – no known vulnerabilities
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license - permissive license
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quality - confirmed to work

How are these scores calculated?

hybrid server

The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

Tools

Playwright 브라우저 자동화를 사용하여 웹 콘텐츠 가져오기 기능을 제공하므로 LLM이 웹 페이지에서 JavaScript로 렌더링된 콘텐츠를 검색하고 처리하고 HTML을 마크다운으로 변환하여 더 쉽게 사용할 수 있습니다.

  1. 작가
    1. 주요 특징
      1. 사용 가능한 도구
        1. 프롬프트
          1. 요구 사항
            1. 설치
              1. 1. uv로 설치하기 (권장)
              2. 2. Docker 사용하기
            2. 구성
              1. Claude.app에 대한 구성
              2. VS Code에 대한 구성
            3. 명령줄 옵션
              1. 사용 예
                1. 디버깅
                  1. 표준 Fetch Server와의 차이점
                    1. 특허

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