Playwright MCP Server

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Implementation Reference

• src/tools/browser/navigation.ts:111-121 (handler)

  GoForwardTool class implements the core logic for the playwright_go_forward tool by calling page.goForward() on the Playwright page object.
  export class GoForwardTool extends BrowserToolBase { /** * Execute the go forward tool */ async execute(args: any, context: ToolContext): Promise<ToolResponse> { return this.safeExecute(context, async (page) => { await page.goForward(); return createSuccessResponse("Navigated forward in browser history"); }); } }
• src/tools.ts:378-386 (schema)

  Input schema definition for the playwright_go_forward tool, specifying no required parameters.
  { name: "playwright_go_forward", description: "Navigate forward in browser history", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, required: [], }, },
• src/toolHandler.ts:541-543 (registration)

  Switch case in handleToolCall that registers and dispatches the playwright_go_forward tool call to GoForwardTool.execute.
  return await goBackTool.execute(args, context); case "playwright_go_forward": return await goForwardTool.execute(args, context);
• src/toolHandler.ts:343-344 (registration)

  Initialization of the GoForwardTool instance in initializeTools function.
  if (!goBackTool) goBackTool = new GoBackTool(server); if (!goForwardTool) goForwardTool = new GoForwardTool(server);
• src/tools.ts:467-468 (registration)

  Inclusion of playwright_go_forward in the BROWSER_TOOLS array for conditional browser launching.
  "playwright_go_back", "playwright_go_forward",