browser_console_messages
Retrieve all console messages from a web page using Playwright MCP, enabling monitoring and debugging of browser activity for automation tasks.
Instructions
Returns all console messages
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
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No arguments | |||
Implementation Reference
- src/tools/console.ts:29-42 (handler)The handler function that executes the tool logic: fetches all console messages from the current browser tab, formats them as '[TYPE] message' lines, and returns an action providing the formatted log as text content.handle: async context => { const messages = context.currentTabOrDie().consoleMessages(); const log = messages.map(message => `[${message.type().toUpperCase()}] ${message.text()}`).join('\n'); return { code: [`// <internal code to get console messages>`], action: async () => { return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: log }] }; }, captureSnapshot: false, waitForNetwork: false, }; },
- src/tools/console.ts:22-28 (schema)Input/output schema definition for the tool, specifying name, title, description, no input parameters (empty Zod schema), and read-only access type.schema: { name: 'browser_console_messages', title: 'Get console messages', description: 'Returns all console messages', inputSchema: z.object({}), type: 'readOnly', },
- src/tools/console.ts:20-47 (registration)Tool registration using defineTool, which combines schema and handler, and default export as an array for inclusion in main tools lists.const console = defineTool({ capability: 'core', schema: { name: 'browser_console_messages', title: 'Get console messages', description: 'Returns all console messages', inputSchema: z.object({}), type: 'readOnly', }, handle: async context => { const messages = context.currentTabOrDie().consoleMessages(); const log = messages.map(message => `[${message.type().toUpperCase()}] ${message.text()}`).join('\n'); return { code: [`// <internal code to get console messages>`], action: async () => { return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: log }] }; }, captureSnapshot: false, waitForNetwork: false, }; }, }); export default [ console, ];
- src/tools.ts:36-52 (registration)Main registration where the console tool (imported as 'console') is included in the snapshotTools export array for browser automation tools.export const snapshotTools: Tool<any>[] = [ ...common(true), ...console, ...dialogs(true), ...files(true), ...install, ...keyboard(true), ...navigate(true), ...network, ...pdf, ...screenshot, ...snapshot, ...tabs(true), ...testing, ...video, ...wait(true), ];
- src/tools.ts:54-69 (registration)Additional registration including the console tool in the visionTools export array.export const visionTools: Tool<any>[] = [ ...common(false), ...console, ...dialogs(false), ...files(false), ...install, ...keyboard(false), ...navigate(false), ...network, ...pdf, ...tabs(false), ...testing, ...video, ...vision, ...wait(false), ];