browser_wait_for
Wait for specific text to appear or disappear on a webpage, or pause for a set duration, using Playwright MCP for structured web automation.
Instructions
Wait for text to appear or disappear or a specified time to pass
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | No | The text to wait for | |
| textGone | No | The text to wait for to disappear | |
| time | No | The time to wait in seconds |
Implementation Reference
- src/tools/wait.ts:35-62 (handler)The main handler function that executes the browser_wait_for tool. It handles waiting for a specified time, for text to appear (visible), or for text to disappear (hidden) using Playwright locators on the current browser tab.handle: async (context, params, response) => { if (!params.text && !params.textGone && !params.time) throw new Error('Either time, text or textGone must be provided'); const code: string[] = []; if (params.time) { code.push(`await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, ${params.time!} * 1000));`); await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, Math.min(30000, params.time! * 1000))); } const tab = context.currentTabOrDie(); const locator = params.text ? tab.page.getByText(params.text).first() : undefined; const goneLocator = params.textGone ? tab.page.getByText(params.textGone).first() : undefined; if (goneLocator) { code.push(`await page.getByText(${JSON.stringify(params.textGone)}).first().waitFor({ state: 'hidden' });`); await goneLocator.waitFor({ state: 'hidden' }); } if (locator) { code.push(`await page.getByText(${JSON.stringify(params.text)}).first().waitFor({ state: 'visible' });`); await locator.waitFor({ state: 'visible' }); } response.addResult(`Waited for ${params.text || params.textGone || params.time}`); response.setIncludeSnapshot(); },
- src/tools/wait.ts:23-33 (schema)The schema definition for the browser_wait_for tool, including name, description, and Zod input schema.schema: { name: 'browser_wait_for', title: 'Wait for', description: 'Wait for text to appear or disappear or a specified time to pass', inputSchema: z.object({ time: z.number().optional().describe('The time to wait in seconds'), text: z.string().optional().describe('The text to wait for'), textGone: z.string().optional().describe('The text to wait for to disappear'), }), type: 'readOnly', },
- src/tools.ts:36-52 (registration)Central registration of all tools by importing and spreading module exports into allTools array, including the wait module which defines browser_wait_for.export const allTools: Tool<any>[] = [ ...common, ...console, ...dialogs, ...evaluate, ...files, ...install, ...keyboard, ...navigate, ...network, ...mouse, ...pdf, ...screenshot, ...snapshot, ...tabs, ...wait, ];
- src/tools/wait.ts:65-67 (registration)Module-level export of the defined tool for inclusion in the central tools registry.export default [ wait, ];