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Playwright MCP

FastMCP server with Playwright for browser automation and web scraping. Exposes tools over HTTP for use with MCP clients (e.g. GPT-based agents).

Features

  • HTTP transport – Server runs as an HTTP service; clients connect via URL.

  • Long-lived browser – One Chromium instance started at server startup (Option A).

  • Structured logging – Structlog with configurable level and JSON output.

  • Modular layout – Config, logging, browser, tools, and server are separate; state is injected via lifespan context.

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Tools

Tool

Description

browser_navigate

Navigate to a URL

browser_snapshot

Get HTML/text snapshot of the current page

browser_tabs

List open tabs (pages)

browser_click

Click an element by CSS selector

browser_type

Type text into an element

browser_fill_form

Fill multiple form fields (selector → value map)

browser_scrape

Extract content (text, HTML, or links) from current page or URL

browser_screenshot

Take a PNG screenshot (base64) of page or element

Requirements

  • Python 3.10+

  • Playwright browsers (install after pip install)

Setup

# From project root
pip install -e .
python -m playwright install chromium

Optional: copy .env.example to .env and adjust MCP_HOST, MCP_PORT, HEADLESS, LOG_LEVEL, LOG_JSON.

Run

# After pip install -e .
playwright-mcp

# Or
python -m playwright_mcp.main

Server listens at http://127.0.0.1:8000 by default. MCP endpoint is typically at http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp (see FastMCP HTTP deployment docs).

Project layout

src/playwright_mcp/
├── main.py           # Entrypoint
├── config/           # Env-based settings
├── logging_/          # Structlog setup and get_logger
├── browser/          # Lifecycle and BrowserState
├── tools/            # Navigation, interaction, scraping, screenshot
└── server/           # FastMCP app and dependency registration

Configuration

Env var

Default

Description

MCP_HOST

127.0.0.1

HTTP bind host

MCP_PORT

8000

HTTP bind port

HEADLESS

true

Run browser headless

LOG_LEVEL

INFO

Log level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR)

LOG_JSON

false

Output logs as JSON

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