Close the page

Resize the browser window

Returns all console messages

List all cookies (optionally filtered by domain/path)

Get a specific cookie by name

Set a cookie with optional flags (domain, path, expires, httpOnly, secure, sameSite)

Delete a specific cookie

Clear all cookies

Resume script execution after it was paused. When called with step set to true, execution will pause again before the next action.

Show a persistent highlight overlay around the element on the page.

Remove a highlight overlay previously added for the element.

Open the Playwright Dashboard in annotation mode for the current page and wait for the user to draw annotations. Returns the annotated screenshot, ARIA snapshot, and the list of annotations.

Handle a dialog

Evaluate JavaScript expression on page or element

Upload one or multiple files

Drop files or MIME-typed data onto an element, as if dragged from outside the page. At least one of "paths" or "data" must be provided.

Search the accessibility snapshot of the current page for text or a regular expression. Returns matching snapshot nodes with a few lines of surrounding context (like search snippets), each shown under its path from the root of the tree, which is cheaper than capturing the whole snapshot when you only need to locate an element and its ref.

Fill multiple form fields

Press a key on the keyboard

Type text into editable element

Move mouse to a given position

Click mouse button at a given position

Drag left mouse button to a given position

Press mouse down

Press mouse up

Scroll mouse wheel

Navigate to a URL

Go back to the previous page in the history

Returns a numbered list of network requests since loading the page. Use browser_network_request with the number to get full details.

Returns full details (headers and body) of a single network request, or a single part if part is set. Use the number from browser_network_requests.

Sets the browser network state to online or offline. When offline, all network requests will fail.

Save page as PDF

Set up a route to mock network requests matching a URL pattern

List all active network routes

Remove network routes matching a pattern (or all routes if no pattern specified)

Run a Playwright code snippet. Unsafe: executes arbitrary JavaScript in the Playwright server process and is RCE-equivalent.

Take a screenshot of the current page. You can't perform actions based on the screenshot, use browser_snapshot for actions.

Capture accessibility snapshot of the current page, this is better than screenshot

Perform click on a web page

Perform drag and drop between two elements

Hover over element on page

Select an option in a dropdown

Save storage state (cookies, local storage) to a file for later reuse

Restore storage state (cookies, local storage) from a file. This clears existing cookies and local storage before restoring.

List, create, close, or select a browser tab.

Start trace recording

Stop trace recording

Start video recording

Stop video recording

Add a chapter marker to the video recording. Shows a full-screen chapter card with blurred backdrop.

Annotate subsequent actions performed on the page with a callout that names the action and highlights the target element. Useful while video recording or screencasting.

Stop annotating actions performed on the page.

Wait for text to appear or disappear or a specified time to pass

List all localStorage key-value pairs

Get a localStorage item by key

Set a localStorage item

Delete a localStorage item

Clear all localStorage

List all sessionStorage key-value pairs

Get a sessionStorage item by key

Set a sessionStorage item

Delete a sessionStorage item

Clear all sessionStorage

Show how this MCP is wired: official Playwright MCP surface + Patchright stealth runtime, Chrome profile, proxy, CDP/extension attach.

Evaluate the current page for common automation fingerprints (webdriver, chrome.*, plugins, WebGL, UA). Uses official browser_evaluate.

Open a public bot-detector page and return a compact report. Default: https://bot.sannysoft.com/

Detect reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile, FunCaptcha, GeeTest, Cloudflare IUAM, DataDome, PerimeterX on the current page. Does not solve interactive captchas.

Poll the current page until a Cloudflare-style interstitial disappears, or timeout. Headed Chrome lets passive challenges finish.

Sleep a human-ish random delay so navigation/challenges can settle.

Smooth-scroll the current page by a pixel delta (official browser_evaluate).