browser_navigate_back
Read-only
Navigate back to the previous web page in the browser history using the Playwright MCP server's structured accessibility snapshots.
Instructions
Go back to the previous page
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Implementation Reference
- src/tools/navigate.ts:52-56 (handler)Handler function that executes the goBack action on the browser tab's page, includes a snapshot in the response, and appends the equivalent Playwright code.
handle: async (tab, params, response) => { await tab.page.goBack(); response.setIncludeSnapshot(); response.addCode(`await page.goBack();`); }, - src/tools/navigate.ts:44-50 (schema)Schema defining the tool's name, title, description, empty input schema (no parameters), and readOnly type.
schema: { name: 'browser_navigate_back', title: 'Go back', description: 'Go back to the previous page', inputSchema: z.object({}), type: 'readOnly', }, - src/tools.ts:36-52 (registration)Global registration of all tools, including browser_navigate_back via spread of imported navigate tools array.
export const allTools: Tool<any>[] = [ ...common, ...console, ...dialogs, ...evaluate, ...files, ...install, ...keyboard, ...navigate, ...network, ...mouse, ...pdf, ...screenshot, ...snapshot, ...tabs, ...wait, ]; - src/tools/navigate.ts:75-79 (registration)Local export of the tool (goBack) as part of the navigate tools array for higher-level registration.
export default [ navigate, goBack, goForward, ];