mcp-playwright
A Model Context Protocol server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages, take screenshots, and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment.
Schema
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Browser console logs |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| playwright_navigate | Navigate to a URL |
| playwright_screenshot | Take a screenshot of the current page or a specific element |
| playwright_click | Click an element on the page |
| playwright_fill | fill out an input field |
| playwright_select | Select an element on the page with Select tag |
| playwright_hover | Hover an element on the page |
| playwright_evaluate | Execute JavaScript in the browser console |
| playwright_get | Perform an HTTP GET request |
| playwright_post | Perform an HTTP POST request |
| playwright_put | Perform an HTTP PUT request |
| playwright_patch | Perform an HTTP PATCH request |
| playwright_delete | Perform an HTTP DELETE request |
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Playwright MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages, take screenshots, and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment.
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Documentation | API reference
Installation
You can install the package using either npm, mcp-get, or Smithery:
Using npm:
Using mcp-get:
Using Smithery
To install Playwright MCP for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
Configuration to use Playwright Server
Here's the Claude Desktop configuration to use the Playwright server:
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