microsoft/playwright-mcp
Playwright MCP server
Overview
microsoft/playwright-mcp is a TypeScript MCP server licensed under Apache-2.0. Playwright MCP server Topics: mcp, playwright.
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Has 28,849 GitHub stars.
Has 62 contributors.
Actively maintained with commits in the last week.
Ecosystem
TypeScript Apache-2.0
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From the README
## Playwright MCP A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilities using [Playwright](https://playwright.dev). This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models. ### Playwright MCP vs Playwright CLI This package provides MCP interface into Playwright. If you are using a **coding agent**, you might benefit from using the [CLI+SKILLS](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli) instead. - **CLI**: Modern **coding agents** increasingly favor CLI–based workflows exposed as SKILLs over MCP because CLI invocations are more token-efficient: they avoid loading large tool schemas and verbose accessibility trees into the model context, allowing agents to act through concise, purpose-built commands. This makes CLI + SKILLs better suited for high-throughput coding agents that must balance browser automation with large codebases, tests, and reasoning withRead full README on GitHub →
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