microsoft/playwright-mcp

4.1

playwright-mcp is hosted online, so all tools can be tested directly either in theInspector tabor in theOnline Client.

If you are the rightful owner of playwright-mcp and would like to certify it and/or have it hosted online, please leave a comment on the right or send an email to henry@mcphub.com.

Playwright MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright, enabling LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots.

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Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

browser_close

Close the page

browser_resize

Resize the browser window

browser_console_messages

Returns all console messages

browser_handle_dialog

Handle a dialog

browser_evaluate

Evaluate JavaScript expression on page or element

browser_file_upload

Upload one or multiple files

browser_install

Install the browser specified in the config. Call this if you get an error about the browser not being installed.

browser_press_key

Press a key on the keyboard

browser_type

Type text into editable element

browser_navigate

Navigate to a URL

browser_navigate_back

Go back to the previous page

browser_navigate_forward

Go forward to the next page

browser_network_requests

Returns all network requests since loading the page

browser_take_screenshot

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

browser_snapshot

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

browser_click

Perform click on a web page

browser_drag

Perform drag and drop between two elements

browser_hover

Hover over element on page

browser_select_option

Select an option in a dropdown

browser_tab_list

List browser tabs

browser_tab_new

Open a new tab

browser_tab_select

Select a tab by index

browser_tab_close

Close a tab

browser_wait_for

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

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Browser console logs

URI: console://logs

MIME: text/plain

Screenshot: cnn

URI: screenshot://cnn

MIME: image/png

Author

microsoft

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Version

v0.0.34

Repository

https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp

Homepage

https://www.npmjs.com/package/@playwright/mcp

GitHub Stars

17,453

License

Apache License 2.0

Last publish date

2025-08-16

Last update date

2025-08-19

Server configs

in vs code

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

in cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

in windsurf

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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browser_close

browser_resize

browser_console_messages

browser_handle_dialog

browser_evaluate

browser_file_upload

browser_install

browser_press_key

browser_type

browser_navigate

browser_navigate_back

browser_navigate_forward

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browser_take_screenshot

browser_snapshot

browser_click

browser_drag

browser_hover

browser_select_option

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browser_tab_select

browser_tab_close

browser_wait_for

Prompts

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Resources

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Screenshot: cnn

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