Playwright MCP

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Playwright MCP

Headless browser automation via Playwright.

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Best for

Best for engineers + ops who need reliable headless-browser automation.

At a glance

Pricing: open-source
Setup time: 20 minutes
Learning curve: moderate
Last verified: 5/27/2026

What we love

✓Microsoft-maintained
✓Robust browser automation
✓Better-than-Puppeteer DX

Where it falls short

−Local execution requires deps
−Headless setup on servers needs care
−Auth flows on sites can be brittle

Install & connect

Copy-paste ready

Install

shell

npx @playwright/mcp@latest

Config — Claude Desktop

json

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

Config — Claude Code

shell

claude mcp add playwright npx @playwright/mcp@latest

Config — VS Code

json

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

Pricing

✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 2026

1 tier

Open-source

perpetual

✓Apache 2.0

Overview

MCP server for Playwright — navigate, click, type, screenshot, evaluate JS, network interception. Headless or headed Chromium/Firefox/WebKit.

Key features

●Navigate + click + type
●Screenshots + PDF
●JS evaluation
●Network intercept
●Multi-browser

Exposed tools

The MCP-tool names this server exposes. Your agent can invoke any of these when this server is connected.

browser_navigate / browser_navigate_back
Navigate to a URL or go back to the previous page.
browser_click / browser_hover / browser_drag / browser_drop
Mouse interactions targeted at accessibility-tree elements.
browser_type / browser_fill_form / browser_press_key / browser_select_option / browser_file_upload
Keyboard, form-fill, and file input interactions.
browser_snapshot / browser_take_screenshot
Capture an accessibility snapshot or a pixel screenshot of the current page.
browser_console_messages / browser_evaluate / browser_run_code_unsafe
Read console output and execute JavaScript in the page context.
browser_network_request / browser_network_requests / browser_network_state_set
Issue and inspect network requests and toggle network state.
browser_route / browser_route_list / browser_unroute
Manage request interception routes.
browser_handle_dialog / browser_wait_for / browser_resize
Handle JavaScript dialogs, wait for conditions, and resize the viewport.
browser_tabs / browser_close
Manage tabs and close the browser.
browser_cookie_clear / browser_cookie_delete / browser_cookie_get / browser_cookie_list / browser_cookie_set
Cookie CRUD operations.
browser_localstorage_* / browser_sessionstorage_*
Local and session storage CRUD operations (clear, delete, get, list, set).
browser_set_storage_state / browser_storage_state
Read and apply a full storage state snapshot.
browser_get_config
Read the active Playwright MCP configuration.
DevTools tools (browser_annotate / browser_highlight / browser_hide_highlight / browser_start_tracing / browser_stop_tracing / browser_start_video / browser_stop_video / browser_video_chapter / browser_resume)
DevTools-only opt-in tools (enable with --caps=devtools) for tracing, video capture, and visual annotation.
Coordinate-based mouse tools (browser_mouse_click_xy / browser_mouse_down / browser_mouse_up / browser_mouse_move_xy / browser_mouse_drag_xy / browser_mouse_wheel)
Pixel-coordinate mouse input as an alternative to accessibility-tree clicks.
browser_pdf_save
Save the current page as a PDF file.
browser_generate_locator / browser_verify_element_visible / browser_verify_list_visible / browser_verify_text_visible / browser_verify_value
Locator generation and assertion-style verification helpers.

Best use cases

Browser-based scraping

Let Claude scrape and parse modern client-rendered sites.

E2E test automation

Run E2E test flows through Claude orchestration.

Integrations

Chromium

Firefox

WebKit

Node.js

Python

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