playwright-cli

name	playwright-cli
description	Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction. Use when navigating websites, interacting with web pages, filling forms, testing web applications, or extracting information.
license	MIT
compatibility	opencode
metadata	{"author":"Microsoft","version":"1.0","source":"https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli"}

Browser Automation with Playwright CLI

Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction.

When to Use

• Web testing and automation
• Form filling and submission
• Screenshot capture
• Data extraction from websites
• Visual debugging of web applications
• End-to-end testing workflows

Quick Reference

# Open browser
playwright-cli open

# Navigate
playwright-cli goto https://example.com

# Interact
playwright-cli click e15
playwright-cli type "text"
playwright-cli fill e1 "value"

# Capture
playwright-cli screenshot
playwright-cli snapshot
playwright-cli console

# Network
playwright-cli network

# Close
playwright-cli close

Core Commands

• open - Open browser
• goto - Navigate to URL
• click/type/fill - Interactions
• snapshot - Capture DOM state
• screenshot - Visual capture
• console - Monitor console logs
• network - Monitor requests

Advanced

• tracing-start/tracing-stop - Performance tracing
• video-start/video-stop - Video recording
• request-mocking - API mocking
• session-management - Multi-browser sessions

References

• references/playwright-cli-ref-test-generation.md - Auto-generate tests
• references/playwright-cli-ref-tracing.md - Performance analysis
• references/playwright-cli-ref-video-recording.md - Video capture
• references/playwright-cli-ref-request-mocking.md - API mocking
• references/playwright-cli-ref-session-management.md - Multi-session
• references/playwright-cli-ref-storage-state.md - Cookies/localStorage

Related Skills

• systematic-debugging (combine for visual debugging)
• test-driven-development (browser-based tests)