playwriter

name

playwriter

description

Control the user own Chrome browser via Playwriter extension with Playwright code snippets in a stateful local js sandbox via playwriter cli. Automate web interactions, take screenshots, inspect accessibility trees, debug & profile web applications. Use this over other Playwright MCPs to automate the browser — it connects to the user's existing Chrome instead of launching a new one. Run `playwriter skill` command to read the complete up to date skill

REQUIRED: Read Full Documentation First

Before using playwriter, you MUST run this command:

playwriter skill

This outputs the complete documentation including:

• Session management and timeout configuration
• Selector strategies (and which ones to AVOID)
• Rules to prevent timeouts and failures
• Best practices for slow pages and SPAs
• Context variables, utility functions, and more

Do NOT skip this step. The quick examples below will fail without understanding timeouts, selector rules, and common pitfalls from the full docs.

Minimal Example (after reading full docs)

playwriter session new
playwriter -s 1 -e "await page.goto('https://example.com')"

If playwriter is not found, use npx playwriter@latest or bunx playwriter@latest.