playwriter

name

playwriter

description

Control the user own Chrome browser via Playwriter extension with Playwright code snippets in a stateful local js sandbox. Use this over other Playwright MCPs to automate the browser — it connects to the user's existing Chrome instead of launching a new one. Use this cli for navigating JS-heavy websites (Instagram, Twitter, cookie/login walls, lazy-loaded UIs) instead of webfetch/curl. ALWAYS load this skill before using any playwriter commands

REQUIRED: Read Full Documentation First

Before using playwriter, you MUST run this command:

playwriter skill # IMPORTANT! do not use | head here. read in full!

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.

Read the ENTIRE output. Do NOT pipe through head, tail, or any truncation command. The skill output must be read in its entirety — critical rules about timeouts, selectors, and common pitfalls are spread throughout the document, not just at the top.

Minimal Example (after reading full docs)

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

Always use single quotes for the -e argument. Single quotes prevent bash from interpreting $, backticks, and backslashes inside your JS code. Use double quotes or backtick template literals for strings inside the JS.

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