playwright-cli

name	playwright-cli
description	Drive a live browser from the CLI with playwright-cli to navigate, interact, snapshot, and capture evidence. Use for ad-hoc browser commands, page inspection, screenshots, traces, network mocking, session management, or interactive debugging—not authoring @playwright/test specs. Keywords: playwright-cli, browser automation, live session, snapshot, console, tracing.
license	Complete terms in LICENSE.txt

Browser Automation with playwright-cli

Quick start

playwright-cli open
playwright-cli goto https://playwright.dev
playwright-cli click e15        # use refs from snapshot
playwright-cli type "search query"
playwright-cli press Enter
playwright-cli snapshot
playwright-cli close

Commands

Core

playwright-cli open [url]
playwright-cli goto <url>
playwright-cli type "<text>"
playwright-cli click <ref>
playwright-cli dblclick <ref>
playwright-cli fill <ref> "<text>" [--submit]
playwright-cli drag <ref> <ref>
playwright-cli drop <ref> [--path=<file> | --data="mime=value"]
playwright-cli hover <ref>
playwright-cli select <ref> "<value>"
playwright-cli upload <path>
playwright-cli check <ref>
playwright-cli uncheck <ref>
playwright-cli snapshot
playwright-cli find "<text>" | --regex "<pattern>" [--regex "/pattern/i"]
playwright-cli   [ref]
playwright-cli dialog-accept []
playwright-cli dialog-dismiss
playwright-cli resize <w> <h>
playwright-cli close