Playwright MCP

Playwright MCP server. A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. This server enables large language models (LLMs) to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models. The server is designed to be fast, lightweight, and deterministic, offering LLM-friendly tooling and a rich set of browser automation capabilities via MCP tools. It supports standalone operation, containerized deployments, and integration with a variety of MCP clients (Claude Desktop, VS Code, Copilot, Cursor, Goose, Windsurf, and others).

The Playwright MCP server exposes a suite of MCP tools that enable an LLM to perform browser automation tasks programmatically without relying on pixel-based input or screenshots. Users configure the server with a standard JSON config, launch it via npx @playwright/mcp@latest, and then invoke the available tools from their MCP client to interact with web pages. Example: configuring the server in a central config file and starting it with npx, then integrating with clients like VS Code or Claude Desktop. Example configurations from the docs include:

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

amp mcp add playwright -- npx @playwright/mcp@latest

claude mcp add playwright npx @playwright/mcp@latest

codex mcp add playwright npx "@playwright/mcp@latest"

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

<h1 class="text-2xl font-semibold mt-5 mb-3">For VS Code</h1>
code --add-mcp '{"name":"playwright","command":"npx","args":["@playwright/mcp@latest"]}'

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "--init", "--pull=always", "mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

These examples show how to configure and connect various MCP clients to the Playwright MCP server. Once configured, you can call tools such as browser_click, browser_type, browser_navigate, and many others to interact with pages in a structured, programmable way. The configuration also supports advanced options like --isolated, --storage-state for state persistence, and --config to supply a JSON configuration file for the server.