Playwright MCP Server

What you can do with Playwright MCP Server

Microsoft's Playwright MCP gives an agent browser automation through Playwright, working from structured accessibility snapshots rather than screenshots, so no vision model is needed and actions apply deterministically.

• ·Exploratory automation across Chrome, Edge, Firefox and WebKit
• ·Self-healing and long-running autonomous browser workflows
• ·Fill forms, click, upload files and handle dialogs
• ·Inspect console messages and network requests
• ·Verify elements and generate locators for tests
• ·Reuse logged-in sessions via the browser extension

What Playwright MCP Server can and cannot do

What you need before using Playwright MCP Server

Runtime

Node.js 18 or newer (npx)

Also needed

Browsers via --browser (chrome, firefox, webkit, msedge); the Playwright Extension for attaching to a running Chrome/Edge

Connect Playwright MCP Server and confirm it works

1. Add the server with command npx and args ["@playwright/mcp@latest"] (or run claude mcp add playwright npx @playwright/mcp@latest)
2. Add --headless, --browser <name>, --isolated or --caps=vision,pdf,devtools as needed
3. For a machine without a display, run with --port 8931 from an environment that has one and connect to http://localhost:8931/mcp

claude mcp add playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcp

[mcp_servers.playwright-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@playwright/mcp"]

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

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

{
  "servers": {
    "playwright-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@playwright/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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

When to choose another server

• Chrome DevTools MCP#2

  You are debugging a Chrome page and want performance traces, heap snapshots and Lighthouse rather than test tooling.

• mcp-playwright#1,076

  You want Playwright codegen sessions that record actions into test scripts.

• MCP Server#223

  Your tests must run on real devices and browsers in a cloud grid.

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What changed, and when this was checked

First listed

Mar 21, 2025

Latest version published

Sep 18, 2026

Version history

11 versions tracked (below)

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