An MCP server using Playwright for browser automation and webscrapping
A Model Context Protocol server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages, take screenshots, generate test code, web scraps the page and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment.
You can install the package using either npm, mcp-get, or Smithery:
Using npm:
npm install -g @executeautomation/playwright-mcp-server
Using mcp-get:
npx @michaellatman/mcp-get@latest install @executeautomation/playwright-mcp-server
Using Smithery
To install Playwright MCP for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx @smithery/cli install @executeautomation/playwright-mcp-server --client claude
Install the Playwright MCP server in VS Code using one of these buttons:
Alternatively, you can install the Playwright MCP server using the VS Code CLI:
# For VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"playwright","command":"npx","args":["@executeautomation/playwright-mcp-server"]}'
# For VS Code Insiders
code-insiders --add-mcp '{"name":"playwright","command":"npx","args":["@executeautomation/playwright-mcp-server"]}'
After installation, the ExecuteAutomation Playwright MCP server will be available for use with your GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code.
Here's the Claude Desktop configuration to use the Playwright server:
{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@executeautomation/playwright-mcp-server"]
}
}
}
This project uses Jest for testing. The tests are located in the src/__tests__
directory.
You can run the tests using one of the following commands:
# Run tests using the custom script (with coverage)
node run-tests.cjs
# Run tests using npm scripts
npm test # Run tests without coverage
npm run test:coverage # Run tests with coverage
npm run test:custom # Run tests with custom script (same as node run-tests.cjs)
The test coverage report will be generated in the coverage
directory.
The evals package loads an mcp client that then runs the index.ts file, so there is no need to rebuild between tests. You can load environment variables by prefixing the npx command. Full documentation can be found here.
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-key npx mcp-eval src/evals/evals.ts src/tools/codegen/index.ts
When adding new tools, please be mindful of the tool name length. Some clients, like Cursor, have a 60-character limit for the combined server and tool name (server_name:tool_name
).
Our server name is playwright-mcp
. Please ensure your tool names are short enough to not exceed this limit.
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