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microsoft/playwright-mcp

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Playwright MCP is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to enable large language models (LLMs) to automate and interact with web browsers efficiently and deterministically. It leverages Playwright's accessibility tree to provide structured accessibility snapshots, allowing LLMs to interact with web pages without relying on pixel-based inputs or vision models. This approach bypasses the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models, making the automation process faster, lightweight, and more reliable. The server supports various browsers including Chrome, Firefox, WebKit, and Microsoft Edge, and offers a range of configurable options such as blocking or allowing specific origins, running in headless mode, emulating devices, and specifying user agents. It can be integrated with multiple MCP clients like VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Qodo Gen, making it versatile for different development environments. Playwright MCP supports persistent user profiles to maintain logged-in states across sessions or isolated contexts for testing purposes. It also provides capabilities like saving Playwright traces, managing storage states, and configuring proxy servers. The server is designed to be LLM-friendly by operating purely on structured data, avoiding the ambiguity common with screenshot-based browser automation methods. Installation is straightforward using npm or through MCP client configurations, and the server can be easily added to various tools via simple commands or configuration files. This makes Playwright MCP a powerful tool for developers and researchers looking to harness the power of LLMs for browser automation tasks in a deterministic and efficient manner.

https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp

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