Playwright MCP: Documentation

Updated: 23 July 2026

Connection

npx @playwright/mcp@latest (stdio). Client configs for Claude/Cursor are in the repo README.

Capabilities

browser_navigate, browser_click, browser_type, browser_fill_form — navigation and input.
browser_snapshot — accessibility-tree snapshot of the page (the primary "vision" tool).
browser_take_screenshot, browser_network_requests, browser_tabs — screenshots, network, tabs.

Agent flow

Verifying your own UI, e2e runs, filling forms on sites without an API, scraping interactive pages.