MCP Server Playwright

A Model Context Protocol server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright
_{Enable LLMs to interact with web pages, take screenshots, and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment}

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Configuration
• Components
  • Tools
  • Resources
• License

Features

• 🌐 Full browser automation capabilities
• 📸 Screenshot capture of entire pages or specific elements
• 🖱️ Comprehensive web interaction (navigation, clicking, form filling)
• 📊 Console log monitoring
• 🔧 JavaScript execution in browser context

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install MCP Server Playwright for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx @smithery/cli install @automatalabs/mcp-server-playwright --client claude

You can install the package using either npx or mcp-get:

Using npx:

npx @automatalabs/mcp-server-playwright install

This command will:

1. Check your operating system compatibility (Windows/macOS)
2. Create or update the Claude configuration file
3. Configure the Playwright server integration

The configuration file will be automatically created/updated at:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Using mcp-get:

npx @michaellatman/mcp-get@latest install @automatalabs/mcp-server-playwright

Configuration

The installation process will automatically add the following configuration to your Claude config file:

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

Components

Tools

playwright_navigate

Navigate to any URL in the browser

{
  "url": "https://stealthbrowser.cloud"
}

playwright_screenshot

Capture screenshots of the entire page or specific elements

{
  "name": "screenshot-name",     // required
  "selector": "#element-id",     // optional
  "fullPage": true              // optional, default: false
}

playwright_click

Click elements on the page using CSS selector

{
  "selector": "#button-id"
}

playwright_click_text

Click elements on the page by their text content

{
  "text": "Click me"
}

playwright_hover

Hover over elements on the page using CSS selector

{
  "selector": "#menu-item"
}

playwright_hover_text

Hover over elements on the page by their text content

{
  "text": "Hover me"
}

playwright_fill

Fill out input fields

{
  "selector": "#input-field",
  "value": "Hello World"
}

playwright_select

Select an option in a SELECT element using CSS selector

{
  "selector": "#dropdown",
  "value": "option-value"
}

playwright_select_text

Select an option in a SELECT element by its text content

{
  "text": "Choose me",
  "value": "option-value"
}

playwright_evaluate

Execute JavaScript in the browser console

{
  "script": "document.title"
}

Resources

1. Console Logs (console://logs)

   • Access browser console output in text format
   • Includes all console messages from the browser

2. Screenshots (screenshot://<n>)

   • Access PNG images of captured screenshots
   • Referenced by the name specified during capture

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.