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 "repo": "microsoft/playwright-mcp",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp",
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 "title": "Give Claude Code or Codex a real browser in one command",
 "page_title": "How to give Claude Code or Codex a real browser in one command with Playwright MCP",
 "summary": "Register Playwright MCP so your agent can open pages, click, type and read results.",
 "who": "A developer who wants the agent to verify its own frontend changes in a browser.",
 "problem": "Agents cannot see whether a form or flow they built actually works.",
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  "Claude Code: `claude mcp add playwright npx @playwright/mcp@latest`",
  "Codex: `codex mcp add playwright npx \"@playwright/mcp@latest\"`",
  "Other clients: add an mcpServers entry named playwright that runs npx with @playwright/mcp@latest",
  "Ask the agent to open your app and walk through a flow"
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 "time": "5 minutes",
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 "mentioned_publicly": false,
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