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Give Claude Code or Codex a real browser in one command
Register Playwright MCP so your agent can open pages, click, type and read results.
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Add microsoft/playwright-mcp to my <Claude Code or Codex>, then open http://localhost:<port>, sign up with a test email, and report each step and any error text on the page.
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Let an agent explore and test a signup or checkout flow
Use MCP's persistent browser state for an exploratory test that clicks through a full flow.
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Using microsoft/playwright-mcp, explore the <flow> on <staging url> as a new user, report every step with what you saw, flag anything broken, and write the passing path as a Playwright test.
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Check your site in Firefox, WebKit or Edge through the agent
Choose the browser with the --browser option so the agent tests beyond Chrome.
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Configure microsoft/playwright-mcp with --browser webkit, load <url>, and list any console errors or broken layout compared with Chrome.
Quick start with Playwright MCP
- Check you have what it needs: Node.js; An MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or VS Code.
- Open microsoft/playwright-mcp on GitHub and read the README and license.
- 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
These steps come from our top use case, Give Claude Code or Codex a real browser in one command, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.
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- Who it is forDevelopers and QA engineers who want an agent to click through a web app, test flows or collect data in a real browser.
- Why it is hot39k stars, talked about in 2 AI sources we track
- LanguageTypeScript
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Requirements
- Node.js
- An MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or VS Code
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Questions about Playwright MCP
What is Playwright MCP?
Playwright MCP is Microsoft's MCP server for browser automation with Playwright. It lets an LLM work with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots instead of screenshots, so no vision model is needed. It installs with one npx command in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Amp and other clients, and supports Chrome, Firefox, WebKit and Edge. The README suggests the Playwright CLI with skills for token-heavy coding agent work and MCP for exploratory, stateful agent loops. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp.
How do I use Playwright MCP?
Claude Code: claude mcp add playwright npx @playwright/mcp@latest; then Codex: codex mcp add playwright npx "@playwright/mcp@latest"; Other clients: add an mcpServers entry named playwright that runs npx with @playwright/mcp@latest. The use cases on this page give the full steps and a copy-paste agent prompt for each job.
Who is Playwright MCP for?
Developers and QA engineers who want an agent to click through a web app, test flows or collect data in a real browser.
What can I do with Playwright MCP?
3 use cases so far, for example: Give Claude Code or Codex a real browser in one command; Let an agent explore and test a signup or checkout flow; Check your site in Firefox, WebKit or Edge through the agent. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.
What do I need to run Playwright MCP?
Node.js; An MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or VS Code.
What are alternatives to Playwright MCP?
Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: Deep Infer, Harness2, Orca, Opencode, Graphify.
Is Playwright MCP safe to run?
Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.