playwright-mcp

officialpopularlocal-onlybrowser automationnpm

Microsoft · Agent browser control, web testing, and browser automation from the terminal.

$ npm install -g @playwright/mcp

One-liner to try

$ npx @playwright/mcp@latest --help

Agent pack

Copy into an agent

A markdown-ready setup brief with install, verify, safe starting commands, and guardrails for AI agents.

Open .md JSON

Readiness

Usable with guardrails · 60/100

Verify

npx @playwright/mcp@latest --help

Agent URL

/cli/playwright-mcp/agent.md

Quick reference

Install

npm install -g @playwright/mcp

Verify

npx @playwright/mcp@latest --help

First command

npx @playwright/mcp@latest --help

Machine JSON

/cli/playwright-mcp.json

About

The official CLI from Microsoft. Agent browser control, web testing, and browser automation from the terminal. Start with `npx @playwright/mcp@latest --help` and go from there. Runs entirely on your machine.

Example workflow

1. npx @playwright/mcp@latest --help

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