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Playwright MCP Server

The Playwright Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is a powerful solution for automating Browser and API testing using Playwright.

With the Playwright MCP server, you can:

  • Enable LLMs to interact with web pages in a real browser environment.
  • Perform tasks such as executing JavaScript, taking screenshots, and navigating web elements.
  • Seamlessly handle API testing to validate endpoints and ensure reliability.

Playwright MCP Server

Installation

You can install Playwright MCP Server package using either npm, mcp-get, or Smithery:

Playwright MCP Tips

To get started more quickly on Playwright MCP Server, watch the videos mentioned in the footer of this page under Docs

Installing via NPM

To install Playwright MCP for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx npm install -g @executeautomation/playwright-mcp-server

Installing via Smithery

To install Playwright MCP for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

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

You can type this command into Command Prompt, Powershell, Terminal, or any other integrated terminal of your code editor.

Installing via MCP-GET

To install Playwright MCP for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

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

Configuring Playwright MCP in Claude Desktop

Here's the Claude Desktop configuration to use the Playwright MCP server.

Modify your claude-desktop-config.json file as shown below

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

What is Model Context Protocol

This video should give you an high level overview of what Claude's MCP is and how helpful it will soon become for AI agents