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Installation

Build and Run Playwright MCP Server locally​

To build/run Playwright MCP Server in your local machine follow the below steps

Step 1 : Clone Repository​

git clone https://github.com/executeautomation/mcp-playwright.git

Step 2: Install Dependencies​

npm install

Step 3: Build Code​

npm run build
npm link

Step 4: Configuring Playwright MCP in Claude Desktop​

Modify your claude-desktop-config.json file as shown below to work with local playwright mcp server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/your-playwright-mcp-server-clone-directory",
        "run",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/playwright-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Reward​

If your setup is all correct, you should see Playwright MCP Server pointing your local machine source code

Playwright MCP Server