agg23/playwright-mcp

Playwright MCP is a tool that lets AI assistants like Claude, GitHub Copilot in VS Code, or Cursor control a web browser. Instead of just chatting with you, the AI can now open web pages, click buttons, fill out forms, drag and drop items, and read what's on the screen. This allows you to ask an AI to do things on the web for you, like testing a website you just built or gathering information from a series of pages. The clever part is how the AI "sees" the web page. Instead of taking screenshots and trying to visually guess where to click, which can be slow and error-prone, this tool reads the page's underlying structure. It gets a text-based layout of all the buttons, links, and text fields, so the AI knows exactly what is on the page and where to interact. This makes the AI's actions much faster and more reliable, because it is working with precise data rather than interpreting pixels. This is useful for developers, product managers, or QA testers who want to automate browser tasks without writing complex code. For example, if you are building a web app, you could ask your AI assistant to navigate through your signup flow, fill out the forms, and verify that everything works as expected. You can also configure the tool to run in an isolated mode, meaning it starts with a clean slate every time, or use a persistent profile that remembers logins between sessions. The tool integrates with a variety of popular AI clients including Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code. It supports different browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Safari's underlying engine. It also offers advanced options for power users, such as running in a headless mode (where the browser window is invisible), routing traffic through a proxy, or emulating specific mobile devices like an iPhone 15.