automatalabs/mcp-server-playwright

A Model Context Protocol server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright
Enable LLMs to interact with web pages, take screenshots, and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment
Table of Contents
- Features
- Installation
- Configuration
- Components
- Tools
- Resources
- License
Features
- 🌐 Full browser automation capabilities
- 📸 Screenshot capture of entire pages or specific elements
- 🖱️ Comprehensive web interaction (navigation, clicking, form filling)
- 📊 Console log monitoring
- 🔧 JavaScript execution in browser context
Installation
Installing via Smithery
To install MCP Server Playwright for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
You can install the package using either npx or mcp-get:
Using npx:
This command will:
1. Check your operating system compatibility (Windows/macOS)
2. Create or update the Claude configuration file
3. Configure the Playwright server integration
The configuration file will be automatically created/updated at:
- Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Using mcp-get:
Configuration
The installation process will automatically add the following configuration to your Claude config file:
Using with Cursor
You can also use MCP Server Playwright with Cursor, an AI-powered code editor. To enable browser automation in Cursor via MCP:
1. **Install Playwright browsers** (if not already):
2. **Install MCP Server Playwright for Cursor** using Smithery:
3. **Configuration file setup**:
If you do not use Claude, the configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) may not be created automatically.
- On Windows, create a folder named Claude in %APPDATA% (usually C:\Users\ \AppData\Roaming\Claude).
- Inside that folder, create a file named claude_desktop_config.json with the following content:
4. **Follow the remaining steps in the Installation section above** to complete the setup.
Now, you can use all the browser automation tools provided by MCP Server Playwright directly from Cursor’s AI features, such as web navigation, screenshot capture, and JavaScript execution.
> **Note:** Make sure you have Node.js installed and npx available in your system PATH.
Components
Tools
browser_navigate
Navigate to any URL in the browser
browser_screenshot
Capture screenshots of the entire page or specific elements
browser_click
Click elements on the page using CSS selector
browser_click_text
Click elements on the page by their text content
browser_hover
Hover over elements on the page using CSS selector