infrastructure
Playwright MCP
by Microsoft
Playwright MCP is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server built by Microsoft that exposes Playwright browser automation capabilities to LLM agents. Rather than passing raw HTML or screenshots, it surfaces structured accessibility-tree snapshots of web pages, giving agents a token-efficient but still semantically rich view of the browser state. It is widely used with Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible clients to enable agentic web navigation, form filling, testing, and acceptance-criteria verification workflows.
8 Overall Score
Scores
Capability 8
Ease of Use 7
Documentation 8
Reliability 8
Value 10
Momentum 8
Details
- Status
- active
- Pricing
- open-source
- Launch Date
- Last Updated
Key Features
- Accessibility-tree snapshot mode for structured, token-efficient page representation
- Full Playwright browser automation: navigation, clicks, form fills, and keyboard input
- Screenshot capture for visual context alongside structural snapshots
- Works with any MCP-compatible client (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)
- Headless and headed browser modes with Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit support