Playwright MCP

Browser automation MCP server using Playwright

An MCP server enabling LLMs to interact with web pages through structured browser automation using accessibility trees, without requiring screenshots.

Author: microsoft

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GitHub

Install: npx @playwright/mcp@latest

Key Features

• Accessibility tree-based browser automation
• Lightweight operation without screenshots
• Structured data interaction with web pages
• No vision model dependency required
• Fast and deterministic tool execution

Use Cases

• Web scraping — LLMs extract website data in structured format for analysis and processing
• Automated form filling — Automatically fill and submit multiple web forms efficiently
• Website monitoring — Monitor web pages periodically and detect content changes
• Page navigation — LLMs automatically navigate pages by clicking links to reach target data