Playwright MCP
MCP Servers Open source (Apache 2.0)
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LicenseApache-2.0
Last activityOct 19, 2026
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Repository: microsoft/playwright-mcp ยท Data checked Oct 2026
About
Playwright MCP is Microsoft's open-source server that hands an AI agent a real Chromium browser it can drive. The agent sees each page as an accessibility tree and can click buttons, fill forms, navigate, and take screenshots, which means a coding agent can finally verify its own frontend work instead of guessing. It runs entirely on your machine under Apache 2.0, with no account or API key. If you build web apps with AI help, this closes the loop between writing code and checking it.
Details
Open source. You run it yourself.
Auth: Open source (Apache 2.0)
Rate limit: None, runs on your machine
Verified: 2026-09-19
Best for: developer
Setup
- Install Node.js if you do not have it
- Run the add command above in your terminal to register the server
- Restart your MCP client
- Tell your agent to open a page and click through it, then watch it work
Example
claude mcp add playwright -- npx @playwright/mcp@latestUse cases
- Let a coding agent test the UI it just built
- Automate form filling and click-through QA with natural language
- Give research agents a real browser for JavaScript-heavy sites