Playwright is a Browser Automation MCP server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf and any MCP-compatible AI agent official Microsoft browser automation via accessibility. Install in 1 minute with mcpizy install playwright.
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Read the full audit on CheckMCPmcpizy install playwrightnpx -y @anthropic/mcp-playwrightbrowser_navigateNavigate the browser to a URL
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urlstringrequiredbrowser_snapshotCapture an accessibility snapshot of the page
browser_clickClick on an element by selector or role
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elementstringrequiredbrowser_typeType text into an element
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elementstringrequiredtextstringrequiredbrowser_take_screenshotTake a screenshot of the page
browser_evaluateRun JavaScript in the page
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functionstringrequiredbrowser_fill_formFill multiple fields in a form
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fieldsobject[]requiredWorks identically across clients. Only the config file path differs.
~/.claude.json{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@playwright/mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}.cursor/mcp.json{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@playwright/mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@playwright/mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}No authentication required — runs a local Chromium instance
Paste any of these prompts into Claude Code, Cursor or another MCP-compatible client.
“Open example.com, take a screenshot, and tell me what's on the page”
Uses: browser_navigate, browser_take_screenshot, browser_snapshot
“Fill the login form at app.local with email+password and click Sign in”
Uses: browser_navigate, browser_fill_form, browser_click
“Test the signup flow on my staging site end-to-end”
Uses: browser_navigate, browser_fill_form, browser_click, browser_snapshot
Firefox automation via WebDriver BiDi
Fetch YouTube subtitles and transcripts
Next-generation platform for AI agents and browser automation. Headless browsing at scale.
Manage GoLogin browser profiles for multi-account automation and anti-detect browsing.
If Playwright doesn't fit your stack, these Browser Automation MCP servers solve similar problems.
The Playwright MCP server is an Browser Automation Model Context Protocol server that lets Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot, and other MCP-compatible AI agents official Microsoft browser automation via accessibility. It exposes Playwright's capabilities as tools the AI can call directly from your editor or CLI.
The fastest way is the MCPizy CLI: run `mcpizy install playwright` and MCPizy will add the server to your `.claude.json` automatically. You can also install it manually by adding an entry under `mcpServers` in `.claude.json` with the command `npx -y @anthropic/mcp-playwright` and restarting Claude Code.
Yes. The Playwright MCP server is free and open source (see the GitHub repository linked on this page). You may still need a Playwright account or API key to connect the server to the underlying service, but the MCP layer itself has no MCPizy subscription cost.
Yes. Any MCP-compatible client works — including Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor (via `.cursor/mcp.json`), Windsurf, VS Code with Copilot Chat, and custom agents built on the MCP SDK. The same install command targets all of them; only the config file path differs.
Once installed, your AI agent can official Microsoft browser automation via accessibility directly inside your conversation. Typical use cases include asking Claude Code or Cursor to run Playwright operations, inspect results, chain Playwright with other MCP servers (see our Workflow Recipes), and automate repetitive browser automation tasks without leaving your editor.