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playwright: a Claude Code plugin by Microsoft

Official

For developers who want Claude to drive a real browser to click, fill forms and test pages. Skip it if you cannot run Node.js on your machine.

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Score
76of 100
Rank
#12of 25
Updated
2026

Install

/plugin install playwright@claude-plugins-official

Type it in Claude Code. View the source

What does playwright do?

playwright is a Claude Code plugin that adds Microsoft's Playwright MCP server, started on your machine with npx @playwright/mcp@latest. It gives Claude browser tools that work from the page's accessibility data rather than from screenshots. Claude can open URLs, click elements, fill forms, upload files, handle dialogs, manage tabs, take screenshots, save pages as PDFs, inspect network requests and console messages, and run Playwright scripts and test assertions. It ships just the server setup and adds no skills, agents or commands of its own. You ask in plain words, for example to sign in to your local app and check that a page renders.

When should you use playwright?

Use it when

  • Checking that a web page works after a change
  • Filling and submitting forms during end-to-end tests
  • Capturing screenshots or PDFs of pages

Skip it when

  • You cannot run Node.js and npx on your machine
  • Your project has no web interface

What it needs and what it can touch

You need

  • Node.js with npx

What it can do

  • Runs a local MCP server with npx
  • Controls a web browser and visits pages

From reading its instructions, not from running it.

Why it scores 76

Strongest on upkeep (100 of 100), weakest on adoption (61).

  • Adoption35 points 61
  • Upkeep20 points 100
  • Trust20 points 77
  • Quality15 points We could not read its instructions
  • Reader answers10 points Not enough answers yet, so this does not count

How the formula works

Details

Stars of the shared plugin repository
46,882
Last repository change
License
Not stated
Data confidence
Medium

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