Playread

Enables Google search and content fetch as MCP tools via a Playwright-backed MCP server.

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Documentation & install

Readme and setup notes from the catalogue, plus a client-ready config you can copy for your MCP host.

Installation

Add the following to your MCP client configuration file.

Configuration

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anentrypoint-playread": {
      "command": "playread",
      "args": [
        "mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Playread is a Google search automation tool built on Playwright that can run as a command-line interface or as an MCP server. It exposes its flows as MCP tools so you can fetch page content or perform Google searches within your MCP-driven workflows. This makes it easy to add automated web search and content extraction to your agent pipelines without writing custom browser orchestration code.

How to use

You can run Playread as an MCP server to expose its flows as reusable tools in your MCP client. Start the server and then call the available tools from your client to perform actions like fetching page content or performing Google searches.

How to install

npm install -g playread

npx -y playread@latest google-search

Starting the MCP server and configuring a client

To run Playread as an MCP server, start it with the mcp flow. This exposes all flows as MCP tools that your client can discover and invoke.

playread mcp

// Example MCP client configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playread": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "playread@latest", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Notes on usage

The server exposes two core tools you can use from your MCP client: fetch and google-search. fetch retrieves the main textual content from a URL and formats it in a structured way. google-search performs a Google search and returns the results with titles, URLs, and descriptions.

Creating custom flows

You can extend Playread by adding custom flows. A flow is a JavaScript module that exports an async function receiving a connected client instance. For example, you can navigate to a site, take a snapshot, or perform follow-up actions, and then close the browser when finished.

Available tools

google-search

Performs a Google search and extracts results including titles, URLs, and descriptions.

fetch

Fetches a web page and extracts the main content into structured text with headings, paragraphs, lists, and code blocks.