Playwright

Provides browser automation via Playwright for LLMs to interact with web pages, take screenshots, generate test code, and scrape content.

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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": {
    "o0x1024-mcp-playwright-security": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gelenlen/playwright-mcp-server-security"
      ]
    }
  }
}

You can run a Playwright MCP Server for Security to let an LLM interact with real web pages through a browser, take screenshots, generate test code, scrape content, and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment. This enables automated testing and web automation workflows with secure, structured MCP endpoints.

How to use

Install and configure the Playwright MCP server, then connect your MCP client to the server using the provided command. Once running, you can instruct your MCP-enabled agent to open web pages, take screenshots, generate test code, scrape page content, and execute JavaScript in a controlled Playwright session. Use the server to drive browser-based automation tasks as part of your automation pipelines or copilots.

How to install

Prerequisites: you need Node.js installed on your system. Confirm Node is available by running node -v and npm -v in your terminal.

Install the Playwright MCP server globally using npm.

npm install -g @gelenlen/playwright-mcp-server-security

Configuration to use Playwright Server

Configure your MCP client to load the Playwright MCP server by using a stdio configuration that runs the MCP package via npx with the required arguments.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@gelenlen/playwright-mcp-server-security"]
    }
  }
}

Additional notes

After installation, the ExecuteAutomation Playwright MCP server will be available for use with your GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code. You can also use standard MCP client tooling to manage and start the server as part of your development workflow.

Available tools

open_page

Open a URL in a real Playwright browser and return the page context for further actions.

take_screenshot

Capture a screenshot of the current page and return the image data or a reference.

generate_test_code

Generate test code snippets based on the current page state and interactions.

web_scrape

Extract and return structured data from the loaded page content.

execute_js

Execute arbitrary JavaScript in the real browser context and return results.