playwright-skill_skill

This skill automates browser tasks with Playwright, enabling you to navigate, interact, extract data, and capture screenshots across persistent sessions.

Python

4

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Installation

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npx veilstrat add skill idanbeck/claude-skills --skill playwright-skill

playwright_skill.py17.0 KB
SKILL.md7.1 KB

Overview

This skill automates browser interactions using Playwright to navigate pages, click, type, extract data, take screenshots, and save session state. It supports persistent named sessions so logged-in state and cookies can be reused across runs. Commands output JSON for easy scripting and integration.

How this skill works

The skill launches a Chromium browser (headless by default) and exposes CLI commands to open URLs, wait for selectors, interact (click/type), evaluate JavaScript, extract text/attributes, and capture screenshots or PDFs. Sessions are stored on disk and include cookies and localStorage so you can perform authenticated automation without re-logging. All operations return JSON for programmatic parsing.

When to use it

Automating repetitive web tasks like filling forms or clicking through flows
Scraping or extracting structured data from web pages
Taking screenshots or PDFs of pages for reporting or QA
Maintaining logged-in sessions for account-specific automation
Debugging UI behavior by replaying interactions in a visible browser

Best practices

Use named sessions for each account/site to avoid cookie clashes and simplify reuse
Run the first login with --visible to capture authentication, then reuse the saved session headless
Call wait before interacting with dynamic elements to reduce flakiness
Take screenshots when a step fails to aid debugging
Respect site terms of service and rate limits; add deliberate delays between actions when scraping

Example use cases

Log in to a dashboard once (visible), then schedule headless data extraction from the account using the saved session
Scrape article titles and links from a news site with extract --all and save results as JSON
Automate filling and submitting a web form across multiple test accounts using named sessions
Produce full-page screenshots or PDFs of pages for visual reports or archival
Run eval to collect page metrics like title, element counts, or scroll position for QA scripts

FAQ

Open the site with --visible, sign in manually, then close the session name. Future runs with the same --session reuse cookies and localStorage saved to disk.

Can I see the browser while developing scripts?

Yes. Use the --visible flag to launch a non-headless browser so you can watch interactions and perform manual steps during setup or debugging.