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Playwright MCP
Playwright MCP is Microsoft's Model Context Protocol server for browser automation, using structured accessibility snapshots.
Latest public signals
Last updated: 10 November 2026 (overview reviewed against playwright.dev/docs/getting-started-mcp and github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp).
Introduction
Playwright MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that gives MCP clients browser automation through Playwright. Official Playwright docs describe it as enabling LLMs to interact with web pages using structured accessibility snapshots, without requiring a vision model. It works with VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, and other MCP clients.
The server is the npm package @playwright/mcp. Microsoft publishes it as Apache-2.0 in the microsoft/playwright-mcp repository. Official docs show a standard install of npx @playwright/mcp@latest. It is a separate interface from the Playwright test runner and from Playwright CLI.
Pricing
The server is open source under Apache-2.0. See the official docs and repository for current packaging and requirements.
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