Playwright MCP Server (Official): Install & Setup

Install Playwright in Claude Code

Claude Code

claude mcp add playwright -- npx -y @playwright/mcp

mcp.json (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf)

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

Playwright browser automation: interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots.

Yes, most likely. Open source and no paid account or API key is mentioned in the listing. Check the provider for current pricing.

Local. Runs on your machine (stdio). You install it with npx, uvx, Docker or from source.

Run: claude mcp add playwright -- npx -y @playwright/mcp

lightpanda-io/browser

Headless browser for AI and web automation with a built-in MCP server.

bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop/browser

Browser automation using Puppeteer, supporting local and remote browser connections.

DayuanJiang/next-ai-draw-io

draw.io diagrams your AI agent draws on a live browser canvas that you can also edit by hand

D4Vinci/Scrapling

Web scraping with stealth HTTP, real browsers, and Cloudflare bypass. CSS selectors supported.

firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server

Firecrawl web scraping: search, scrape, crawl, map and extract structured data, with live browser interaction and website change monitoring.

browser-use/browser-use

Browser agents and stealth cloud browsers for AI: run web tasks, fill forms, extract data.