MCP-Server-Playwright
MCP-Server-Playwright is an MCP server, listed under browser & scraping. It reaches playwright. Its repository has 297 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-25.
This software repository provides an MCP server that uses Playwright for browser automation.
Install
Read from MCP-Server-Playwright’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.
npx -y @smithery/cli install @automatalabs/mcp-server-playwright --client claude
What it reaches, and what it needs
Reaches
playwright
Credential
○ none found
Maintenance
Stars
297
State
stale
Licence
MIT
What MCP-Server-Playwright can do
10 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.
browser_navigate- Navigate to any URL in the browser
browser_screenshot- Capture screenshots of the entire page or specific elements
browser_click- Click elements on the page using CSS selector
browser_click_text- Click elements on the page by their text content
browser_hover- Hover over elements on the page using CSS selector
browser_hover_text- Hover over elements on the page by their text content
browser_fill- Fill out input fields
browser_select- Select an option in a SELECT element using CSS selector
browser_select_text- Select an option in a SELECT element by its text content
browser_evaluate- Execute JavaScript in the browser console
Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.
MCP-Server-Playwright compared with similar servers
| Server | Reaches | Needs | Stars | Last update | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCP-Server-Playwright (this page) | playwright | None listed | 297 | 2025-06-05 | MIT |
| fetcher-mcp | playwright(1 shared) | None listed | 1,088 | 2026-01-14 | MIT |
| cloakbrowser-mcp | playwright(1 shared) | None listed | 172 | 2026-10-24 | MIT |
| RedBook-Search-Comment-MCP | playwright(1 shared) | None listed | 44 | 2025-04-23 | — |
| aginxbrowser | playwright, puppeteer(1 shared) | None listed | 44 | 2026-10-25 | Apache-2.0 |
| periscope-mcp | playwright(1 shared) | None listed | 10 | 2026-07-18 | AGPL-3.0 |
Ranked by services in common with MCP-Server-Playwright, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about MCP-Server-Playwright
- What does MCP-Server-Playwright do?
- This software repository provides an MCP server that uses Playwright for browser automation.
- How do I install MCP-Server-Playwright?
- Its own README gives this command: npx -y @smithery/cli install @automatalabs/mcp-server-playwright --client claude. Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
- What does MCP-Server-Playwright connect to, and what does it need?
- It reaches playwright.
- Is MCP-Server-Playwright official and is it maintained?
- We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 297 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-06-05.
- What licence does MCP-Server-Playwright use?
- The repository declares the MIT licence.
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