Playwright
Browser interaction layer for navigating pages, clicking elements, filling forms, and taking screenshots. Runs headless Chromium with configurable viewport and user agent.
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@anthropic/mcp-playwright"]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@anthropic/mcp-playwright"]
}
}
}
11 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Official Anthropic reference implementation
- Headless Chromium with configurable viewport
- Multi-step navigation with state persistence
- Screenshot capture for visual verification
- Chromium download required on first run (~200MB)
- Heavy for simple URL fetching (use Firecrawl for read-only scraping)
Runs a local headless browser. Sandboxed by default. Use a dedicated browser profile to isolate agent sessions from your personal browsing data.
Agents that need to interact with web pages, fill forms, or capture screenshots
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading thisHigh star count benefits from the Anthropic quickstarts repo visibility. The server itself is actively maintained.
// Reading thisBrowser automation is a core agent workflow. Downloads spike when new Playwright versions ship with improved headless mode.
// Reading this#2 in Dev Tools (behind GitHub). Globally #4 reflects the universal demand for browser automation.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 3 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 3 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4editorial | 5,400 | 32.6K / wk | APR 22, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | 2,400 | unavailable | APR 12, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | 4.4 community | 2,380 | 28.3K / wk | APR 21, 2026 |
| Smithery | 4.5 installs | 2,400 | 31.7K installs | APR 20, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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