playwriter

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Chrome extension & CLI to let agents control your browser. Runs Playwright snippets in a stateful sandbox. Available as CLI or MCP

Overview

Playwriter is a browser automation tool that lets AI agents control your running Chrome via a Chrome extension, keeping your existing logins, extensions, and cookies. Available as a CLI or MCP server, it runs Playwright snippets in a stateful sandbox and supports tab groups, network interception, labeled screenshots, and video recording.

⭐ 4kBrowser AutomationTypeScriptRepo ↗Updated 2026-10-27

Installation

MCP client config (paste into mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remorses-playwriter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "playwriter@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Agent install prompt

Copy and paste into Cursor / Claude / other agents to install this MCP for you

Please read this MCP repository and install it into my current environment:
https://github.com/remorses/playwriter

Known working client config (can write into mcp.json):
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remorses-playwriter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "playwriter@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Please: 1) check README for deps and env vars; 2) write config for my client; 3) if secrets are missing, tell me what to fill — do not invent values.

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