Playwright MCP Server

Playwright MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually tuned models.

About this MCP Server: To understand how to connect to and utilize this MCP server, you can refer to the official Model Context Protocol documentation at mcp.apify.com.

Connection URL

MCP clients can connect to this server at:

https://jiri-spilka--playwright-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp

Client Configuration

To connect to this MCP server, use the following configuration in your MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "url": "https://jiri-spilka--playwright-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: Replace YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN with your actual Apify API token. You can find your token in the Apify Console.

Links

• GitHub Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp
• Actor Repository: https://github.com/apify/actor-playwright-mcp
• Apify MCP Documentation: https://mcp.apify.com

🚩 Claim this MCP server

All credits to the original authors of https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp To claim this server, please write to [email protected].

Key features

• 🚀 Uses Playwright's accessibility tree instead of pixel-based input for faster, lighter operation
• 📊 Works with structured data only - no vision models required
• 🎯 Applies tools deterministically, avoiding the ambiguity of screenshot approaches
• 🌐 Supports Apify Proxy (datacenter, residential, custom) and other Apify features

Use cases

• 🌐 Web navigation and form filling
• 📋 Structured data extraction
• 🧪 LLM-driven automated testing
• 🤖 Browser automation for AI agents

Tools ([source](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp))

Tools

• browser_click

  • Title: Click
  • Description: Perform click on a web page
  • Parameters:
    • element (string): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the element
    • ref (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot
    • doubleClick (boolean, optional): Whether to perform a double click instead of a single click
    • button (string, optional): Button to click, defaults to left
  • Read-only: false

• browser_close

  • Title: Close browser
  • Description: Close the page
  • Parameters: None
  • Read-only: true

• browser_console_messages

  • Title: Get console messages
  • Description: Returns all console messages
  • Parameters: None
  • Read-only: true

• browser_drag

  • Title: Drag mouse
  • Description: Perform drag and drop between two elements
  • Parameters:
    • startElement (string): Human-readable source element description used to obtain the permission to interact with the element
    • startRef (string): Exact source element reference from the page snapshot
    • endElement (string): Human-readable target element description used to obtain the permission to interact with the element
    • endRef (string): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot
  • Read-only: false

• browser_evaluate

  • Title: Evaluate JavaScript
  • Description: Evaluate JavaScript expression on page or element
  • Parameters:
    • function (string): () => { /* code / } or (element) => { / code */ } when element is provided
    • element (string, optional): Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to interact with the element
    • ref (string, optional): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot
  • Read-only: false

• browser_file_upload

  • Title: Upload files
  • Description: Upload one or multiple files
  • Parameters:
    • paths (array): The absolute paths to the files to upload. Can be a single file or mul