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Playwright MCP

MCP server that gives AI agents full browser automation capabilities via Playwright. Agents can navigate pages, click elements, fill forms, take screenshots, and extract structured data from web pages, all through the MCP protocol. The standard open source approach for giving agents a browser, with 33K GitHub stars. Backed by Microsoft and tightly integrated with VS Code and Copilot.

MCP server providing browser automation to LLMs via Playwright using structured accessibility snapshots (not screenshots). Apache-2.0. Latest v0.0.75 (7 May 2026, 65 releases); verified live on GitHub June 2026. Integrates with VS Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop and other MCP clients.

Openness

5 high confidence

5.0

license: Apache-2.0(OSI)
source: public(Microsoft repo)
core-gated: ungated

Fully OSI-licensed Microsoft repo, no open-core split.

https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp recorded 2026-06-04
Apache-2.0 license, v0.0.75 (7 May 2026)

Adoption

4 medium confidence

4.0

@playwright/mcp is a widely distributed npm package and the de facto browser-automation MCP server, shipped/recommended across major MCP clients (VS Code, Cursor, Claude Desktop). npm download page returned HTTP 403 this run so an exact weekly-download figure could not be fetched; level 4 rests on broad multi-client native integration plus 33.5k stars (corroborating, not basis). Confidence medium pending a clean download number.

https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp recorded 2026-06-04
33.5k stars, integration list across VS Code/Cursor/Claude Desktop and many MCP clients

Capability

4 medium confidence

4.0

Deep, broad browser-control surface (the leading agentic browser tool); scored 4 on the scrape/browse feature matrix, strong coverage but no standardized benchmark and not the single category-definer.

https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp recorded 2026-06-04
browser automation feature set via structured snapshots

Unchanged since 2026-07-30 (last edited, not re-checked)