Drive a browser

Playwright MCP

Open-source MCP server that lets an agent drive a local browser through page accessibility snapshots, returning page state as text.

Your data

Data location
On your machine; the profile is stored in a local cache folder1
Retention
Profile persists until you delete it1
Used for training
Not published
Zero data retention
Not published

Compliance

Certifications
Not published
HIPAA
Not published
Security boundary
Not a security boundary1

Read from Microsoft’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/drive-a-browser/playwright-mcp.md