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.

Addresses

REST API: Not published
MCP server: http://localhost:8931/mcp when started with --port 8931; stdio by default1
OpenAPI spec: Not published
Docs for agents: Not published
Status page: Not published

Install

What	Command
Claude Code	`claude mcp add playwright npx @playwright/mcp@latest`
Codex	`codex mcp add playwright npx "@playwright/mcp@latest"`
VS Code	`code --add-mcp '{"name":"playwright","command":"npx","args":["@playwright/mcp@latest"]}'`
Amp	`amp mcp add playwright -- npx @playwright/mcp@latest`
Factory	`droid mcp add playwright "npx @playwright/mcp@latest"`
Grok	`grok mcp add playwright -- npx @playwright/mcp@latest`
Other MCP clients	Standard config: `{"mcpServers":{"playwright":{"command":"npx","args":["@playwright/mcp@latest"]}}}`
HTTP mode	`npx @playwright/mcp@latest --port 8931`

Source1README

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