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Playwright MCP

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Playwright MCP is an MCP server published by Microsoft; its MCP spec-revision support has not been verified yet. It is the first-party server from Microsoft. Last verified 2026-08-14.

Does Playwright MCP support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?

Undetermined. We have not verified which MCP specification revision Playwright MCP supports (as of 2026-08-14).

Is Playwright MCP a first-party (official) MCP server?

Yes. Playwright MCP is the first-party MCP server published by Microsoft (last verified 2026-08-14).

How do I connect to Playwright MCP?

Playwright MCP is available via the package npm:@playwright/mcp, the official MCP Registry under io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp, the source repository at https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp. Authentication: none. Transports: stdio.

When were Playwright MCP's facts last verified?

2026-08-14. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.

Playwright MCP is Microsoft's MCP server for the Playwright browser automation framework. Its README describes the approach: the server "enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models." Tools cover navigation, input, and inspection of a live browser; one tool, browser_run_code_unsafe, is labeled by the README itself as executing arbitrary JavaScript in the Playwright server process.

The documented way to run it is local: npx @playwright/mcp@latest over stdio, an optional self-hosted HTTP mode behind the --port flag, or the mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/mcp Docker image. Microsoft hosts no public remote endpoint for it. There is no MCP-level authentication; browser sessions carry state through Playwright's storage-state mechanism, and the README states plainly that the server "is not a security boundary."

No Microsoft surface names a supported MCP specification revision. The repository has no changelog file, release notes through v0.0.79 (2026-08-06) describe only tool changes, and the package declares @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.25.2 as a devDependency, which is not evidence of revision support. spec_status is therefore unknown.

The README also steers part of its audience elsewhere: it recommends coding agents use the companion microsoft/playwright-cli project with skills instead of MCP "because CLI invocations are more token-efficient," while keeping MCP for exploratory automation and long-running workflows. The server remains under active development, with releases in August 2026.

How widely adopted is Playwright MCP?

Ranked #2 in The MCP 500 with Adoption Index 97.54 (snapshot , methodology v1).

Measurement Value Source
Official MCP Registry yes API ·
npm downloads (weekly) 6,659,312 API ·
GitHub stars 36,129 API ·
GitHub forks 3,025 API ·
Last push 2026-08-12T20:16:20Z API ·
Repository archived no API ·

How was this verified, and what are the sources?

Verified · method: repo-readme · confidence 0.85 (Good).

  1. Official MCP Registry record io.github.microsoft/playwright-mcp version 0.0.79 - npm package @playwright/mcp, stdio transport, repository microsoft/playwright-mcp, no remote endpoint listed - accessed
  2. microsoft/playwright-mcp README - "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"; run via npx @playwright/mcp@latest over stdio, with an optional self-hosted HTTP mode behind the --port flag and a Docker image at mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/mcp; states "Playwright MCP is not a security boundary"; repo lives in the GitHub-verified microsoft organization and package.json's author field reads Microsoft Corporation - accessed
  3. Playwright MCP releases - latest v0.0.79 published 2026-08-06; release notes are tool-level changes with no spec revision named - accessed
  4. Staleness re-verification via the GitHub API - repository microsoft/playwright-mcp active (pushed 2026-08-12, not archived), latest release v0.0.79 (2026-08-06); entity facts unchanged - accessed