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Playwright
Microsoft's Playwright MCP server. The model drives a browser through the accessibility tree instead of a screenshot-only loop.
- Type
- MCP server
- Author
- Microsoft
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Status
- Official
- Listed
- 2026-11-07
- Package
- @playwright/mcp
Before you use it. The README notes that some coding agents are better served by the Playwright CLI than by this MCP server, because a CLI skill can spend fewer tokens. A browser server can click through sites the user is logged into.
Apache-2.0, from the repository LICENSE.
Documented install
Copied from the upstream README on 2026-11-07. If it disagrees with the repository, trust the repository.
npx @playwright/mcp@latestQuestions
What license covers Playwright?
The catalog records this as Apache-2.0. Apache-2.0, from the repository LICENSE.
Is a raw file mirrored here?
No. The license file was missing, or this is a server rather than a single document we republish. Use the source repository.
What should I check first?
The README notes that some coding agents are better served by the Playwright CLI than by this MCP server, because a CLI skill can spend fewer tokens. A browser server can click through sites the user is logged into.