With all the MCP hype, we went ahead and built an MCP server for Playwright. Ours is snapshot-based, which makes it faster and more reliable! You can opt into the visual mode too. Have fun! 🚀 #Playwright #MCP
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Playwright
@playwrightweb
Playwright is an automation library for cross-browser end-to-end testing by @Microsoft. Available in JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java and .NET.
Joined May 2020
- Playwright MCP: A way for AI agents to control browsers without screenshots or vision models. See a live demo of an AI agent navigating GitHub and starring a repo! youtu.be/2716IUeCIQo?si… #PlaywrightMCP #AI #DevTools
- 🚀 Playwright Agents are here! (Playwright v1.56) 🤖 Planner → generates test plans 🛠️ Generator → generates runnable tests 🩹 Healer → debugs & fixes failing tests Try it out: npx playwright init-agents --loop=vscode/claude/opencode
- Playwright 1.32 is out! 📣 Introducing UI Mode (preview) UI Mode = Watch mode + Time-travel debugging Watch the overview:
- Use Playwright MCP with GitHub Copilot to generate real Playwright tests using natural language.
- Playwright 1.40 is out! 🤖 Test Generator Updates 👀 You can now Generate Assertions 🎉 Watch the release video to see it in action: youtu.be/mn892dV81_8
- Playwright 1.39 is out! 📦 Box Test Steps 🛠️ Custom Matchers ⛙ Merge Test Fixtures and Assertions Watch the release video:
- Playwright v1.44 is out! 👁️ VS Code Extension UI updates ✅ Accessibility assertions ❌ Run last failed tests via CLI 🖼 Locator handler with new options 🍪 Clear cookies options Watch the overview:
- Playwright 1.38 is out! 🌈 UI Mode Update 📚 Form-filling Update 🤿 Miscellaneous Watch the release video:
- What's new in Playwright v1.52 & v1.53 🤖 Fix with AI 🖼️ describe() a locator ➕ Title in HTML Report 👁️ toContainClass 📷 Aria Snapshots supports children and url ▶️ Test runner updates
- Playwright 1.35 is out! 🌈 Live Traces in VSCode 🏷️ Network Annotations 🖍️ Mask color 📺 UI Mode in a tab 🧹 npx playwright uninstall Watch the overview:
- Playwright 1.48 is out! 🤖 WebSocket Routing 👁️ UI Mode Network Tab Improvements Watch the release video:
- 🚀 Playwright 1.51 is here! Smarter debugging, enhanced reports & more! ✅ AI-friendly Copy Prompt for debugging 🪪 Git info in HTML reports 🔥 Firebase auth support (IndexedDB) 👁 Match only visible locators 🪜 Test step updates 📷 ARIA snapshot updates
- Playwright v1.19 is out! ⭐️ new VSCode extension ☁️ soft assertions 📝 custom expect messages 🐎 parallel mode for the whole file 📦 “has” locator option Watch our overview:
