Does Playwright have an MCP server?

Yes Official

Playwright maintains an official MCP server.

Checked by hand against the vendor's docs on 2026-08-10
Access
Local server
Maintainer
Microsoft
License
Apache-2.0
Language
TypeScript
Stars
38k
Last commit
today

What it does

Playwright MCP server
How microsoft/playwright-mcp describes itself

Project site: www.npmjs.com

The receipts

Official repository microsoft/playwright-mcp

Playwright MCP server

38k stars last push 2026-10-08 Apache-2.0 Active

Connect it

Runs on your machine over stdio, launched by your MCP client.

Add it from the terminal, then restart your session:

terminal
claude mcp add playwright -- npx -y <package-from-readme>

Swap in the exact package and flags from the repo README — most servers need an API key passed as an environment variable.

Add --scope user to make it available in every project.

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Questions

Does Playwright have an official MCP server?

Yes. Playwright maintains an official MCP server. The source lives at microsoft/playwright-mcp on GitHub.

How do I connect Playwright to Claude?

Run the server locally and register it in Claude's MCP config. In Claude Code that's a single "claude mcp add" command; in Claude Desktop you add it to claude_desktop_config.json.

How is this verdict verified?

microsoft/playwright-mcp (~36k stars) is the official Playwright MCP server (npm @playwright/mcp). Seed top_repo was a third-party service. GitHub metadata is refreshed every six hours.

How we know

microsoft/playwright-mcp (~36k stars) is the official Playwright MCP server (npm @playwright/mcp). Seed top_repo was a third-party service.

  • GitHub data refreshed on 2026-10-08, and again every six hours.
  • Vendor docs checked by hand on 2026-08-10.

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