Is Playwright Mcp safe to use?

Playwright Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.

How do I install Playwright Mcp?

Playwright Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Playwright Mcp do?

Playwright Mcp provides 21 tools: browser_close, browser_resize, browser_console_messages, browser_handle_dialog, browser_evaluate and 16 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Playwright Mcp?

Playwright Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is Playwright Mcp actively maintained?

Playwright Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 1 day ago. It has 36,381 GitHub stars.

Playwright MCP

Name: Playwright MCP
Author: microsoft

Official

@playwright/mcp · by microsoft

Playwright MCP server

36.4k 5.6M/wk 21 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

Apache-2.0 license

Actively maintained

Last commit 1d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

21 tools · ~3.6k tok

Grade C · 1.8% of 200K ctx

MCPpedia last refreshed this data 7h ago

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Playwright MCP is an MCP server that playwright MCP server. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio, sse and http, requires no API key, and scores 89/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

Browser Developer Tools

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Playwright Mcp does

An MCP server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. It enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots without needing screenshots or vision models. Fast, lightweight, and deterministic.

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This server supports HTTP transport. Be the first to test it — help the community know if it works.

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89/100across 5 weighted dimensions

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1 fixed

CVE-2025-9611high · fixed

Microsoft Playwright MCP Server vulnerable to DNS Rebinding Attack; Allows Attackers Access to All Server Tools

Microsoft Playwright MCP Server versions prior to 0.0.40 fails to validate the Origin header on incoming connections. This allows an attacker to perform a DNS rebinding attack via a victim’s web browser and send unauthorized requests to a locally running MCP server, resulting in unintended invocation of MCP tool endpoints.

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 0.0.40source →

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Tools (21)

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~3.6k tokens total

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Is Playwright Mcp safe to use?: Playwright Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Playwright Mcp?: Playwright Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Playwright Mcp do?: Playwright Mcp provides 21 tools: browser_close, browser_resize, browser_console_messages, browser_handle_dialog, browser_evaluate and 16 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Playwright Mcp?: Playwright Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Playwright Mcp actively maintained?: Playwright Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 1 day ago. It has 36,381 GitHub stars.

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Browser Developer Tools

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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What Playwright Mcp does

Test This Server

This server supports HTTP transport. Be the first to test it — help the community know if it works.

README

Playwright MCP

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, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models.

Playwright MCP vs Playwright CLI

This package provides MCP interface into Playwright. If you are using a coding agent, you might benefit from using the CLI+SKILLS instead.

CLI: Modern coding agents increasingly favor CLI–based workflows exposed as SKILLs over MCP because CLI invocations are more token-efficient: they avoid loading large tool schemas and verbose accessibility trees into the model context, allowing agents to act through concise, purpose-built commands. This makes CLI + SKILLs better suited for high-throughput coding agents that must balance browser automation with large codebases, tests, and reasoning within limited context windows.
Learn more about Playwright CLI with SKILLS.
MCP: MCP remains relevant for specialized agentic loops that benefit from persistent state, rich introspection, and iterative reasoning over page structure, such as exploratory automation, self-healing tests, or long-running autonomous workflows where maintaining continuous browser context outweighs token cost concerns.

Key Features

Fast and lightweight. Uses Playwright's accessibility tree, not pixel-based input.
LLM-friendly. No vision models needed, operates purely on structured data.
Deterministic tool application. Avoids ambiguity common with screenshot-based approaches.

Requirements

Node.js 18 or newer
VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop, Goose, Grok, Junie or any other MCP client

Getting started

First, install the Playwright MCP server with your client.

Standard config works in most of the tools:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Amp

Add via the Amp VS Code extension settings screen or by updating your settings.json file:

"amp.mcpServers": {
  "playwright": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "@playwright/mcp@latest"
    ]
  }
}

Amp CLI Setup:

Add via the amp mcp add command below

amp mcp add playwright -- npx @playwright/mcp@latest

Antigravity

Add via the Antigravity settings or by updating your configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Use the Claude Code CLI to add the Playwright MCP server:

claude mcp add playwright npx @playwright/mcp@latest

Claude Desktop

Follow the MCP install guide, use the standard config above.

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Scored, not listed

Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

89/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−11

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

1 fixed

CVE-2025-9611high · fixed

Microsoft Playwright MCP Server vulnerable to DNS Rebinding Attack; Allows Attackers Access to All Server Tools

Affected: >= 0Fixed in 0.0.40source →

Inventory

Tools (21)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~3.6k tokens total

Community

Reviews

Be the first to review

Have you used this server?

Share your experience — it helps other developers decide.

How easy was setup?Did it work reliably?How was the documentation?

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Playwright Mcp safe to use?: Playwright Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under Apache-2.0.
How do I install Playwright Mcp?: Playwright Mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Playwright Mcp do?: Playwright Mcp provides 21 tools: browser_close, browser_resize, browser_console_messages, browser_handle_dialog, browser_evaluate and 16 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Playwright Mcp?: Playwright Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is Playwright Mcp actively maintained?: Playwright Mcp is actively maintained — last commit was 1 day ago. It has 36,381 GitHub stars.