How to Install Playwright MCP in Claude Desktop
Powerful browser automation with multi-browser support, screenshots, and test recording
What Playwright MCP does
The official Microsoft Playwright integration for MCP — more powerful than Puppeteer with support for Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. Perfect for complex browser automation, UI testing, and sophisticated web interactions. Features: - Multi-browser support: Chromium, Firefox, Safari (WebKit) - Page screenshots and PDF generation - Element interaction: click, type, select, drag - Network interception and request mocking - Cookie and storage state management - Record and replay user interactions - Wait for network idle, elements, and custom conditions - Mobile device emulation Playwright MCP is the preferred choice for teams already using Playwright for testing, or for complex browser automation workflows that require Firefox/WebKit support. The larger browser support matrix and richer API make it the professional choice for production browser automation. Note: Requires Node.js 18+. On first run, Playwright automatically downloads required browser binaries (~150MB).
Installation steps
- 1Copy the config below
- 2Open claude_desktop_config.json
- 3Paste inside "mcpServers": {}
- 4Restart Claude Desktop
Configuration
File location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"playwrightMcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@playwright/mcp@latest"
]
}
}Install in other clients
For maintainers
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