Playwright
microsoft/playwright
Playwright is a framework for web automation and testing. It drives Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API — in your tests, in your scripts, and as a tool for AI agents.
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Better Playwright MCP
livoras/better-playwright-mcp
A high-performance Playwright MCP (Model Context Protocol) server with intelligent DOM compression and content search capabilities for browser automation.
Install
npm install -g better-playwright-mcp3- Author
- @livoras
- Category
- Browser Automation, Developer Tools
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
Features
Full Playwright browser automation via MCP
Client-server architecture with HTTP API
Ref-based element identification system ([ref=e1], [ref=e2], etc.)
Powerful regex-based content search using ripgrep
Persistent browser profiles with Chrome
91%+ DOM compression with intelligent list folding
Semantic HTML snapshots using Playwright's internal APIs
High-performance search with safety limits
Tools (18)
createPage
Create a new browser page with name and description
closePage
Close a specific page
browserClick
Click an element using its ref identifier
browserType
Type text into an element
browserHover
Hover over an element
browserSelectOption
Select options in a dropdown
browserPressKey
Press keyboard keys
browserFileUpload
Upload files to file input
browserHandleDialog
Handle browser dialogs (alert, confirm, prompt)
browserNavigate
Navigate to a URL
browserNavigateBack
Go back to previous page
browserNavigateForward
Go forward to next page
scrollToBottom
Scroll to bottom of page/element
scrollToTop
Scroll to top of page/element
waitForTimeout
Wait for specified milliseconds
waitForSelector
Wait for element to appear
searchSnapshot
Search page content using regex patterns (powered by ripgrep)
screenshot
Take a screenshot (PNG/JPEG)
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