TIL: Using Playwright MCP with Claude Code. Inspired by Armin ("I personally use only one MCP - I only use Playwright") I decided to figure out how to use the official Playwright MCP server with Claude Code.
It turns out it's easy:
claude mcp add playwright npx '@playwright/mcp@latest'
claude
The claude mcp add command only affects the current directory by default - it gets persisted in the ~/.claude.json file.
Now Claude can use Playwright to automate a Chrome browser! Tell it to "Use playwright mcp to open a browser to example.com" and watch it go - it can navigate pages, submit forms, execute custom JavaScript and take screenshots to feed back into the LLM.
The browser window stays visible which means you can interact with it too, including signing into websites so Claude can act on your behalf.
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