Browsing With Playwright

This is full browser automation via Playwright MCP, not just fetching HTML. You get all the tools for real web interaction: navigate pages, click buttons, fill forms, take screenshots, extract data. The important bit is the shared browser context flag, which keeps state across multiple script calls so you're not starting fresh every time. Use it when you need to actually interact with a page like filling out multi-step forms or scraping dynamic content. For static pages, just use curl. The workflow docs are solid, showing form submission and data extraction patterns. One catch: you need to get element refs from snapshots before interacting, so there's always a two-step dance of snapshot then action.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add bilalmk/todo_correct --skill browsing-with-playwright --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Browser Automation

Automate browser interactions via Playwright MCP server.

Server Lifecycle

Start Server

# Using helper script (recommended)
bash scripts/start-server.sh

# Or manually
npx @playwright/mcp@latest --port 8808 --shared-browser-context &

Stop Server

# Using helper script (closes browser first)
bash scripts/stop-server.sh

# Or manually
python3 scripts/mcp-client.py call -u http://localhost:8808 -t browser_close -p '{}'
pkill -f "@playwright/mcp"

When to Stop

End of task: Stop when browser work is complete
Long sessions: Keep running if doing multiple browser tasks
Errors: Stop and restart if browser becomes unresponsive

Important: The --shared-browser-context flag is required to maintain browser state across multiple mcp-client.py calls. Without it, each call gets a fresh browser context.

Quick Reference

Navigation

# Go to URL
python3 scripts/mcp-client.py call -u http://localhost:8808 -t browser_navigate \
  -p '{"url": "https://example.com"}'

# Go back

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Details

Repository: github.com/bilalmk/todo_correct
Categories: Testing & QA, AI & Agent Building, Automation & Workflows, Design & UI/UX