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name: playwright-example description: Browser automation skill for web testing, scraping, and interaction. Use for end-to-end testing, screenshots, and browser automation tasks. argument-hint: describe what you want to do (e.g., "take a screenshot of homepage", "test login flow", "fill out a form") mcp: playwright: command: ["npx", "-y", "@playwright/mcp@latest"]

Playwright Browser Automation

This skill provides browser automation capabilities via the Playwright MCP server.

Available Operations

The Playwright MCP provides tools for:

• Navigation: Navigate to URLs, go back/forward, reload pages
• Screenshots: Capture full page or element screenshots
• Interactions: Click, type, select, hover, and other user interactions
• Forms: Fill out forms, submit data, handle file uploads
• Assertions: Wait for elements, check visibility, verify content
• Scraping: Extract text, attributes, and data from pages

Usage Guidelines

1. End-to-End Testing:

   • Automate user flows and verify functionality
   • Test authentication flows
   • Validate form submissions

2. Screenshots & Visual Testing:

   • Capture screenshots for documentation
   • Compare visual states before/after changes
   • Debug UI issues

3. Web Scraping:

   • Extract data from web pages
   • Navigate through paginated content
   • Handle dynamic content loading

4. Form Automation:

   • Fill and submit forms
   • Handle multi-step wizards
   • Test validation behavior

Example Tasks

• "Navigate to the login page and take a screenshot"
• "Fill out the registration form with test data"
• "Click the submit button and wait for the success message"
• "Extract all product names from the catalog page"
• "Test the checkout flow from cart to confirmation"
• "Take a screenshot of the dashboard after logging in"