playwright-browser-take-screenshot

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name: playwright-browser-take-screenshot description: "To take a screenshot of a page or element, capture an image for visual verification."

Usage

Use the MCP tool dev-swarm.request to send the payload as a JSON string:

Copy{"server_id":"playwright","tool_name":"browser_take_screenshot","arguments":{}}

Tool Description

Take a screenshot of the current page. You can't perform actions based on the screenshot, use browser_snapshot for actions.

Arguments Schema

The schema below describes the arguments object in the request payload.

Copy{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "png",
        "jpeg"
      ],
      "default": "png",
      "description": "Image format for the screenshot. Default is png."
    },
    "filename": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "File name to save the screenshot to. Defaults to `page-{timestamp}.{png|jpeg}` if not specified. Prefer relative file names to stay within the output directory."
    },
    "element": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to screenshot the element. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If element is provided, ref must be provided too."
    },
    "ref": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Exact target element reference from the page snapshot. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If ref is provided, element must be provided too."
    },
    "fullPage": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "When true, takes a screenshot of the full scrollable page, instead of the currently visible viewport. Cannot be used with element screenshots."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Background Tasks

If the tool returns a task id, poll the task status via the MCP request tool:

Copy{"server_id":"playwright","method":"tasks/status","params":{"task_id":"<task_id>"}}