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Playwright MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 45 installs a week from npm. Last commit 14 Nov 2025.

Playwright Tools for MCP

Installs per day peak 11 · avg 4 · +422% w/w
a month agotoday
45
Installs / week
npm · @dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
14 Nov 2025
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 18 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

Builds a database query by concatenation .github/workflows/publish.yml:38
      - name: Update package.json version
        run: |
          npm version ${{ steps.canary-version.outputs.version }} --no-git-tag-version

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Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Playwright MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add playwright-mcp -- npx -y @dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.playwright-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: YOUR_API_KEY (Your API key for the service). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Playwright MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Playwright MCP?
Playwright MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp was installed 45 times last week.
How do I connect Playwright MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Playwright MCP?
The npm package @dinesh-nalla-se/playwright-mcp was installed 45 times in the last week. Week over week that is +422%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Playwright MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.