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Cowork QA MCP Server

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Cowork QA runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 28 installs a week from npm. Last commit 6 May 2026.

Goal-driven Playwright browser sessions for LLMs, with full action traces and aria-snapshots.

Installs per day peak 23 · avg 5 · -10% w/w
a month agotoday
28
Installs / week
npm · cowork-qa-mcp
0
Stars
0 open issues
6 May 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
JavaScript

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs a command on install [пакет] package.json:1
postinstall: playwright install chromium

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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 cowork-qa -- npx -y cowork-qa-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cowork-qa": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cowork-qa-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cowork-qa]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "cowork-qa-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cowork-qa": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cowork-qa-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cowork-qa": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "cowork-qa-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: COWORK_QA_HEADED (Set to '1' to launch Chromium with a visible window instead of headless.), COWORK_QA_DATA (Directory where session traces (<session-id>.json) are written. Defaults to <cwd>/.cowork-qa.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Cowork QA — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Cowork QA?
Cowork QA 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 cowork-qa-mcp was installed 28 times last week.
How do I connect Cowork QA?
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 cowork-qa-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Cowork QA?
The npm package cowork-qa-mcp was installed 28 times in the last week. Week over week that is -10%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Cowork QA open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript 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.