Playwright MCP Server

v0.0.1 · by Karlo Medallo · added 3 November 2026

Model Context Protocol Server for Playwright

MCP servers

How to install

With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.

You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for Playwright MCP Server. The extension's id is mcp-server-playwright.

Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.

README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

Playwright MCP Server for Zed

A Zed extension that provides browser automation capabilities through the Playwright MCP server.

This extension wraps the official @playwright/mcp npm package, making all of its tools available in Zed's Agent Panel.

Features

All tools provided by the Playwright MCP server are available, including:

Browser navigation — navigate to URLs, go back/forward, reload
Interaction — click, type, hover, drag, select options, upload files
Accessibility snapshots — structured page snapshots for LLM consumption
Screenshots — full-page or element-level visual captures (vision mode)
Tab management — open, close, and switch between tabs
PDF generation — save pages as PDFs
JavaScript execution — run scripts in the browser console
Network monitoring — intercept and inspect requests
File downloads — trigger and manage downloads

Requirements

Node.js must be installed and available in your PATH

Configuration

All settings are optional. Add them to your Zed settings.json under:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp-server-playwright": {
      "settings": {
        "browser": "chromium",
        "headless": false,
        "vision": false
      }
    }
  }
}

Setting	Type	Description
`browser`	`string`	`"chromium"`, `"firefox"`, `"webkit"`, or `"msedge"`
`headless`	`bool`	Run browser without a visible window
`vision`	`bool`	Use screenshots instead of accessibility snapshots
`device`	`string`	Device to emulate (e.g. `"iPhone 15"`)
`viewport_size`	`string`	Viewport dimensions (e.g. `"1280x720"`)
`user_data_dir`	`string`	Path to browser user data directory
`executable_path`	`string`	Path to a custom browser executable
`cdp_endpoint`	`string`	Chrome DevTools Protocol endpoint
`isolated`	`bool`	Keep browser profile in memory only
`storage_state`	`string`	Path to storage state file (cookies/localStorage)
`ignore_https_errors`	`bool`	Ignore HTTPS certificate errors
`output_dir`	`string`	Directory for output files (PDFs, traces)

License

MIT