Playwright Chrome Extension

Connects Playwright MCP to approved tabs in an existing Chrome-family profile, preserving cookies, sessions, and login state.

Parent repository GitHub

Type: browser extension
Repository: microsoft/playwright
Readiness: Production-oriented framework with documented testing, library, MCP, CLI, and editor paths
Keywords: 7

Location

Repository path

packages/extension/README.md

Invocation

Install from Chrome Web Store; run @playwright/mcp@latest with --extension

Setup

Installation / activation

First connection prompts for tab selection and approval; an optional profile token enables automatic approval.

Keywords

chrome-extensionmcpexisting-browsercookiessessionstab-groupsauthentication

Repository context

microsoft/playwright

Apache-2.0 cross-browser web testing and automation framework for Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit that relates to Claude Code through a documented Playwright MCP setup and a separately hosted agent-oriented CLI with optional skills; this repository primarily supplies the underlying test runner, library, browser engine, and Chrome extension rather than a native Claude Code plugin.

Web testingBrowser automationEnd-to-end testingAI agent toolingCross-browser compatibilityAccessibility-driven automationWeb scrapingVisual debugging

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