playwright-core

No-browser flavor of Playwright for consumers that do not want bundled browser installation behavior.

Parent repository GitHub

Type: npm module
Repository: microsoft/playwright
Readiness: Production-oriented framework with documented testing, library, MCP, CLI, and editor paths
Keywords: 4

Location

Repository path

packages/playwright-core/README.md

Invocation

Use the playwright-core package

Setup

Installation / activation

Imported by applications needing the core package without browsers.

Keywords

playwright-corenpmno-browsercore-library

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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