playwright-cli Browser Automation
github/gh-aw
Drives a real browser from the command line with playwright-cli to open pages, interact, mock requests, save state and work with Playwright tests.
Automate browser interactions and inspect or test web pages through Playwright commands.
Install Playwright CLI
$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research playwright-cli --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/playwright-cli .claude/skills/playwright-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "playwright-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/playwright-cli into .claude/skills/playwright-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "playwright-cli", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/playwright-cliType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research playwright-cli --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/playwright-cli .agents/skills/playwright-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "playwright-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/playwright-cli into .agents/skills/playwright-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "playwright-cli", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research playwright-cli --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/playwright-cli .cursor/skills/playwright-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "playwright-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/playwright-cli into .cursor/skills/playwright-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "playwright-cli", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git --path skills/playwright-cli--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research playwright-cli --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/playwright-cli .gemini/skills/playwright-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "playwright-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/playwright-cli into .gemini/skills/playwright-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "playwright-cli", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research playwright-cliInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/playwright-cli .github/skills/playwright-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "playwright-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/playwright-cli into .github/skills/playwright-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "playwright-cli", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research playwright-cli --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/playwright-cli .opencode/skills/playwright-cli && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "playwright-cli" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/playwright-cli into .opencode/skills/playwright-cli/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "playwright-cli", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
playwright-cli- GitHub stars
- 146
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 208 words
- Files
- 11 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 83
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Automate browser interactions and inspect or test web pages through Playwright commands.
- The task requires deterministic browser navigation
- SKILL.md covers Quick start, Commands, Snapshots and Targeting elements, plus 6 more sections
- Calls npx and npm; reaches playwright.dev
- Playwright-test work
What it does
Playwright CLI is an agent skill from flonat/flonat-research. Automate browser interactions and inspect or test web pages through Playwright commands. Use when the task requires deterministic browser navigation, screenshots, selectors, or Playwright-test work. For a full local-webapp test workflow, use $webapp-testing.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 11 other files, including reference files (for example `references/commands.md`, `references/element-attributes.md` and `references/playwright-tests.md`).
It sits in Testing & QA, covering Browser testing and Browser automation. It works with Playwright. The repository describes itself as: Shareable Claude Code + Codex infrastructure for PhD researchers — skills, agents, hooks, and rules for academic workflows. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The task requires deterministic browser navigation
- Playwright-test work
Example prompts
- “/playwright-cli”
Requirements
- Python 3
- Node.js
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(playwright-cli:*), Bash(npx:*), Bash(npm:*)
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit da27600. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
Bash(playwright-cli:*)Bash(npx:*)Bash(npm:*)
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
npxnpm
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
playwright.dev
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Playwright CLI loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~10k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 208 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from flonat/flonat-research at commit da27600, republished under its MIT licence (© flonat). 208 words, ~1,359 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/playwright-cli/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 10 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- playwright-cli
- description
- Automate browser interactions and inspect or test web pages through Playwright commands. Use when the task requires deterministic browser navigation, screenshots, selectors, or Playwright-test work. For a full local-webapp test workflow, use $webapp-testing.
- allowed-tools
- Bash(playwright-cli:*), Bash(npx:*), Bash(npm:*)
- skill-dependencies
- webapp-testing
Browser Automation with playwright-cli
Use this skill for ad-hoc browser navigation, inspection, and interaction using
CLI snapshots. When a local application needs managed server startup, custom
Python assertions, or a repeatable Python test script, use $webapp-testing.
Quick start
# open new browser
playwright-cli open
# navigate to a page
playwright-cli goto https://playwright.dev
# interact with the page using refs from the snapshot
playwright-cli click e15
playwright-cli type "page.click"
playwright-cli press Enter
# take a screenshot (rarely used, as snapshot is more common)
playwright-cli screenshot
# close the browser
playwright-cli closeCommands
See references/commands.md for the complete catalogue of all commands organized by category: Core, Navigation, Keyboard, Mouse, Save as, Tabs, Storage (Cookies/LocalStorage/SessionStorage), Network, DevTools, Open Parameters, Browser Sessions, and Raw Output Mode.
Snapshots
After each command, playwright-cli provides a snapshot of the current browser state.
> playwright-cli goto https://example.com
### Page
- Page URL: https://example.com/
- Page Title: Example Domain
### Snapshot
[Snapshot](.playwright-cli/page-2026-02-14T19-22-42-679Z.yml)You can also take a snapshot on demand using playwright-cli snapshot command. All the options below can be combined as needed.
# default - save to a file with timestamp-based name
playwright-cli snapshot
# save to file, use when snapshot is a part of the workflow result
playwright-cli snapshot --filename=after-click.yaml
# snapshot an element instead of the whole page
playwright-cli snapshot "#main"
# limit snapshot depth for efficiency, take a partial snapshot afterwards
playwright-cli snapshot --depth=4
playwright-cli snapshot e34Targeting elements
By default, use refs from the snapshot to interact with page elements.
# get snapshot with refs
playwright-cli snapshot
# interact using a ref
playwright-cli click e15You can also use css selectors or Playwright locators.
# css selector
playwright-cli click "#main > button.submit"
# role locator
playwright-cli click "getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' })"
# test id
playwright-cli click "getByTestId('submit-button')"Browser Sessions
# create new browser session named "mysession" with persistent profile
playwright-cli -s=mysession open example.com --persistent
# same with manually specified profile directory (use when requested explicitly)
playwright-cli -s=mysession open example.com --profile=/path/to/profile
playwright-cli -s=mysession click e6
playwright-cli -s=mysession close # stop a named browser
playwright-cli -s=mysession delete-data # delete user data for persistent session
playwright-cli list
# Close all browsers
playwright-cli close-all
# Forcefully kill all browser processes
playwright-cli kill-allInstallation
If global playwright-cli command is not available, try a local version via npx playwright-cli:
npx --no-install playwright-cli --versionWhen local version is available, use npx playwright-cli in all commands. Otherwise, install playwright-cli as a global command:
npm install -g @playwright/cli@latestExample: Form submission
playwright-cli open https://example.com/form
playwright-cli snapshot
playwright-cli fill e1 "user@example.com"
playwright-cli fill e2 "password123"
playwright-cli click e3
playwright-cli snapshot
playwright-cli closeExample: Multi-tab workflow
playwright-cli open https://example.com
playwright-cli tab-new https://example.com/other
playwright-cli tab-list
playwright-cli tab-select 0
playwright-cli snapshot
playwright-cli closeExample: Debugging with DevTools
playwright-cli open https://example.com
playwright-cli click e4
playwright-cli fill e7 "test"
playwright-cli console
playwright-cli network
playwright-cli closeplaywright-cli open https://example.com
playwright-cli tracing-start
playwright-cli click e4
playwright-cli fill e7 "test"
playwright-cli tracing-stop
playwright-cli closeSpecific tasks
- Running and Debugging Playwright tests references/playwright-tests.md
- Request mocking references/request-mocking.md
- Running Playwright code references/running-code.md
- Browser session management references/session-management.md
- Storage state (cookies, localStorage) references/storage-state.md
- Test generation references/test-generation.md
- Tracing references/tracing.md
- Video recording references/video-recording.md
- Inspecting element attributes references/element-attributes.md
© flonat, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 10 other files (references) in skills/playwright-cli of flonat/flonat-research.
- SKILL.md
- references/commands.md
- references/element-attributes.md
- references/playwright-tests.md
- references/request-mocking.md
- references/running-code.md
- references/session-management.md
- references/storage-state.md
- references/test-generation.md
- references/tracing.md
- references/video-recording.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit da27600
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Questions about Playwright CLI
What does Playwright CLI do?
Automate browser interactions and inspect or test web pages through Playwright commands. Playwright CLI is an agent skill from flonat/flonat-research. Automate browser interactions and inspect or test web pages through Playwright commands.
When should I use Playwright CLI?
Playwright CLI fits situations like: the task requires deterministic browser navigation; playwright-test work.
How do I install Playwright CLI in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/playwright-cli in flonat/flonat-research) into .claude/skills/playwright-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Playwright CLI in Codex?
Run `npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/playwright-cli in flonat/flonat-research) into .agents/skills/playwright-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Playwright CLI in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill playwright-cli -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/playwright-cli, .gemini/skills/playwright-cli, .github/skills/playwright-cli and .opencode/skills/playwright-cli in your project.
What does Playwright CLI need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Playwright CLI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx and npm). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(playwright-cli:*), Bash(npx:*), Bash(npm:*).
Does Playwright CLI access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: playwright.dev; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Playwright CLI safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Playwright CLI use?
Playwright CLI is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Playwright CLI use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 8.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Playwright CLI?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Playwright CLI: playwright-cli Browser Automation (github/gh-aw, 5.4k stars), Playwright Skill (lackeyjb/playwright-skill, 3.2k stars), Playwright CLI (testdino-hq/playwright-skill, 390 stars) and Playwright Bot Bypass (greekr4/playwright-bot-bypass, 201 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Playwright CLI?
flonat (a GitHub user) maintains it in flonat/flonat-research, which has 146 GitHub stars. The repository holds 83 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.
Source: flonat/flonat-research on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.