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Agent skill

Playwright CLI

by lexler in lexler/skill-factory

Drive a browser from the terminal with playwright-cli: snapshot the page, then act on elements by ref.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Playwright CLI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lexler/skill-factory --skill playwright-cli -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lexler/skill-factory playwright-cli --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lexler/skill-factory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/output_skills/developer-tools/playwright-cli .claude/skills/playwright-cli && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
playwright-cli
GitHub stars
239
Token cost
~835 tokens
SKILL.md length
251 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
25
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Drive a browser from the terminal with playwright-cli: snapshot the page, then act on elements by ref.

  • Automating browser interactions
  • SKILL.md covers The loop, Targeting elements, Key commands and Inspecting and verifying, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Filling web forms

What it does

Playwright CLI is an agent skill from lexler/skill-factory. Drive a browser from the terminal with playwright-cli: snapshot the page, then act on elements by ref. Use when automating browser interactions, filling web forms, testing UIs, or driving logged-in web apps from the command line.

Its SKILL.md is about 840 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/attaching-to-chrome.md` and `references/full-command-reference.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Browser testing. It works with Playwright. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Automating browser interactions
  • Filling web forms
  • Driving logged-in web apps from the command line

Example prompts

  • “/playwright-cli”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8017333. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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 835 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 251 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~835
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.6k

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 lexler/skill-factory at commit 8017333, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© lexler). 251 words, ~835 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/playwright-cli/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
playwright-cli
description
Drive a browser from the terminal with playwright-cli: snapshot the page, then act on elements by ref. Use when automating browser interactions, filling web forms, testing UIs, or driving logged-in web apps from the command line.

STARTER_CHARACTER = 🎭

playwright-cli

Driving a browser from the shell. Each command prints the executed Playwright code, the page state, and a fresh snapshot.

The loop

Snapshot to see the page, act on an element by its ref, snapshot again.

bash
playwright-cli snapshot          # accessibility tree with [ref=e8] handles
playwright-cli click e8          # act on a ref
playwright-cli snapshot          # confirm the result

Refs are not stable. Any DOM change renumbers them — re-snapshot before acting on a page that just changed. Acting on a stale ref hits the wrong element or none.

For a large page, snapshot a region instead of the whole tree: snapshot e34 or snapshot --depth=4.

Targeting elements

A target is one of three things — a ref, a CSS selector, or a Playwright locator:

bash
playwright-cli click e8
playwright-cli click ".todo-list .toggle"
playwright-cli click "getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' })"
playwright-cli click "getByText('buy milk')"

A bare descriptive phrase is not a target. click "the submit button" is parsed as a CSS selector and fails with "does not match any elements". Prefer refs; reach for getByRole/getByText when a ref won't survive a re-render.

Key commands

bash
playwright-cli goto https://example.com
playwright-cli fill e5 "user@example.com" --submit   # clear, type, then Enter — one step
playwright-cli type "free text into the focused element"
playwright-cli press Enter                            # also: Tab, Escape, ArrowDown
playwright-cli select e9 "option-value"
playwright-cli check e12        # uncheck / hover / dblclick likewise
playwright-cli screenshot       # saves to .playwright-cli/

fill works on React/controlled inputs where raw DOM events don't. After filling, the field must blur before dependent values (totals, validation) update — --submit or a following press Tab does that.

Inspecting and verifying

bash
playwright-cli eval "el => el.getAttribute('data-testid')" e5   # attributes the snapshot hides
playwright-cli console                                          # page console messages
playwright-cli requests                                         # network log, then `request <n>`

--raw strips the wrapper so output pipes, and proves what an action changed:

bash
playwright-cli --raw snapshot > before.yml
playwright-cli click e8
playwright-cli --raw snapshot > after.yml
diff before.yml after.yml

Sessions

open launches a fresh browser; --persistent keeps cookies across runs. To drive an already-running, logged-in browser instead, attach over CDP. See references/attaching-to-chrome.md.

Name parallel browsers with -s=<name> (omit it for the implicit default session). playwright-cli list, close, close-all.

Full command set

The above is the working subset. The CLI ships its own exhaustive reference — tabs, storage, mocking, tracing, video, codegen. See references/full-command-reference.md.

© lexler, Apache-2.0. 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 2 other files (references) in output_skills/developer-tools/playwright-cli of lexler/skill-factory.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/attaching-to-chrome.md
  • references/full-command-reference.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8017333

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Questions about Playwright CLI

What does Playwright CLI do?

Drive a browser from the terminal with playwright-cli: snapshot the page, then act on elements by ref. Playwright CLI is an agent skill from lexler/skill-factory. Drive a browser from the terminal with playwright-cli: snapshot the page, then act on elements by ref.

When should I use Playwright CLI?

Playwright CLI fits situations like: automating browser interactions; filling web forms; driving logged-in web apps from the command line.

How do I install Playwright CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lexler/skill-factory --skill playwright-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (output_skills/developer-tools/playwright-cli in lexler/skill-factory) 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 lexler/skill-factory --skill playwright-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (output_skills/developer-tools/playwright-cli in lexler/skill-factory) 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 lexler/skill-factory --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?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Playwright CLI is instructions for the agent only.

Does Playwright CLI access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. 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 Apache-2.0 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 835 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 729 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: Web Application Testing (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Playwright CLI (sanity-io/sanity, 6.4k stars), playwright-cli Browser Automation (github/gh-aw, 5.3k stars) and Write and Verify Playwright Tests (appsmithorg/appsmith, 41k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Playwright CLI?

lexler (a GitHub user) maintains it in lexler/skill-factory, which has 239 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 26, 2026.

Source: lexler/skill-factory on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.