CLI for agents
Playwright CLI
Playwright command-line interface shipped with skills, aimed at coding agents that prefer concise CLI calls over large MCP tool schemas.
Why it is useful
Lower token cost than the MCP server for agents that only need a few browser actions per task.
Facts
- Kind
- CLI for agents
- Source
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli
- Repository
- microsoft/playwright-cli
- Author
- Microsoft
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Works with
- claude-code, codex, cursor
- Added
- 2026-11-04
- Last verified
- 2026-11-04 via git ls-remote (HEAD db2a0fad3a)
- Found via
- seed
Tags
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