What is playwright-cli?
playwright-cli is a Claude skill by microsoft that automate browser interactions, test web pages and work with Playwright tests. It is listed under Engineering practice and has 14,314 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
|---|---|
| Author | microsoft |
| Repository | microsoft/playwright-cli |
| Popularity | 14,314 GitHub stars |
| Category | Engineering practice |
| Security | Low risk (84/100) |
| Rank | #332 of 1,262 Claude skills; #65 in Engineering practice |
| SKILL.md length | 489 lines |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-14 |
| Stars this week | +337 |
| Installs in the last 24h | 1,100 |
Is playwright-cli safe to install?
playwright-cli scores 84/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 of 9 checks.
Skill results come from a static scan of its SKILL.md for instruction overrides, hidden actions, risky commands and credential access.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No instruction-override phrases | Pass |
| No hidden actions | Pass |
| No pipe-to-shell installers | Pass |
| No obfuscated code | Pass |
| No destructive commands | Pass |
| Reads keys or credentials | Note |
| Makes network requests | Note |
| Runs shell commands | Note |
| Installs packages | Note |
What the scan matched
- credentials:
TOKEN - network:
https:// - shell:
```bash - package install:
npx
How do I install playwright-cli?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli --skill playwright-cli
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli cp -r playwright-cli/skills/playwright-cli ~/.claude/skills/playwright-cli
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the playwright-cli skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs playwright-cli for you:
Install the "playwright-cli" skill from https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli/tree/main/skills/playwright-cli into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.