playwright

Installing Playwright MCP for Claude Code

• Tutorial Minute 10:30

Quick Installation

Run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add playwright -s user -- npx -y @playwright/mcp@latest

What the flags mean:

• playwright – name for the MCP server
• s user – scope is "user", meaning it's available across all your projects globally
• - – separator indicating everything after is the command to run
• npx -y @playwright/mcp@latest – runs the official Microsoft Playwright MCP server

Alternative scopes:

• s local – only available in current directory
• s project – available across related project directories

Verifying Installation

After installation, verify it's working: