About

Imported from nickcrew/claude-cortex (skills/playwright/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add nickcrew/claude-cortex --skill playwright. Copyright stays with the author.

Browser Automation with playwright-cli

Name: playwright-cli
Author: nickcrew

Quick start

playwright-cli open https://playwright.dev
playwright-cli click e15
playwright-cli type "page.click"
playwright-cli press Enter

Core workflow

Navigate: playwright-cli open https://example.com
Interact using refs from the snapshot
Re-snapshot after significant changes

Commands

Core

playwright-cli open https://example.com/
playwright-cli close
playwright-cli type "search query"
playwright-cli click e3
playwright-cli dblclick e7
playwright-cli fill e5 "user@example.com"
playwright-cli drag e2 e8
playwright-cli hover e4
playwright-cli select e9 "option-value"
playwright-cli upload ./document.pdf
playwright-cli check e12
playwright-cli uncheck e12
playwright-cli snapshot
playwright-cli snapshot --filename=after-click.yaml
playwright-cli eval "document.title"
playwright-cli eval "el => el.textContent" e5
playwright-cli dialog-accept
playwright-cli dialog-accept "confirmation text"
playwright-cli dialog-dismiss
playwright-cli resize 1920 1080

Navigation

playwright-cli go-back
playwright-cli go-forward
playwright-cli reload

Keyboard

playwright-cli press Enter
playwright-cli press ArrowDown
playwright-cli keydown Shift
playwright-cli keyup Shift

Mouse

playwright-cli mousemove 150 300
playwright-cli mousedown
playwright-cli mousedown right
playwright-cli mouseup
playwright-cli mouseup right
playwright-cli mousewheel 0 100

Save as

playwright-cli screenshot
playwright-cli screenshot e5
playwright-cli screenshot --filename=page.png
playwright-cli pdf --filename=page.pdf

Tabs

playwright-cli tab-list
playwright-cli tab-new
playwright-cli tab-new https://example.com/page
playwright-cli tab-close
playwright-cli tab-close 2
playwright-cli tab-select 0

Storage

playwright-cli state-save
playwright-cli state-save auth.json
playwright-cli state-load auth.json

# Cookies
playwright-cli cookie-list
playwright-cli cookie-list --domain=example.com
playwright-cli cookie-get session_id
playwright-cli cookie-set session_id abc123
playwright-cli cookie-set session_id abc123 --domain=example.com --httpOnly --secure
playwright-cli cookie-delete session_id
playwright-cli cookie-clear

# LocalStorage
playwright-cli localstorage-list
playwright-cli localstorage-get theme
playwright-cli localstorage-set theme dark
playwright-cli localstorage-delete theme
playwright-cli localstorage-clear

# SessionStorage
playwright-cli sessionstorage-list
playwright-cli sessionstorage-get step
playwright-cli sessionstorage-set step 3
playwright-cli sessionstorage-delete step
playwright-cli sessionstorage-clear

Network

playwright-cli route "**/*.jpg" --status=404
playwright-cli route "https://api.example.com/**" --body='{"mock": true}'
playwright-cli route-list
playwright-cli unroute "**/*.jpg"
playwright-cli unroute

DevTools

playwright-cli console
playwright-cli console warning
playwright-cli network
playwright-cli run-code "async page => await page.context().grantPermissions(['geolocation'])"
playwright-cli tracing-start
playwright-cli tracing-stop
playwright-cli video-start
playwright-cli video-stop video.webm

Install

playwright-cli install-browser
playwright-cli install-skills

Configuration

# Use specific browser when creating session
playwright-cli open --browser=chrome
playwright-cli open --browser=firefox
playwright-cli open --browser=webkit
playwright-cli open --browser=msedge
# Connect to browser via extension
playwright-cli open --extension

# Configure the session
playwright-cli config --config my-config.json
playwright-cli config --headed --in-memory --browser=firefox
# Configure named session
playwright-cli --session=mysession config my-config.json
# Start with configured session
playwright-cli open --config=my-config.json

Sessions

playwright-cli --session=mysession open example.com
playwright-cli --session=mysession click e6
playwright-cli session-list
playwright-cli session-stop mysession
playwright-cli session-restart mysession
playwright-cli session-stop-all
playwright-cli session-delete
playwright-cli session-delete mysession

Example: 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

Example: 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

Example: 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 open https://example.com
playwright-cli tracing-start
playwright-cli click e4
playwright-cli fill e7 "test"
playwright-cli tracing-stop

Specific tasks

Request mocking references/request-mocking.md
Running Playwright code references/running-code.md
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

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/nickcrew-claude-cortex-playwright/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

nickcrew-claude-cortex-playwright.ocm.jsonjson

{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "nickcrew-claude-cortex-playwright",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "playwright-cli",
  "description": "Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction. Use when the user needs to navigate websites, interact with web pages, fill forms, take screenshots, test web applications, or extract information from web pages.",
  "publisher": "nickcrew",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "general"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "playwright",
      "browser-automation",
      "web-testing",
      "form-filling",
      "cli",
      "playwright-cli",
      "skills-sh"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ]
  },
  "quality_prior": 0.6,
  "examples": [
    "Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction. Use when the user needs to navigate websites, interact with web pages, fill forms, take screenshots, test web applications, or extract information from web pages."
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "skills.sh",
      "repository": "https://github.com/nickcrew/claude-cortex",
      "path": "skills/playwright/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "url": "https://github.com/nickcrew/claude-cortex/blob/HEAD/skills/playwright/SKILL.md",
      "key": "nickcrew/claude-cortex/skills/playwright/SKILL.md"
    },
    "allowed_tools": [
      "Bash(playwright-cli:*)"
    ]
  },
  "instructions": "# Browser Automation with playwright-cli\n\n## Quick start\n\n```bash\nplaywright-cli open https://playwright.dev\nplaywright-cli click e15\nplaywright-cli type \"page.click\"\nplaywright-cli press Enter\n```\n\n## Core workflow\n\n1. Navigate: `playwright-cli open https://example.com`\n2. Interact using refs from the snapshot\n3. Re-snapshot after significant changes\n\n## Commands\n\n### Core\n\n```bash\nplaywright-cli open https://example.com/\nplaywright-cli close\nplaywright-cli type \"search query\"\nplaywright-cli click e3\nplaywright-cli dblclick e7\nplaywright-cli fill e5 \"user@example.com\"\nplaywright-cli drag e2 e",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 1423
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/nickcrew-claude-cortex-playwright/manifest?version=1.0.0

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