Build resilient browser automations using Playwright MCP with robust selectors, retries, and deterministic task execution.
Open the source and read safety notes before installing.
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Decision playbook
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Source link availableRequired
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Marked as first-party.
Metadata reviewed
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Validate risk disclosures before installation or API wiring.
Safety notes presentRequired
Review the listed safety guidance before running commands.
Privacy notes presentRequired
Review data handling notes before connecting accounts or secrets.
Trust level risk gateRequired
Trust level does not block evaluation.
Check package metadata and artifact integrity signals.
Install payload available
Install or copy payload is available for review.
Package verification flag
Package marked verified.
Checksum metadata
SHA-256 hash is present.
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Setup at a glance
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Adoption plan
Current risk score 0/100. Use staged verification before broader rollout.
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Confirm source provenanceRequired
Source URL/provenance metadata is present.
Confirm metadata review state
Listing has review metadata.
Verify install payload
Install/config payload exists and can be inspected.
Confirm safety, privacy, and package integrity signals.
Review safety notesRequired
Safety notes are present.
Review privacy notesRequired
Privacy notes are present.
Verify package integrity metadata
Package verification/checksum metadata is available.
Adopt in controlled steps based on the selected plan.
Run in isolated sandbox firstRequired
Use a constrained sandbox and observe behavior across multiple tasks.
Roll out graduallyRequired
Roll out to a small cohort before wider usage.
Set monitoring and fallback
Define rollback path and monitor errors after adoption.
Evidence readiness
Required evidence gates are covered (6/6 signals complete).
Source repository/provenance is listed.
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Review metadata is present.
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Safety notes are present.
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Privacy notes are present.
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Package integrity metadata is present.
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Install payload is available.
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Required evidence gates are covered for this preset.
Decision timeline
6/6 steps complete with no blocking gaps for this preset.
triage
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verify
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verify
Package integrity metadata is available.
rollout
Install payload is available.
No required blockers for this timeline preset.
Prerequisite readiness
3 prerequisites to line up before setup. Have accounts and credentials ready first.
Safety & privacy surface
2 safety and 2 privacy notes across 3 risk areas. Review closely: credentials & tokens.
| Platform | Support | Install path |
|---|---|---|
| claude-code | Native | .claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md |
| codex | Native | .agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md |
| windsurf | Native | .windsurf/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md |
| gemini | Native | .gemini/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md or .agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md |
| cursor | Adapter | .cursor/rules/<skill-name>.mdc |
| cli | Manual | AGENTS.md or tool-specific context file |
# Trigger
"Use the Playwright MCP browser automation engineer skill for this workflow."
# Required output
1) Action graph with checkpoints
2) Stable selector strategy
3) Retry/fallback logic
4) Failure artifact plan (trace, screenshot, logs)This skill turns browser automation requests into deterministic workflows. It emphasizes robust selectors, explicit waits, idempotent actions, and forensic artifacts for fast debugging.
SKILL.md.SKILL.md content as reusable workflow instructions..gemini/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md or .agents/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md where supported..cursor/rules/*.mdc adapter for project rules.Issue: Selectors break after UI updates
Fix: Prefer role/data attributes and maintain fallback selector chains.
Issue: Workflow fails intermittently
Fix: Replace fixed sleeps with condition-based waits and bounded retries.
Issue: Hard to diagnose failures
Fix: Persist trace, screenshot, and action logs per step with correlation IDs.
Treat tooling details as time-sensitive. Re-validate APIs, limits, pricing, auth models, and deployment flags immediately before implementation. If docs conflict with prior memory, follow current official docs and release notes.
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[](https://heyclau.de/entry/skills/playwright-mcp-browser-automation-engineer)Playwright MCP Browser Automation Engineer Skill side by side with 3 alternatives on trust, install, platform support, and disclosed safety notes — all from reviewed registry metadata.
3 trust signals differ across this comparison (Package trust, Source provenance, Submitter).
| Field | Build resilient browser automations using Playwright MCP with robust selectors, retries, and deterministic task execution. Open dossier | Build robust browser automation workflows for AI agents with deterministic selectors, retries, and safe action boundaries. Open dossier | Write and maintain reliable end-to-end tests with Playwright — Microsoft's browser automation library that auto-waits for actionable elements and runs the same suite against Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. Open dossier | Expert skill for reviewing Playwright trace artifacts, screenshots, action timelines, network events, retries, and CI evidence to classify flaky browser test failures without guessing from logs alone. Open dossier |
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| Review status | ReviewedMaintainer reviewed | ReviewedMaintainer reviewed | ReviewedMaintainer reviewed | ReviewedMaintainer reviewed |
| Package trustDiffers | Package verified2026-04-10 | Package verified2026-04-10 | Package verified2025-10-16 | Package not verified |
| Source provenanceDiffers | Source-backed | No submission link | No submission link | Source-backed |
| SubmitterDiffers | — | — | — | JSONbored |
| Install risk | Review first | Low risk | Low risk | Review first |
| Notes | Safety ✓ Privacy ✓ | Safety ✓ Privacy ✓ | Safety ✓ Privacy ✓ | Safety ✓ Privacy ✓ |
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| Category | skills | skills | skills | skills |
| Source | First-party | First-party | First-party | Source-backed |
| Author | JSONbored | JSONbored | JSONbored | JSONbored |
| Added | 2026-04-10 | 2026-04-10 | 2025-10-16 | 2026-06-05 |
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| Safety notes | ✓Can design automation for live browsers, accounts, workflows, or infrastructure; use staging targets and human approval before destructive or account-write actions. Keep API tokens and service credentials least-privileged, and verify generated runbooks before scheduling or unattended execution. | ✓Can design automation for live browsers, accounts, workflows, or infrastructure; use staging targets and human approval before destructive or account-write actions. Keep API tokens and service credentials least-privileged, and verify generated runbooks before scheduling or unattended execution. | ✓`npx playwright install --with-deps` downloads browser binaries (~500 MB for Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit) from Playwright's CDN and on Linux installs system-level packages. Review your network and environment policies before running in restricted infrastructure. Generated tests have full browser-level access to any URL they target. Review test scripts before running them against authenticated sessions or production environments — Playwright can submit forms, click buttons, and make network requests as a real user. | ✓Trace artifacts can include screenshots, DOM text, URLs, request metadata, console output, and application state; review them before sharing publicly. Do not fix a trace-only symptom by adding broad waits, retries, or timeouts unless the trace evidence supports that change. Keep destructive browser actions and production-like credentials out of replayed failure reproduction. |
| Privacy notes | ✓Inputs and outputs can include browser state, account metadata, workflow payloads, infrastructure inventory, logs, and operational screenshots. Redact credentials, session data, customer records, internal hostnames, and private workspace details before sharing prompts or artifacts. | ✓Inputs and outputs can include browser state, account metadata, workflow payloads, infrastructure inventory, logs, and operational screenshots. Redact credentials, session data, customer records, internal hostnames, and private workspace details before sharing prompts or artifacts. | ✓Playwright runs entirely on your local machine. Traces, screenshots, and HTML test reports are written to local disk only and are not uploaded to Microsoft or any external service. Trace files and failure screenshots may capture sensitive content from the application under test (form data, rendered PII, session tokens visible in URLs). Store and rotate these files appropriately. | ✓Playwright traces can expose user names, emails, tokens in URLs, internal hostnames, test data, screenshots, and API payload fragments. Public PR comments should summarize trace evidence without uploading private trace files or pasting sensitive network details. |
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