playwright

The Playwright skill enables users to automate and control a real web browser directly from the terminal using the `playwright-cli` or a bundled wrapper script. It is designed to facilitate tasks such as navigating web pages, filling forms, taking snapshots, capturing screenshots, and extracting data from web interfaces without requiring full test frameworks. By providing a CLI-first approach, this skill simplifies browser automation workflows, making it accessible even when Playwright is not globally installed. Users can reliably interact with elements using snapshots and references, reducing the complexity of managing DOM changes and dynamic web content.

Key features include a wrapper script for seamless CLI usage without a global install, snapshot management for stable element references, and commands for interacting with page elements such as clicking, typing, and pressing keys. The skill supports multi-tab operations, UI flow debugging with traces, and artifact capture like screenshots, PDFs, and traces. Core workflows emphasize opening pages, taking snapshots, interacting with elements, and re-snapshotting after navigation or significant DOM changes to maintain reference consistency. Recommended patterns also guide users in form submissions, debugging, and multi-tab handling.

This skill is ideal for developers, QA engineers, and automation specialists who need to perform browser-based automation from the terminal efficiently. It is particularly useful for rapid prototyping, debugging complex UI flows, and automating repetitive web interactions. Target users benefit from its CLI-first design, the bundled wrapper for simplified setup, and best practice guidance on snapshots and element references, allowing them to maintain reliable automation scripts without diving into full testing frameworks.