Kotelberg playwright mcp server

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This project is a server that provides Playwright web page content retrieval functionality using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

• Page navigation
• Full page content retrieval
• Visible content retrieval
• Interactive elements detection
• Mouse operation simulation
• Echo functionality for testing

To install Playwright MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @showfive/playwright-mcp-server --client claude

npm install

npm run build
npm start

The following tools are available:

1. navigate

   • Navigate to a specified URL
   • Arguments: { url: string }
   • Returns: Navigation result

2. get_all_content

   • Retrieve content from the entire page
   • Arguments: None
   • Returns: All text content from the page

3. get_visible_content

   • Retrieve currently visible content
   • Arguments: { minVisiblePercentage?: number }
   • Returns: Visible text content

4. get_interactive_elements

   • Get position information of interactive elements (buttons, links, etc.) on the page
   • Arguments: None
   • Returns: Coordinates and boundary information of interactive elements

5. move_mouse

   • Move mouse cursor to specified coordinates
   • Arguments: { x: number, y: number }
   • Returns: Operation result

6. mouse_click

   • Execute mouse click at specified coordinates
   • Arguments: { x: number, y: number, button?: "left" | "right" | "middle", clickCount?: number }
   • Returns: Click operation result

7. mouse_wheel

   • Execute mouse wheel scrolling
   • Arguments: { deltaY: number, deltaX?: number }
   • Returns: Scroll operation result

8. drag_and_drop

   • Execute drag and drop operation
   • Arguments: { sourceX: number, sourceY: number, targetX: number, targetY: number }
   • Returns: Drag and drop operation result

9. echo

   • Echo tool for testing
   • Arguments: { message: string }
   • Returns: Sent message

# Run all tests
npm test

# Run tests in watch mode
npm run test:watch

# Generate coverage report
npm run test:coverage

• tools/*.test.ts: Function tests for each tool
• mcp-server.test.ts: MCP server function tests

1. Content Retrieval

   • Full page content retrieval
   • Visible content only retrieval
   • Proper HTML parsing

2. Interaction

   • Detection and position information retrieval of interactive elements
   • Mouse operation simulation (movement, clicks, scrolling)
   • Drag and drop support

3. Error Handling

   • Proper navigation error handling
   • Timeout processing
   • Invalid URL detection

4. Configuration Flexibility

   • Headless/head mode selection
   • Custom user agent
   • Viewport size settings

• Ensure necessary environment variables are set before using the MCP server
• Follow the terms of service of target websites when retrieving web page content
• Maintain appropriate intervals when sending multiple requests
• When performing mouse operations, maintain appropriate intervals as they simulate actual user interactions

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