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Playwright Cloud Browsers MCP server

Name: Playwright Cloud Browsers
Author: microsoft.com

com.microsoft · Updated 2d ago

Managed Playwright cloud browsers for scalable browser automation and AI agent workflows

At a glance

Playwright Cloud Browsers is an MCP server in the Web & Search category. It is hosted remotely and connects over HTTP, and declares no required credentials. It scores B (75/100) on the MCP Skills Hub health score as of Oct 28, 2026.

Source 15

One-click install

VS Code VS Code Insiders Cursor

Opens your editor and pre-fills the config. Your editor will ask before adding it.

How to install Playwright Cloud Browsers in your AI client

Setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Cline and VS Code — copy-paste ready.

How to install Playwright Cloud Browsers in Claude CodeAnthropic's agentic CLI

Add the server

bash

claude mcp add --transport http playwright-cloud-browsers https://{region}.mcp.playwright.microsoft.com/playwrightworkspaces/{workspaceId}/mcp

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Verify it's connected
bash
```
claude mcp list
```
Sharing it with your team?
Add `--scope project` to write it to .mcp.json in the repository root, which you can commit (with the secrets left as environment variables).
Use it in a session
Ask Claude to use the tools this server exposes. It discovers them automatically.

How to install Playwright Cloud Browsers in Claude DesktopDesktop app (MCP config)

Open your MCP config
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add this server

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-cloud-browsers": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://{region}.mcp.playwright.microsoft.com/playwrightworkspaces/{workspaceId}/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Why the wrapper?
This is a remote (HTTP) server and Claude Desktop only launches local processes, so mcp-remote proxies the connection. It will open a browser window if the server needs OAuth.
Restart Claude Desktop
The tools appear under the 🔌 menu once the app reloads.

How to install Playwright Cloud Browsers in CursorAI-first code editor

Create / edit .cursor/mcp.json in your project

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-cloud-browsers": {
      "url": "https://{region}.mcp.playwright.microsoft.com/playwrightworkspaces/{workspaceId}/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Enable it
Cursor Settings → MCP → toggle the server on. Tools become available to the Composer/Agent.

How to install Playwright Cloud Browsers in Codex CLIOpenAI coding agent

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml

toml

[mcp_servers.playwright-cloud-browsers]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://{region}.mcp.playwright.microsoft.com/playwrightworkspaces/{workspaceId}/mcp"]

Why the wrapper?
Codex runs MCP servers as local processes, so mcp-remote bridges this HTTP endpoint to stdio.
Run Codex
Codex loads MCP servers from config.toml on startup and exposes their tools to the agent.

How to install Playwright Cloud Browsers in WindsurfCodeium's agentic IDE

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-cloud-browsers": {
      "serverUrl": "https://{region}.mcp.playwright.microsoft.com/playwrightworkspaces/{workspaceId}/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Reload
Windsurf → Cascade → refresh MCP servers. Cascade can now call the tools.

How to install Playwright Cloud Browsers in ClineVS Code autonomous agent

Open Cline → MCP Servers → Configure
Adds to cline_mcp_settings.json.

Add the server

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright-cloud-browsers": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://{region}.mcp.playwright.microsoft.com/playwrightworkspaces/{workspaceId}/mcp"
    }
  }
}

How to install Playwright Cloud Browsers in VS CodeCopilot / MCP support

Create .vscode/mcp.json

json

{
  "servers": {
    "playwright-cloud-browsers": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://{region}.mcp.playwright.microsoft.com/playwrightworkspaces/{workspaceId}/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Start it
VS Code shows a ▶ Start action above the server entry. Agent mode (Copilot Chat) can then use the tools.

What tools does Playwright Cloud Browsers expose?

The server did not respond when we asked for its tool list. It may be offline, or it may not speak HTTP transport.

What the code can do

This is a remote server — nothing is installed or run on your machine, so there is no local code to analyze. What it can reach is described above: your requests go to the provider's host.

Before you install

Signals gathered from the source repo and package registry — not a safety verdict.

What it can reach

Third-party hosted service — Your requests and any data in them are sent to {region}.mcp.playwright.microsoft.com.
No local execution — Nothing is installed or run on your machine.

Last commit 2 days ago — Actively maintained.
15 GitHub stars — Community adoption signal.

Client compatibility

Claude Code: NativeClaude Desktop: Via mcp-remoteCursor: NativeCodex CLI: Via mcp-remoteWindsurf: NativeCline: NativeVS Code: Native

Health score

B · 75

Maintenance, adoption, transparency and packaging — not a safety audit. How this is calculated

Maintenance30%100%
Last commit 2 days ago.
Adoption20%36%
15 stars.
Transparency20%75%
3/4: ✓ public source repo, ✓ declared license, ✓ documentation, ✗ discoverable tool list.
Provenance15%75%
Links to its own repository; package linkage unverified.
Packaging15%75%
Remote endpoint; authentication requirements not declared.

Documentation

Full README

Playwright Workspaces

✅ Playwright Workspaces is now Generally Available!

Playwright Workspaces is a fully managed service for end-to-end web testing, built on top of Playwright. With Playwright Workspaces, you can significantly speed up test execution by running tests in parallel using managed cloud-based browers. The service takes care of the underlying infrastructure and complexity, allowing you to validate your web app across major browsers on both Linux and Windows—so you can ship features faster and with greater confidence.

👉 Get started with the Quickstart

Documentation

The full documentation is now available on **learn.microsoft.com**

There you’ll learn how to:

Run and scale Playwright tests in the cloud
Optimize test suite performance and reliability
Test across multiple browsers and operating systems
Set up secure, region-aware test environments
Integrate with CI/CD

Playwright Cloud Browsers remote MCP (preview)

The Playwright Cloud Browsers remote MCP server gives AI agents managed cloud browsers over Streamable HTTP. Agents can create a browser session, navigate and inspect pages, interact with elements, and close the session without installing Playwright or a browser locally.

The remote MCP server is in preview, separately from the generally available Playwright Workspaces service. Preview features do not have a service-level agreement and are not recommended for production workloads.

Prerequisites and authentication

You need an Azure subscription, a Playwright workspace with access to the remote MCP preview, its region and workspace ID, and an identity with permission to use browser sessions in that workspace.

Use the endpoint for your workspace's region:

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