Does this need a browser installed?

It uses a Playwright-managed browser. If one is missing, follow the install prompt or run `npx playwright install`.

What happened to the Puppeteer MCP server?

`@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer` is deprecated; this preset replaces it.

Playwright Browser MCP Server Config

Target Standard & File Format

Select runtime specification

AI Agent Rules & Skills

Context Shields & Privacy (Ignore Files)

Integrations & Machine Documentation

AI Governance & Multi-Agent Planning Suite

MCP Server

Valid

Server key

Command

Arguments one per line

Env variable optional

Value

Valid for Claude Code (.mcp.json) and Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json).

claude_desktop_config.json11 lines

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "mcpServers": {
    "playwright": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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JSON•UTF-8•11 Lines•Spaces: 2

Target File Location

Project Placement

Save as .mcp.json in project root for Claude Code, or merge its mcpServers block into Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json.

What's in the ZIP export (20 files)

Unzip into your project root. Every file is already in the folder its tool reads from.

Include extras: Claude Code subagent, Gemini CLI, Aider, Copilot and Kiro scoped rules, CI audit workflow

.claude/settings.json
.claude/skills/codebase-auditor/SKILL.md
.claude/skills/codebase-auditor/scripts/verify.sh
.claudeignore
.cursor/rules/codebase-auditor.mdc
.cursorignore
.github/copilot-instructions.md
.mcp.json (open in editor)
.windsurf/rules/codebase-auditor.md
AGENTS.md
ARCHITECTURE.md
CLAUDE.md
DESIGN.md
MEMORY.md
PRD.md
README.md
TASK.md
llms.txt
prompts/gemini-system-instructions.json
prompts/openai-custom-instructions.md

Install it in one command

Go to your project root

The file goes at claude_desktop_config.json, relative to the root.

Download the file

Run the command on the right. It downloads this preset and writes the file.

Make sure it gets used

Restart the client so it starts the server. Claude Code asks you to approve servers from .mcp.json; run /mcp to check their status.

Target Standard & File Format

MCP Server

Target File Location

Playwright Browser MCP Server Config

What this file tells the agent

Install it in one command

Go to your project root

Download the file

Make sure it gets used

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Other formats

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Questions