playwright

SKILL.md

Terminal-driven browser automation with element snapshots and interactive UI workflows.

Operates via playwright-cli wrapper script (requires npx); supports headless and headed modes for visual debugging

Core workflow: open page, snapshot for stable element references, interact using refs, re-snapshot after navigation or DOM changes

Includes form filling, clicking, typing, multi-tab management, screenshot/PDF capture, and trace recording for flow debugging

Element refs (e.g., e3, e15) remain valid only until the next significant DOM change; re-snapshot when refs go stale

Playwright CLI Skill

Drive a real browser from the terminal using playwright-cli. Prefer the bundled wrapper script so the CLI works even when it is not globally installed.
Treat this skill as CLI-first automation. Do not pivot to @playwright/test unless the user explicitly asks for test files.

Prerequisite check (required)

Before proposing commands, check whether npx is available (the wrapper depends on it):

command -v npx >/dev/null 2>&1

If it is not available, pause and ask the user to install Node.js/npm (which provides npx). Provide these steps verbatim: