Fast Playwright Skill

A cross-platform Agent Skill for fast, persistent, and token-optimized browser automation using Playwright.

Compatible with Agent Skills specification - works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Goose, and other supported agents.

Features

Persistent Browser Sessions - Browser state maintained across calls
Multi-Agent Session Isolation - Each agent gets its own isolated browser context
Token Optimization - Control response size with expectation options
Headed/Headless Modes - Switch between visible and headless browser
26 Browser Tools - Navigation, clicking, typing, screenshots, batch execution, and more

Installation

Claude Code (Plugin)

# Add marketplace and install
claude plugin marketplace add tontoko/fast-playwright-skill
claude plugin install fast-playwright@fast-playwright-skill

# Install dependencies (auto-runs via postinstall, or manually)
cd ~/.claude/plugins/cache/fast-playwright-skill/fast-playwright/1.0.0
npm install

Claude Code (Manual)

git clone https://github.com/tontoko/fast-playwright-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/fast-playwright
cd ~/.claude/skills/fast-playwright && npm install

Cursor

git clone https://github.com/tontoko/fast-playwright-skill.git ~/.cursor/skills/fast-playwright
cd ~/.cursor/skills/fast-playwright && npm install

Codex CLI (OpenAI)

git clone https://github.com/tontoko/fast-playwright-skill.git ~/.codex/skills/fast-playwright
cd ~/.codex/skills/fast-playwright && npm install

Goose

git clone https://github.com/tontoko/fast-playwright-skill.git ~/.goose/skills/fast-playwright
cd ~/.goose/skills/fast-playwright && npm install

Other Agents

For any agent supporting Agent Skills:

git clone https://github.com/tontoko/fast-playwright-skill.git <agent-skills-directory>/fast-playwright
cd <agent-skills-directory>/fast-playwright && npm install

Usage

# Basic navigation
node scripts/client.js browser_navigate '{"url": "https://example.com"}'

# With session isolation (for multi-agent)
node scripts/client.js --session agent-a browser_navigate '{"url": "https://example.com"}'

# Headed mode (visible browser)
node scripts/client.js --headed browser_navigate '{"url": "https://example.com"}'

# List active sessions
node scripts/client.js --sessions

# Stop the server
node scripts/client.js --stop

Options

Option	Description
`--session <id>`	Use isolated browser session
`--headed`	Show browser window
`--sessions`	List active sessions
`--stop`	Stop the server

Token Optimization

Control response size with the expectation parameter:

{
  "expectation": {
    "includeSnapshot": false,
    "diffOptions": { "enabled": true }
  }
}

Architecture

Agent A ──┐                              ┌─► BrowserContext A
          │  X-Session-Id: agent-a       │
          ├─────────────────────────────►├─► Page A
          │                              │
Agent B ──┤  X-Session-Id: agent-b       ├─► BrowserContext B
          │                              │
          └─────────────────────────────►└─► Page B

Server idle timeout: 30 minutes
Session idle timeout: 15 minutes

Available Tools

See SKILL.md for the complete tools reference.

fast-playwright-mcp - The underlying MCP server
Agent Skills Specification - The open standard

License

MIT

tontoko/fast-playwright-skill

README