Playwright Skill
Dev tools
browser automation skill
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How HN took it
4 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Works well and reduces context compared to MCP
From 1 comment
Thanks, I have installed it and it works great! Related anecdote: some months ago I tried to coax the Playwright MCP to do a full page screenshot and it couldn't do it. Then I…
yomismoaqui on HN
Objections
Not suitable beyond basic smoke tests; LLM-driven tests fall apart on complex flows
From 2 comments
I have a few questions about test frameworks that use AI services like this. 1)The examples always seem very generic: "Test Login Functionality, check if search works, etc". Do…
Rooster61 on HN> Do these actually work well at all once you step outside of the basic smoketest use cases? Excellent question... no, beyond basic kindergarten stuff playwright (with AI) falls…
siva7 on HN
Data privacy: page content and console output sent to Anthropic
From 2 comments
I have a few questions about test frameworks that use AI services like this. 1)The examples always seem very generic: "Test Login Functionality, check if search works, etc". Do…
Rooster61 on HNGood questions! 1) Beyond basic tests: You're right to be skeptical. This is best for quick exploratory testing during local development ("does my new feature work?"), not…
syntax-sherlock on HN
Skills are non-deterministic and scripts pose command injection risk
From 1 comment
MCPs are deterministic, SKILLS.md isn't. Also run.js can run arbitrarily generated Node.js code. It is a trivial vector for command injection. This might be sufficient for an…
AftHurrahWinch on HN
Questions
How does it compare to chrome-devtools MCP or Chrome MCP?
From 2 comments
How does this compare to using chrome-devtools mcp? I've been using that for validating UI flows and I haven't hit limits with Claude yet
jonnyparris on HNHow does this compare to using the recently released chrome mcp?
coopykins on HN
Alternatives named
Chrome DevTools MCP
From 2 comments
there's a console error when you click the button Chrome Devtools also has an MCP server that you can connect an LLM to, and it's really good for debugging frontend issues like…
onion2k on HNHow does this compare to using chrome-devtools mcp? I've been using that for validating UI flows and I haven't hit limits with Claude yet
jonnyparris on HN
browser-use and Browserbase
From 2 comments
I have created a simple .sh command to do the testing using browser-use and add how to prompt this command in CLAUDE.md because it has to run a shell command, it is more…
mahdiyar on HNHeh BrowserBase and Browser-Use exist specifically because this is a harder problem than it looks. Any approach will work for the first couple actions, that hard parts are long…
nikisweeting on HN
Playwright MCP
From 1 comment
Thanks, I have installed it and it works great! Related anecdote: some months ago I tried to coax the Playwright MCP to do a full page screenshot and it couldn't do it. Then I…
yomismoaqui on HN