Playwright Extension

Tracking since Apr 3, 2026.

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• Apr 28, 2026
  description

  Playwright MCP – Chrome Extension
  
  The Playwright MCP Chrome Extension lets you connect your browser’s active tabs and logged-in sessions to a Playwright Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. With this extension, automation tools and AI agents can interact with real web pages using your actual browser state—cookies, profiles, and authenticated sessions—without re-authenticating or using separate test profiles.
  
  Once installed and linked with a local Playwright MCP server, the extension enables seamless browser automation and integration with intelligent tools that drive real browser actions (navigation, clicks, form fills, etc.) through the MCP standard.
  
  Key Features
  
  Connect Playwright MCP to existing Chrome/Chromium sessions.
  
  Reuse your real browser state — no extra logins required.
  
  Works with Playwright MCP servers for AI-driven automation and testing.
  
  Ideal for developers, testers, and AI workflows that need realistic browser context.
  
  How It Works
  Install the extension and run a Playwright MCP server locally. When your automation or AI client connects, it can route commands through the extension into your open browser tabs, letting tools perform real interactions with pages you’re signed into.

  Playwright Chrome Extension
  
  The Playwright Chrome Extension lets you connect your browser’s active tabs and logged-in sessions to Playwright. With this extension, the Playwright CLI, the Playwright MCP server, and AI agents can interact with real web pages using your actual browser state—cookies, profiles, and authenticated sessions—without re-authenticating or using separate test profiles.
  
  Once installed, the extension enables seamless browser automation from local Playwright tools that drive real browser actions (navigation, clicks, form fills, etc.) against the pages you already have open.
  
  Key Features
  
  Connect Playwright to existing Chrome/Chromium sessions.
  
  Reuse your real browser state — no extra logins required.
  
  Works with the Playwright CLI for scripted automation and testing.
  
  Works with the Playwright MCP server for AI-driven workflows and agents.
  
  Ideal for developers, testers, and AI workflows that need realistic browser context.
  
  How It Works
  Install the extension and run Playwright locally with the `--extension` flag — either through the Playwright CLI or the Playwright MCP server. When your automation script or AI client connects, it routes commands through the extension into your open browser tabs, letting tools perform real interactions with pages you’re signed into.

• Apr 28, 2026
  short_description

  Share browser tabs with Playwright MCP server

  Connect your browser to AI agents through Playwright MCP server and CLI. Enables AI-driven web testing, debugging, and automation.

• Apr 28, 2026
  name

  Playwright MCP Bridge

  Playwright Extension

• Apr 7, 2026
  permissions

  debugger, activeTab, tabs

  debugger, activeTab, tabs, tabGroups

Permissions & access

Permissions

debuggeractiveTabtabstabGroups

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