browser_snapshot — Playwright MCP Tool
browser_snapshot
(browser snapshot) is one of 8 tools on the
Playwright
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call browser_snapshot from your client
- Claude Code Playwright browser_snapshot run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop Playwright browser_snapshot ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor Playwright browser_snapshot ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code Playwright browser_snapshot .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed Playwright browser_snapshot ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf Playwright browser_snapshot ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline Playwright browser_snapshot ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI Playwright browser_snapshot ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok Playwright browser_snapshot .mcp.json (in your project root)
- LangChain Playwright browser_snapshot pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add playwright-mcp -- npx -y @playwright/mcpOther tools on this server
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.