Deno Playwright
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Integrates with Playwright and Deno to enable browser automation for web navigation, interaction, and data extraction tasks.
Details
- Author
- jakedahn
- Repository
- jakedahn/deno2-playwright-mcp-server
- GitHub stars
- 11
- Downloads
- 375
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Productivity, Design, Developer Tools, AI, Knowledge Base, Automation, Infrastructure
Jump to
- Browser automation using Playwright
- Take screenshots of web pages
- Execute JavaScript in a browser context
- Compilable to standalone binary (mac, linux, windows)
- No runtime dependencies after compilation
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Deno PlaywrightCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)/path/to/deno2-playwright-mcp-server/playwright-serverPlease refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
First build a binary using one of the provided deno task commands (e.g., deno task build-mac). Then update your Claude desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json) to point to the compiled playwright-server binary. The server is invoked by Claude via the Model Context Protocol.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"deno playwright": {
"cwd": "",
"env": {},
"args": [],
"shell": false,
"command": "/path/to/deno2-playwright-mcp-server/playwright-server"
}
}
}Linux
{
"cwd": "",
"env": [],
"args": [],
"shell": false,
"command": "/path/to/deno2-playwright-mcp-server/playwright-server"
}Macos
{
"cwd": "",
"env": [],
"args": [],
"shell": false,
"command": "/path/to/deno2-playwright-mcp-server/playwright-server"
}Windows
{
"cwd": "",
"env": [],
"args": [],
"shell": false,
"command": "/path/to/deno2-playwright-mcp-server/playwright-server"
}Deno 2 Playwright Model Context Protocol Server Example
A Model Context Protocol server that provides browser automation capabilities using Playwright. This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages, take screenshots, and execute JavaScript in a real browser environment.
This repo uses Deno 2, which has nice ergonomics, because you can compile a binary and run it without any runtime dependencies.
This code is heavily based on the official Puppeteer MCP server, which you can find here: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/puppeteer
How to build
Only the mac binary build has been tested, but you should be able to build an executable binary for linux x86_64, linux ARM64, and windows x86_64.
- deno task build-mac
- deno task build-linux-x86_64
- deno task build-linux-ARM64
- deno task build-windows-x86_64
How to run
To invoke the playwright-server binary, you need to update your ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json to point to the binary.
{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "/path/to/deno2-playwright-mcp-server/playwright-server"
}
}
}
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