Playwright Fetch MCP Server
About
A Model Context Protocol server that uses Playwright browser automation to fetch and extract JavaScript-rendered web content. It converts HTML to clean markdown for easier consumption by large language models. Created by Wyatt Roersma.
Details
- Author
- ThreatFlux
- GitHub stars
- 4
- Downloads
- 449
- Categories
- Automation
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- Full browser automation with Playwright for JavaScript rendering
- Automatic identification and extraction of main content areas
- Conversion of HTML to clean, readable markdown
- Supports pagination for large content
- Respects robots.txt directives (configurable)
- Proxy support via --proxy-url command-line option
- Available as a pre-built Docker image
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
Playwright Fetch MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please 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
Install via uv or Docker, then configure it as an MCP server in your client (e.g., Claude.app or VS Code). Use the playwright-fetch tool with a required url argument and optional parameters like max_length, start_index, raw, and wait_for_js.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright fetch mcp server": {
"playwright-fetch": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"pip",
"install",
"git+https://github.com/ThreatFlux/playwright-fetch.git"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"playwright-fetch": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"pip",
"install",
"git+https://github.com/ThreatFlux/playwright-fetch.git"
]
}
}Playwright Fetch MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol server that provides web content fetching capabilities using Playwright for browser automation. This server enables LLMs to retrieve and process JavaScript-rendered content from web pages, converting HTML to markdown for easier consumption.
Author
Created by Wyatt Roersma with assistance from Claude Code.
Key Features
- Browser Automation: Uses Playwright to render web pages with full JavaScript support
- Content Extraction: Automatically identifies and extracts main content areas from web pages
- Markdown Conversion: Converts HTML to clean, readable markdown
- Pagination Support: Handles large content through pagination
- Robots.txt Compliance: Respects robots.txt directives for autonomous fetching
- Proxy Support: Allows routing requests through a proxy server
- Docker Ready: Available as pre-built Docker images via Docker Hub and GitHub Container Registry
Available Tools
- playwright-fetch - Fetches a URL using Playwright browser automation and extracts its contents as markdown.
- url (string, required): URL to fetch
- max_length (integer, optional): Maximum number of characters to return (default: 5000)
- start_index (integer, optional): Start content from this character index (default: 0)
- raw (boolean, optional): Get raw content without markdown conversion (default: false)
- wait_for_js (boolean, optional): Wait for JavaScript to execute (default: true)
Prompts
- playwright-fetch
- Fetch a URL using Playwright and extract its contents as markdown
- Arguments:
- url (string, required): URL to fetch
Requirements
- Python 3.13.2 or newer
- uv package manager
- Playwright browsers installed
Installation
1. Install with uv (recommended)
```bash
uv pip install git+https://github.com/ThreatFlux/playwright-fetch.git
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