chore: mark v0.0.27 (#470)

Fixes https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/issues/449

Dockerfile

@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ COPY --chown=${USERNAME}:${USERNAME} cli.js package.json ./
 COPY --from=builder --chown=${USERNAME}:${USERNAME} /app/lib /app/lib
 
 # Run in headless and only with chromium (other browsers need more dependencies not included in this image)
-ENTRYPOINT ["node", "cli.js", "--headless", "--browser", "chromium"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["node", "cli.js", "--headless", "--browser", "chromium", "--no-sandbox"]

README.md

@@ -4,25 +4,22 @@ A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilit
 
 ### Key Features
 
-- **Fast and lightweight**: Uses Playwright's accessibility tree, not pixel-based input.
+- **Fast and lightweight**. Uses Playwright's accessibility tree, not pixel-based input.
-- **LLM-friendly**: No vision models needed, operates purely on structured data.
+- **LLM-friendly**. No vision models needed, operates purely on structured data.
-- **Deterministic tool application**: Avoids ambiguity common with screenshot-based approaches.
+- **Deterministic tool application**. Avoids ambiguity common with screenshot-based approaches.
 
-### Use Cases
+### Requirements
-
+- Node.js 18 or newer
-- Web navigation and form-filling
+- VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop or any other MCP client
-- Data extraction from structured content
-- Automated testing driven by LLMs
-- General-purpose browser interaction for agents
 
 <!--
 // Generate using:
 node utils/generate-links.js
 -->
 
-[<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/VS_Code-VS_Code?style=flat-square&label=Install%20Server&color=0098FF" alt="Install in VS Code">](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect?url=vscode%3Amcp%2Finstall%3F%257B%2522name%2522%253A%2522playwright%2522%252C%2522command%2522%253A%2522npx%2522%252C%2522args%2522%253A%255B%2522%2540playwright%252Fmcp%2540latest%2522%255D%257D) [<img alt="Install in VS Code Insiders" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/VS_Code_Insiders-VS_Code_Insiders?style=flat-square&label=Install%20Server&color=24bfa5">](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect?url=vscode-insiders%3Amcp%2Finstall%3F%257B%2522name%2522%253A%2522playwright%2522%252C%2522command%2522%253A%2522npx%2522%252C%2522args%2522%253A%255B%2522%2540playwright%252Fmcp%2540latest%2522%255D%257D)
+### Getting started
 
-### Example config
+First, install the Playwright MCP server with your client. A typical configuration looks like this:
 
 ```js
 {
@@ -37,20 +34,12 @@ node utils/generate-links.js
 }
 ```
 
-### Table of Contents
+[<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/VS_Code-VS_Code?style=flat-square&label=Install%20Server&color=0098FF" alt="Install in VS Code">](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect?url=vscode%3Amcp%2Finstall%3F%257B%2522name%2522%253A%2522playwright%2522%252C%2522command%2522%253A%2522npx%2522%252C%2522args%2522%253A%255B%2522%2540playwright%252Fmcp%2540latest%2522%255D%257D) [<img alt="Install in VS Code Insiders" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/VS_Code_Insiders-VS_Code_Insiders?style=flat-square&label=Install%20Server&color=24bfa5">](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect?url=vscode-insiders%3Amcp%2Finstall%3F%257B%2522name%2522%253A%2522playwright%2522%252C%2522command%2522%253A%2522npx%2522%252C%2522args%2522%253A%255B%2522%2540playwright%252Fmcp%2540latest%2522%255D%257D)
 
-- [Installation in VS Code](#installation-in-vs-code)
-- [Command line](#command-line)
-- [User profile](#user-profile)
-- [Configuration file](#configuration-file)
-- [Running on Linux](#running-on-linux)
-- [Docker](#docker)
-- [Programmatic usage](#programmatic-usage)
-- [Tool modes](#tool-modes)
 
-### Installation in VS Code
+<details><summary><b>Install in VS Code</b></summary>
 
-You can install the Playwright MCP server using the VS Code CLI:
+You can also install the Playwright MCP server using the VS Code CLI:
 
 ```bash
 # For VS Code
@@ -58,45 +47,176 @@ code --add-mcp '{"name":"playwright","command":"npx","args":["@playwright/mcp@la
 ```
 
 After installation, the Playwright MCP server will be available for use with your GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code.
+</details>
 
-### Command line
+<details>
+<summary><b>Install in Cursor</b></summary>
 
-The Playwright MCP server supports the following command-line options:
+Go to `Cursor Settings` -> `MCP` -> `Add new MCP Server`. Name to your liking, use `command` type with the command `npx @playwright/mcp`. You can also verify config or add command like arguments via clicking `Edit`.
 
-- `--browser <browser>`: Browser or chrome channel to use. Possible values:
+```js
-  - `chrome`, `firefox`, `webkit`, `msedge`
+{
-  - Chrome channels: `chrome-beta`, `chrome-canary`, `chrome-dev`
+  "mcpServers": {
-  - Edge channels: `msedge-beta`, `msedge-canary`, `msedge-dev`
+    "playwright": {
-  - Default: `chrome`
+      "command": "npx",
-- `--caps <caps>`: Comma-separated list of capabilities to enable, possible values: tabs, pdf, history, wait, files, install. Default is all.
+      "args": [
-- `--cdp-endpoint <endpoint>`: CDP endpoint to connect to
+        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
-- `--executable-path <path>`: Path to the browser executable
+      ]
-- `--headless`: Run browser in headless mode (headed by default)
+    }
-- `--device`: Emulate mobile device
+  }
-- `--user-data-dir <path>`: Path to the user data directory
+}
-- `--port <port>`: Port to listen on for SSE transport
+```
-- `--host <host>`: Host to bind server to. Default is localhost. Use 0.0.0.0 to bind to all interfaces.
+</details>
-- `--allowed-origins <origins>`: Semicolon-separated list of origins to allow the browser to request. Default is to allow all. Origins matching both `--allowed-origins` and `--blocked-origins` will be blocked.
+
-- `--blocked-origins <origins>`: Semicolon-separated list of origins to block the browser to request. Origins matching both `--allowed-origins` and `--blocked-origins` will be blocked.
+<details>
-- `--vision`: Run server that uses screenshots (Aria snapshots are used by default)
+<summary><b>Install in Windsurf</b></summary>
-- `--output-dir`: Directory for output files
+
-- `--config <path>`: Path to the configuration file
+Follow Windsuff MCP [documentation](https://docs.windsurf.com/windsurf/cascade/mcp). Use following configuration:
+
+```js
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "playwright": {
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": [
+        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Install in Claude Desktop</b></summary>
+
+Follow the MCP install [guide](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart/user), use following configuration:
+
+```js
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "playwright": {
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": [
+        "@playwright/mcp@latest"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+</details>
+
+### Configuration
+
+Playwright MCP server supports following arguments. They can be provided in the JSON configuration above, as a part of the `"args"` list:
+
+<!--- Options generated by update-readme.js -->
+
+```
+> npx @playwright/mcp@latest --help
+  --allowed-origins <origins>  semicolon-separated list of origins to allow the
+                               browser to request. Default is to allow all.
+  --blocked-origins <origins>  semicolon-separated list of origins to block the
+                               browser from requesting. Blocklist is evaluated
+                               before allowlist. If used without the allowlist,
+                               requests not matching the blocklist are still
+                               allowed.
+  --block-service-workers      block service workers
+  --browser <browser>          browser or chrome channel to use, possible
+                               values: chrome, firefox, webkit, msedge.
+  --caps <caps>                comma-separated list of capabilities to enable,
+                               possible values: tabs, pdf, history, wait, files,
+                               install. Default is all.
+  --cdp-endpoint <endpoint>    CDP endpoint to connect to.
+  --config <path>              path to the configuration file.
+  --device <device>            device to emulate, for example: "iPhone 15"
+  --executable-path <path>     path to the browser executable.
+  --headless                   run browser in headless mode, headed by default
+  --host <host>                host to bind server to. Default is localhost. Use
+                               0.0.0.0 to bind to all interfaces.
+  --ignore-https-errors        ignore https errors
+  --isolated                   keep the browser profile in memory, do not save
+                               it to disk.
+  --image-responses <mode>     whether to send image responses to the client.
+                               Can be "allow", "omit", or "auto". Defaults to
+                               "auto", which sends images if the client can
+                               display them.
+  --no-sandbox                 disable the sandbox for all process types that
+                               are normally sandboxed.
+  --output-dir <path>          path to the directory for output files.
+  --port <port>                port to listen on for SSE transport.
+  --proxy-bypass <bypass>      comma-separated domains to bypass proxy, for
+                               example ".com,chromium.org,.domain.com"
+  --proxy-server <proxy>       specify proxy server, for example
+                               "http://myproxy:3128" or "socks5://myproxy:8080"
+  --save-trace                 Whether to save the Playwright Trace of the
+                               session into the output directory.
+  --storage-state <path>       path to the storage state file for isolated
+                               sessions.
+  --user-agent <ua string>     specify user agent string
+  --user-data-dir <path>       path to the user data directory. If not
+                               specified, a temporary directory will be created.
+  --viewport-size <size>       specify browser viewport size in pixels, for
+                               example "1280, 720"
+  --vision                     Run server that uses screenshots (Aria snapshots
+                               are used by default)
+```
+
+<!--- End of options generated section -->
 
 ### User profile
 
-Playwright MCP will launch the browser with the new profile, located at
+You can run Playwright MCP with persistent profile like a regular browser (default), or in the isolated contexts for the testing sessions.
 
-```
+**Persistent profile**
-- `%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\mcp-{channel}-profile` on Windows
+
-- `~/Library/Caches/ms-playwright/mcp-{channel}-profile` on macOS
+All the logged in information will be stored in the persistent profile, you can delete it between sessions if you'd like to clear the offline state.
-- `~/.cache/ms-playwright/mcp-{channel}-profile` on Linux
+Persistent profile is located at the following locations and you can override it with the `--user-data-dir` argument.
+
+```bash
+# Windows
+%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\ms-playwright\mcp-{channel}-profile
+
+# macOS
+- ~/Library/Caches/ms-playwright/mcp-{channel}-profile
+
+# Linux
+- ~/.cache/ms-playwright/mcp-{channel}-profile
 ```
 
-All the logged in information will be stored in that profile, you can delete it between sessions if you'd like to clear the offline state.
+**Isolated**
+
+In the isolated mode, each session is started in the isolated profile. Every time you ask MCP to close the browser,
+the session is closed and all the storage state for this session is lost. You can provide initial storage state
+to the browser via the config's `contextOptions` or via the `--storage-state` argument. Learn more about the storage
+state [here](https://playwright.dev/docs/auth).
+
+```js
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "playwright": {
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": [
+        "@playwright/mcp@latest",
+        "--isolated",
+        "--storage-state={path/to/storage.json}
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
 
 ### Configuration file
 
-The Playwright MCP server can be configured using a JSON configuration file. Here's the complete configuration format:
+The Playwright MCP server can be configured using a JSON configuration file. You can specify the configuration file
+using the `--config` command line option:
+
+```bash
+npx @playwright/mcp@latest --config path/to/config.json
+```
+
+<details>
+<summary>Configuration file schema</summary>
 
 ```typescript
 {
@@ -105,6 +225,9 @@ The Playwright MCP server can be configured using a JSON configuration file. Her
     // Browser type to use (chromium, firefox, or webkit)
     browserName?: 'chromium' | 'firefox' | 'webkit';
 
+    // Keep the browser profile in memory, do not save it to disk.
+    isolated?: boolean;
+
     // Path to user data directory for browser profile persistence
     userDataDir?: string;
 
@@ -170,14 +293,9 @@ The Playwright MCP server can be configured using a JSON configuration file. Her
   noImageResponses?: boolean;
 }
 ```
+</details>
 
-You can specify the configuration file using the `--config` command line option:
+### Standalone MCP server
-
-```bash
-npx @playwright/mcp@latest --config path/to/config.json
-```
-
-### Running on Linux
 
 When running headed browser on system w/o display or from worker processes of the IDEs,
 run the MCP server from environment with the DISPLAY and pass the `--port` flag to enable SSE transport.
@@ -198,7 +316,8 @@ And then in MCP client config, set the `url` to the SSE endpoint:
 }
 ```
 
-### Docker
+<details>
+<summary><b>Docker</b></summary>
 
 **NOTE:** The Docker implementation only supports headless chromium at the moment.
 
@@ -218,8 +337,10 @@ You can build the Docker image yourself.
 ```
 docker build -t mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/mcp .
 ```
+</details>
 
-### Programmatic usage
+<details>
+<summary><b>Programmatic usage</b></summary>
 
 ```js
 import http from 'http';
@@ -238,8 +359,9 @@ http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
   // ...
 });
 ```
+</details>
 
-### Tool modes
+### Tools
 
 The tools are available in two modes:
 
@@ -265,10 +387,10 @@ To use Vision Mode, add the `--vision` flag when starting the server:
 Vision Mode works best with the computer use models that are able to interact with elements using
 X Y coordinate space, based on the provided screenshot.
 
+<!--- Tools generated by update-readme.js -->
 
-<!--- Generated by update-readme.js -->
+<details>
-
+<summary><b>Interactions</b></summary>
-### Snapshot-based Interactions
 
 <!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
 
@@ -336,6 +458,80 @@ X Y coordinate space, based on the provided screenshot.
 
 <!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
 
+- **browser_press_key**
+  - Title: Press a key
+  - Description: Press a key on the keyboard
+  - Parameters:
+    - `key` (string): Name of the key to press or a character to generate, such as `ArrowLeft` or `a`
+  - Read-only: **false**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_wait_for**
+  - Title: Wait for
+  - Description: Wait for text to appear or disappear or a specified time to pass
+  - Parameters:
+    - `time` (number, optional): The time to wait in seconds
+    - `text` (string, optional): The text to wait for
+    - `textGone` (string, optional): The text to wait for to disappear
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_file_upload**
+  - Title: Upload files
+  - Description: Upload one or multiple files
+  - Parameters:
+    - `paths` (array): The absolute paths to the files to upload. Can be a single file or multiple files.
+  - Read-only: **false**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_handle_dialog**
+  - Title: Handle a dialog
+  - Description: Handle a dialog
+  - Parameters:
+    - `accept` (boolean): Whether to accept the dialog.
+    - `promptText` (string, optional): The text of the prompt in case of a prompt dialog.
+  - Read-only: **false**
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Navigation</b></summary>
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_navigate**
+  - Title: Navigate to a URL
+  - Description: Navigate to a URL
+  - Parameters:
+    - `url` (string): The URL to navigate to
+  - Read-only: **false**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_navigate_back**
+  - Title: Go back
+  - Description: Go back to the previous page
+  - Parameters: None
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_navigate_forward**
+  - Title: Go forward
+  - Description: Go forward to the next page
+  - Parameters: None
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Resources</b></summary>
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
 - **browser_take_screenshot**
   - Title: Take a screenshot
   - Description: Take a screenshot of the current page. You can't perform actions based on the screenshot, use browser_snapshot for actions.
@@ -346,7 +542,122 @@ X Y coordinate space, based on the provided screenshot.
     - `ref` (string, optional): Exact target element reference from the page snapshot. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If ref is provided, element must be provided too.
   - Read-only: **true**
 
-### Vision-based Interactions
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_pdf_save**
+  - Title: Save as PDF
+  - Description: Save page as PDF
+  - Parameters:
+    - `filename` (string, optional): File name to save the pdf to. Defaults to `page-{timestamp}.pdf` if not specified.
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_network_requests**
+  - Title: List network requests
+  - Description: Returns all network requests since loading the page
+  - Parameters: None
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_console_messages**
+  - Title: Get console messages
+  - Description: Returns all console messages
+  - Parameters: None
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Utilities</b></summary>
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_install**
+  - Title: Install the browser specified in the config
+  - Description: Install the browser specified in the config. Call this if you get an error about the browser not being installed.
+  - Parameters: None
+  - Read-only: **false**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_close**
+  - Title: Close browser
+  - Description: Close the page
+  - Parameters: None
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_resize**
+  - Title: Resize browser window
+  - Description: Resize the browser window
+  - Parameters:
+    - `width` (number): Width of the browser window
+    - `height` (number): Height of the browser window
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Tabs</b></summary>
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_tab_list**
+  - Title: List tabs
+  - Description: List browser tabs
+  - Parameters: None
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_tab_new**
+  - Title: Open a new tab
+  - Description: Open a new tab
+  - Parameters:
+    - `url` (string, optional): The URL to navigate to in the new tab. If not provided, the new tab will be blank.
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_tab_select**
+  - Title: Select a tab
+  - Description: Select a tab by index
+  - Parameters:
+    - `index` (number): The index of the tab to select
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_tab_close**
+  - Title: Close a tab
+  - Description: Close a tab
+  - Parameters:
+    - `index` (number, optional): The index of the tab to close. Closes current tab if not provided.
+  - Read-only: **false**
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Testing</b></summary>
+
+<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+
+- **browser_generate_playwright_test**
+  - Title: Generate a Playwright test
+  - Description: Generate a Playwright test for given scenario
+  - Parameters:
+    - `name` (string): The name of the test
+    - `description` (string): The description of the test
+    - `steps` (array): The steps of the test
+  - Read-only: **true**
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Vision mode</b></summary>
 
 <!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
 
@@ -401,72 +712,6 @@ X Y coordinate space, based on the provided screenshot.
     - `submit` (boolean, optional): Whether to submit entered text (press Enter after)
   - Read-only: **false**
 
-### Tab Management
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_tab_list**
-  - Title: List tabs
-  - Description: List browser tabs
-  - Parameters: None
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_tab_new**
-  - Title: Open a new tab
-  - Description: Open a new tab
-  - Parameters:
-    - `url` (string, optional): The URL to navigate to in the new tab. If not provided, the new tab will be blank.
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_tab_select**
-  - Title: Select a tab
-  - Description: Select a tab by index
-  - Parameters:
-    - `index` (number): The index of the tab to select
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_tab_close**
-  - Title: Close a tab
-  - Description: Close a tab
-  - Parameters:
-    - `index` (number, optional): The index of the tab to close. Closes current tab if not provided.
-  - Read-only: **false**
-
-### Navigation
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_navigate**
-  - Title: Navigate to a URL
-  - Description: Navigate to a URL
-  - Parameters:
-    - `url` (string): The URL to navigate to
-  - Read-only: **false**
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_navigate_back**
-  - Title: Go back
-  - Description: Go back to the previous page
-  - Parameters: None
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_navigate_forward**
-  - Title: Go forward
-  - Description: Go forward to the next page
-  - Parameters: None
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-### Keyboard
-
 <!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
 
 - **browser_press_key**
@@ -476,46 +721,6 @@ X Y coordinate space, based on the provided screenshot.
     - `key` (string): Name of the key to press or a character to generate, such as `ArrowLeft` or `a`
   - Read-only: **false**
 
-### Console
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_console_messages**
-  - Title: Get console messages
-  - Description: Returns all console messages
-  - Parameters: None
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-### Files and Media
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_file_upload**
-  - Title: Upload files
-  - Description: Upload one or multiple files
-  - Parameters:
-    - `paths` (array): The absolute paths to the files to upload. Can be a single file or multiple files.
-  - Read-only: **false**
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_pdf_save**
-  - Title: Save as PDF
-  - Description: Save page as PDF
-  - Parameters:
-    - `filename` (string, optional): File name to save the pdf to. Defaults to `page-{timestamp}.pdf` if not specified.
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-### Utilities
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_close**
-  - Title: Close browser
-  - Description: Close the page
-  - Parameters: None
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
 <!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
 
 - **browser_wait_for**
@@ -529,20 +734,11 @@ X Y coordinate space, based on the provided screenshot.
 
 <!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
 
-- **browser_resize**
+- **browser_file_upload**
-  - Title: Resize browser window
+  - Title: Upload files
-  - Description: Resize the browser window
+  - Description: Upload one or multiple files
   - Parameters:
-    - `width` (number): Width of the browser window
+    - `paths` (array): The absolute paths to the files to upload. Can be a single file or multiple files.
-    - `height` (number): Height of the browser window
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_install**
-  - Title: Install the browser specified in the config
-  - Description: Install the browser specified in the config. Call this if you get an error about the browser not being installed.
-  - Parameters: None
   - Read-only: **false**
 
 <!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
@@ -555,25 +751,7 @@ X Y coordinate space, based on the provided screenshot.
     - `promptText` (string, optional): The text of the prompt in case of a prompt dialog.
   - Read-only: **false**
 
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
+</details>
 
-- **browser_network_requests**
-  - Title: List network requests
-  - Description: Returns all network requests since loading the page
-  - Parameters: None
-  - Read-only: **true**
 
-### Testing
+<!--- End of tools generated section -->
-
-<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via update-readme.js -->
-
-- **browser_generate_playwright_test**
-  - Title: Generate a Playwright test
-  - Description: Generate a Playwright test for given scenario
-  - Parameters:
-    - `name` (string): The name of the test
-    - `description` (string): The description of the test
-    - `steps` (array): The steps of the test
-  - Read-only: **true**
-
-<!--- End of generated section -->

config.d.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export type Config = {
      */
     browserName?: 'chromium' | 'firefox' | 'webkit';
 
+    /**
+     * Keep the browser profile in memory, do not save it to disk.
+     */
+    isolated?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Path to a user data directory for browser profile persistence.
      * Temporary directory is created by default.
@@ -89,6 +94,11 @@ export type Config = {
    */
   vision?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * Whether to save the Playwright trace of the session into the output directory.
+   */
+  saveTrace?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * The directory to save output files.
    */
@@ -107,7 +117,7 @@ export type Config = {
   };
 
   /**
-   * Do not send image responses to the client.
+   * Whether to send image responses to the client. Can be "allow", "omit", or "auto". Defaults to "auto", which sends images if the client can display them.
    */
-  noImageResponses?: boolean;
+  imageResponses?: 'allow' | 'omit' | 'auto';
 };

examples/generate-test.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Generate test for scenario:
+Use Playwright tools to generate test for scenario:
 
 ## GitHub PR Checks Navigation Checklist
 

index.js

@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { createConnection } from './lib/index';
+import { createConnection } from './lib/index.js';
 export { createConnection };

package-lock.json

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 {
   "name": "@playwright/mcp",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.27",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@playwright/mcp",
-      "version": "0.0.24",
+      "version": "0.0.27",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.11.0",
         "commander": "^13.1.0",
-        "playwright": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000",
+        "playwright": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27",
         "zod-to-json-schema": "^3.24.4"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3.2.0",
         "@eslint/js": "^9.19.0",
-        "@playwright/test": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000",
+        "@playwright/test": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27",
         "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "^3.0.1",
         "@types/node": "^22.13.10",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.26.1",
@@ -286,13 +286,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@playwright/test": {
-      "version": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000",
+      "version": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@playwright/test/-/test-1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Sec+6uzpA4MfwmQqJFBFVazffynqVwLO5swDxG7WoqgpUdn9gQX4K4tDG64SV6f4nOpwdM5LKTasPSXu02nn/Q==",
+      "integrity": "sha512-G2zG56kEQOWhk3nQyPKH5u41jyQw5jx+Kga5huUi7RjBjPEnNtiCMNXMNGCh6dDYCIyQkLJvz/o1H/QN26HLsg==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "playwright": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000"
+        "playwright": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27"
       },
       "bin": {
         "playwright": "cli.js"
@@ -3298,12 +3298,12 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/playwright": {
-      "version": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000",
+      "version": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-kcC1B2XJr4VaDAcVzi61SbYGkodq1QIqQXuPieXsNgZZ7cEKWzO2sI42yp2yie6wlCx0oLkSS2Q6jWSRVRLeaw==",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CD0BTwV5javEJ3hf3rhFJEvR3ZoWsu4HUQFfLH2mtVVe+grGPCP55FnlOjpDnJ5pP4Kibe/ZcmgPDg56ic/y9g==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "playwright-core": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000"
+        "playwright-core": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27"
       },
       "bin": {
         "playwright": "cli.js"
@@ -3316,9 +3316,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/playwright-core": {
-      "version": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000",
+      "version": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4O98y4zV0rOP6CepMLC/VGuzqGaR1sS9AVh+i0CghWMQHM/8bxPJI8W38QndO0JU0V5nBD6j7DQeNt1mJ+CZ+g==",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uVxs7YjENoBMFyQhsZWImIBuo/oX7Mu63djhQN3qFz/NdXA/rOAnP73XzfB+VJNwRMKgIOtqHQgjOG3Rl/lm0A==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "bin": {
         "playwright-core": "cli.js"

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@playwright/mcp",
-  "version": "0.0.24",
+  "version": "0.0.27",
   "description": "Playwright Tools for MCP",
   "type": "module",
   "repository": {
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.11.0",
     "commander": "^13.1.0",
-    "playwright": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000",
+    "playwright": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27",
     "zod-to-json-schema": "^3.24.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3.2.0",
     "@eslint/js": "^9.19.0",
-    "@playwright/test": "1.53.0-alpha-1746832516000",
+    "@playwright/test": "1.53.0-alpha-2025-05-27",
     "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "^3.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^22.13.10",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^8.26.1",

playwright.config.ts

@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ export default defineConfig<TestOptions>({
     { name: 'chrome' },
     { name: 'msedge', use: { mcpBrowser: 'msedge' } },
     { name: 'chromium', use: { mcpBrowser: 'chromium' } },
-    ...process.env.MCP_IN_DOCKER ? [{ name: 'chromium-docker', use: { mcpBrowser: 'chromium', mcpMode: 'docker' as const } }] : [],
+    ...process.env.MCP_IN_DOCKER ? [{
+      name: 'chromium-docker',
+      grep: /browser_navigate|browser_click/,
+      use: {
+        mcpBrowser: 'chromium',
+        mcpMode: 'docker' as const
+      }
+    }] : [],
     { name: 'firefox', use: { mcpBrowser: 'firefox' } },
     { name: 'webkit', use: { mcpBrowser: 'webkit' } },
   ],

src/config.ts

@@ -25,29 +25,40 @@ import type { BrowserContextOptions, LaunchOptions } from 'playwright';
 import { sanitizeForFilePath } from './tools/utils.js';
 
 export type CLIOptions = {
+  allowedOrigins?: string[];
+  blockedOrigins?: string[];
+  blockServiceWorkers?: boolean;
   browser?: string;
   caps?: string;
   cdpEndpoint?: string;
+  config?: string;
+  device?: string;
   executablePath?: string;
   headless?: boolean;
-  device?: string;
-  userDataDir?: string;
-  port?: number;
   host?: string;
-  vision?: boolean;
+  ignoreHttpsErrors?: boolean;
-  config?: string;
+  isolated?: boolean;
-  allowedOrigins?: string[];
+  imageResponses?: 'allow' | 'omit' | 'auto';
-  blockedOrigins?: string[];
+  sandbox: boolean;
   outputDir?: string;
-  noImageResponses?: boolean;
+  port?: number;
+  proxyBypass?: string;
+  proxyServer?: string;
+  saveTrace?: boolean;
+  storageState?: string;
+  userAgent?: string;
+  userDataDir?: string;
+  viewportSize?: string;
+  vision?: boolean;
 };
 
-const defaultConfig: Config = {
+const defaultConfig: FullConfig = {
   browser: {
     browserName: 'chromium',
     launchOptions: {
       channel: 'chrome',
       headless: os.platform() === 'linux' && !process.env.DISPLAY,
+      chromiumSandbox: true,
     },
     contextOptions: {
       viewport: null,
@@ -57,16 +68,39 @@ const defaultConfig: Config = {
     allowedOrigins: undefined,
     blockedOrigins: undefined,
   },
+  outputDir: path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'playwright-mcp-output', sanitizeForFilePath(new Date().toISOString())),
 };
 
-export async function resolveConfig(cliOptions: CLIOptions): Promise<Config> {
+type BrowserUserConfig = NonNullable<Config['browser']>;
-  const config = await loadConfig(cliOptions.config);
+
+export type FullConfig = Config & {
+  browser: BrowserUserConfig & {
+    browserName: NonNullable<BrowserUserConfig['browserName']>;
+    launchOptions: NonNullable<BrowserUserConfig['launchOptions']>;
+    contextOptions: NonNullable<BrowserUserConfig['contextOptions']>;
+  },
+  network: NonNullable<Config['network']>,
+  outputDir: string;
+};
+
+export async function resolveConfig(config: Config): Promise<FullConfig> {
+  return mergeConfig(defaultConfig, config);
+}
+
+export async function resolveCLIConfig(cliOptions: CLIOptions): Promise<FullConfig> {
+  const configInFile = await loadConfig(cliOptions.config);
   const cliOverrides = await configFromCLIOptions(cliOptions);
-  return mergeConfig(defaultConfig, mergeConfig(config, cliOverrides));
+  const result = mergeConfig(mergeConfig(defaultConfig, configInFile), cliOverrides);
+  // Derive artifact output directory from config.outputDir
+  if (result.saveTrace)
+    result.browser.launchOptions.tracesDir = path.join(result.outputDir, 'traces');
+  if (result.browser.browserName === 'chromium')
+    (result.browser.launchOptions as any).cdpPort = await findFreePort();
+  return result;
 }
 
 export async function configFromCLIOptions(cliOptions: CLIOptions): Promise<Config> {
-  let browserName: 'chromium' | 'firefox' | 'webkit';
+  let browserName: 'chromium' | 'firefox' | 'webkit' | undefined;
   let channel: string | undefined;
   switch (cliOptions.browser) {
     case 'chrome':
@@ -87,25 +121,56 @@ export async function configFromCLIOptions(cliOptions: CLIOptions): Promise<Conf
     case 'webkit':
       browserName = 'webkit';
       break;
-    default:
-      browserName = 'chromium';
-      channel = 'chrome';
   }
 
+  // Launch options
   const launchOptions: LaunchOptions = {
     channel,
     executablePath: cliOptions.executablePath,
     headless: cliOptions.headless,
   };
 
-  if (browserName === 'chromium')
+  // --no-sandbox was passed, disable the sandbox
-    (launchOptions as any).cdpPort = await findFreePort();
+  if (!cliOptions.sandbox)
+    launchOptions.chromiumSandbox = false;
 
-  const contextOptions: BrowserContextOptions | undefined = cliOptions.device ? devices[cliOptions.device] : undefined;
+  if (cliOptions.proxyServer) {
+    launchOptions.proxy = {
+      server: cliOptions.proxyServer
+    };
+    if (cliOptions.proxyBypass)
+      launchOptions.proxy.bypass = cliOptions.proxyBypass;
+  }
 
-  return {
+  // Context options
+  const contextOptions: BrowserContextOptions = cliOptions.device ? devices[cliOptions.device] : {};
+  if (cliOptions.storageState)
+    contextOptions.storageState = cliOptions.storageState;
+
+  if (cliOptions.userAgent)
+    contextOptions.userAgent = cliOptions.userAgent;
+
+  if (cliOptions.viewportSize) {
+    try {
+      const [width, height] = cliOptions.viewportSize.split(',').map(n => +n);
+      if (isNaN(width) || isNaN(height))
+        throw new Error('bad values');
+      contextOptions.viewport = { width, height };
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error('Invalid viewport size format: use "width,height", for example --viewport-size="800,600"');
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (cliOptions.ignoreHttpsErrors)
+    contextOptions.ignoreHTTPSErrors = true;
+
+  if (cliOptions.blockServiceWorkers)
+    contextOptions.serviceWorkers = 'block';
+
+  const result: Config = {
     browser: {
       browserName,
+      isolated: cliOptions.isolated,
       userDataDir: cliOptions.userDataDir,
       launchOptions,
       contextOptions,
@@ -121,8 +186,12 @@ export async function configFromCLIOptions(cliOptions: CLIOptions): Promise<Conf
       allowedOrigins: cliOptions.allowedOrigins,
       blockedOrigins: cliOptions.blockedOrigins,
     },
+    saveTrace: cliOptions.saveTrace,
     outputDir: cliOptions.outputDir,
+    imageResponses: cliOptions.imageResponses,
   };
+
+  return result;
 }
 
 async function findFreePort() {
@@ -147,11 +216,10 @@ async function loadConfig(configFile: string | undefined): Promise<Config> {
   }
 }
 
-export async function outputFile(config: Config, name: string): Promise<string> {
+export async function outputFile(config: FullConfig, name: string): Promise<string> {
-  const result = config.outputDir ?? os.tmpdir();
+  await fs.promises.mkdir(config.outputDir, { recursive: true });
-  await fs.promises.mkdir(result, { recursive: true });
   const fileName = sanitizeForFilePath(name);
-  return path.join(result, fileName);
+  return path.join(config.outputDir, fileName);
 }
 
 function pickDefined<T extends object>(obj: T | undefined): Partial<T> {
@@ -160,10 +228,10 @@ function pickDefined<T extends object>(obj: T | undefined): Partial<T> {
   ) as Partial<T>;
 }
 
-function mergeConfig(base: Config, overrides: Config): Config {
+function mergeConfig(base: FullConfig, overrides: Config): FullConfig {
-  const browser: Config['browser'] = {
+  const browser: FullConfig['browser'] = {
-    ...pickDefined(base.browser),
+    browserName: overrides.browser?.browserName ?? base.browser?.browserName ?? 'chromium',
-    ...pickDefined(overrides.browser),
+    isolated: overrides.browser?.isolated ?? base.browser?.isolated ?? false,
     launchOptions: {
       ...pickDefined(base.browser?.launchOptions),
       ...pickDefined(overrides.browser?.launchOptions),
@@ -173,6 +241,9 @@ function mergeConfig(base: Config, overrides: Config): Config {
       ...pickDefined(base.browser?.contextOptions),
       ...pickDefined(overrides.browser?.contextOptions),
     },
+    userDataDir: overrides.browser?.userDataDir ?? base.browser?.userDataDir,
+    cdpEndpoint: overrides.browser?.cdpEndpoint ?? base.browser?.cdpEndpoint,
+    remoteEndpoint: overrides.browser?.remoteEndpoint ?? base.browser?.remoteEndpoint,
   };
 
   if (browser.browserName !== 'chromium' && browser.launchOptions)
@@ -185,6 +256,6 @@ function mergeConfig(base: Config, overrides: Config): Config {
     network: {
       ...pickDefined(base.network),
       ...pickDefined(overrides.network),
-    },
+    }
-  };
+  } as FullConfig;
 }

src/connection.ts

@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import { CallToolRequestSchema, ListToolsRequestSchema, Tool as McpTool } from '
 import { zodToJsonSchema } from 'zod-to-json-schema';
 
 import { Context, packageJSON } from './context.js';
-import { snapshotTools, screenshotTools } from './tools.js';
+import { snapshotTools, visionTools } from './tools.js';
 
-import type { Config } from '../config.js';
 import type { Transport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/shared/transport.js';
+import { FullConfig } from './config.js';
 
-export async function createConnection(config: Config): Promise<Connection> {
+export async function createConnection(config: FullConfig): Promise<Connection> {
-  const allTools = config.vision ? screenshotTools : snapshotTools;
+  const allTools = config.vision ? visionTools : snapshotTools;
   const tools = allTools.filter(tool => !config.capabilities || tool.capability === 'core' || config.capabilities.includes(tool.capability));
 
   const context = new Context(tools, config);
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ export class Connection {
     await new Promise<void>(resolve => {
       this.server.oninitialized = () => resolve();
     });
-    if (this.server.getClientVersion()?.name.includes('cursor'))
+    this.context.clientVersion = this.server.getClientVersion();
-      this.context.config.noImageResponses = true;
   }
 
   async close() {

src/context.ts

@@ -21,36 +21,48 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 
 import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 
-import { waitForCompletion } from './tools/utils.js';
+import { callOnPageNoTrace, waitForCompletion } from './tools/utils.js';
 import { ManualPromise } from './manualPromise.js';
 import { Tab } from './tab.js';
+import { outputFile } from './config.js';
 
 import type { ImageContent, TextContent } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js';
 import type { ModalState, Tool, ToolActionResult } from './tools/tool.js';
-import type { Config } from '../config.js';
+import type { FullConfig } from './config.js';
-import { outputFile } from './config.js';
 
 type PendingAction = {
   dialogShown: ManualPromise<void>;
 };
 
+type BrowserContextAndBrowser = {
+  browser?: playwright.Browser;
+  browserContext: playwright.BrowserContext;
+};
+
 export class Context {
   readonly tools: Tool[];
-  readonly config: Config;
+  readonly config: FullConfig;
-  private _browser: playwright.Browser | undefined;
+  private _browserContextPromise: Promise<BrowserContextAndBrowser> | undefined;
-  private _browserContext: playwright.BrowserContext | undefined;
-  private _createBrowserContextPromise: Promise<{ browser?: playwright.Browser, browserContext: playwright.BrowserContext }> | undefined;
   private _tabs: Tab[] = [];
   private _currentTab: Tab | undefined;
   private _modalStates: (ModalState & { tab: Tab })[] = [];
   private _pendingAction: PendingAction | undefined;
   private _downloads: { download: playwright.Download, finished: boolean, outputFile: string }[] = [];
+  clientVersion: { name: string; version: string; } | undefined;
 
-  constructor(tools: Tool[], config: Config) {
+  constructor(tools: Tool[], config: FullConfig) {
     this.tools = tools;
     this.config = config;
   }
 
+  clientSupportsImages(): boolean {
+    if (this.config.imageResponses === 'allow')
+      return true;
+    if (this.config.imageResponses === 'omit')
+      return false;
+    return !this.clientVersion?.name.includes('cursor');
+  }
+
   modalStates(): ModalState[] {
     return this._modalStates;
   }
@@ -85,7 +97,7 @@ export class Context {
   }
 
   async newTab(): Promise<Tab> {
-    const browserContext = await this._ensureBrowserContext();
+    const { browserContext } = await this._ensureBrowserContext();
     const page = await browserContext.newPage();
     this._currentTab = this._tabs.find(t => t.page === page)!;
     return this._currentTab;
@@ -97,9 +109,9 @@ export class Context {
   }
 
   async ensureTab(): Promise<Tab> {
-    const context = await this._ensureBrowserContext();
+    const { browserContext } = await this._ensureBrowserContext();
     if (!this._currentTab)
-      await context.newPage();
+      await browserContext.newPage();
     return this._currentTab!;
   }
 
@@ -109,7 +121,7 @@ export class Context {
     const lines: string[] = ['### Open tabs'];
     for (let i = 0; i < this._tabs.length; i++) {
       const tab = this._tabs[i];
-      const title = await tab.page.title();
+      const title = await tab.title();
       const url = tab.page.url();
       const current = tab === this._currentTab ? ' (current)' : '';
       lines.push(`- ${i + 1}:${current} [${title}] (${url})`);
@@ -146,7 +158,7 @@ export class Context {
     let actionResult: { content?: (ImageContent | TextContent)[] } | undefined;
     try {
       if (waitForNetwork)
-        actionResult = await waitForCompletion(this, tab.page, async () => racingAction?.()) ?? undefined;
+        actionResult = await waitForCompletion(this, tab, async () => racingAction?.()) ?? undefined;
       else
         actionResult = await racingAction?.() ?? undefined;
     } finally {
@@ -190,7 +202,7 @@ ${code.join('\n')}
 
     result.push(
         `- Page URL: ${tab.page.url()}`,
-        `- Page Title: ${await tab.page.title()}`
+        `- Page Title: ${await tab.title()}`
     );
 
     if (captureSnapshot && tab.hasSnapshot())
@@ -210,10 +222,14 @@ ${code.join('\n')}
   }
 
   async waitForTimeout(time: number) {
-    if (this._currentTab && !this._javaScriptBlocked())
+    if (!this._currentTab || this._javaScriptBlocked()) {
-      await this._currentTab.page.evaluate(() => new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 1000)));
-    else
       await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, time));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await callOnPageNoTrace(this._currentTab.page, page => {
+      return page.evaluate(() => new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, 1000)));
+    });
   }
 
   private async _raceAgainstModalDialogs(action: () => Promise<ToolActionResult>): Promise<ToolActionResult> {
@@ -273,22 +289,24 @@ ${code.join('\n')}
 
     if (this._currentTab === tab)
       this._currentTab = this._tabs[Math.min(index, this._tabs.length - 1)];
-    if (this._browserContext && !this._tabs.length)
+    if (!this._tabs.length)
       void this.close();
   }
 
   async close() {
-    if (!this._browserContext)
+    if (!this._browserContextPromise)
       return;
-    const browserContext = this._browserContext;
-    const browser = this._browser;
-    this._createBrowserContextPromise = undefined;
-    this._browserContext = undefined;
-    this._browser = undefined;
 
-    await browserContext?.close().then(async () => {
+    const promise = this._browserContextPromise;
+    this._browserContextPromise = undefined;
+
+    await promise.then(async ({ browserContext, browser }) => {
+      if (this.config.saveTrace)
+        await browserContext.tracing.stop();
+      await browserContext.close().then(async () => {
         await browser?.close();
       }).catch(() => {});
+    });
   }
 
   private async _setupRequestInterception(context: playwright.BrowserContext) {
@@ -305,30 +323,34 @@ ${code.join('\n')}
     }
   }
 
-  private async _ensureBrowserContext() {
+  private _ensureBrowserContext() {
-    if (!this._browserContext) {
+    if (!this._browserContextPromise) {
-      const context = await this._createBrowserContext();
+      this._browserContextPromise = this._setupBrowserContext();
-      this._browser = context.browser;
+      this._browserContextPromise.catch(() => {
-      this._browserContext = context.browserContext;
+        this._browserContextPromise = undefined;
-      await this._setupRequestInterception(this._browserContext);
-      for (const page of this._browserContext.pages())
-        this._onPageCreated(page);
-      this._browserContext.on('page', page => this._onPageCreated(page));
-    }
-    return this._browserContext;
-  }
-
-  private async _createBrowserContext(): Promise<{ browser?: playwright.Browser, browserContext: playwright.BrowserContext }> {
-    if (!this._createBrowserContextPromise) {
-      this._createBrowserContextPromise = this._innerCreateBrowserContext();
-      void this._createBrowserContextPromise.catch(() => {
-        this._createBrowserContextPromise = undefined;
       });
     }
-    return this._createBrowserContextPromise;
+    return this._browserContextPromise;
   }
 
-  private async _innerCreateBrowserContext(): Promise<{ browser?: playwright.Browser, browserContext: playwright.BrowserContext }> {
+  private async _setupBrowserContext(): Promise<BrowserContextAndBrowser> {
+    const { browser, browserContext } = await this._createBrowserContext();
+    await this._setupRequestInterception(browserContext);
+    for (const page of browserContext.pages())
+      this._onPageCreated(page);
+    browserContext.on('page', page => this._onPageCreated(page));
+    if (this.config.saveTrace) {
+      await browserContext.tracing.start({
+        name: 'trace',
+        screenshots: false,
+        snapshots: true,
+        sources: false,
+      });
+    }
+    return { browser, browserContext };
+  }
+
+  private async _createBrowserContext(): Promise<BrowserContextAndBrowser> {
     if (this.config.browser?.remoteEndpoint) {
       const url = new URL(this.config.browser?.remoteEndpoint);
       if (this.config.browser.browserName)
@@ -342,21 +364,23 @@ ${code.join('\n')}
 
     if (this.config.browser?.cdpEndpoint) {
       const browser = await playwright.chromium.connectOverCDP(this.config.browser.cdpEndpoint);
-      const browserContext = browser.contexts()[0];
+      const browserContext = this.config.browser.isolated ? await browser.newContext() : browser.contexts()[0];
       return { browser, browserContext };
     }
 
-    const browserContext = await launchPersistentContext(this.config.browser);
+    return this.config.browser?.isolated ?
-    return { browserContext };
+      await createIsolatedContext(this.config.browser) :
+      await launchPersistentContext(this.config.browser);
   }
 }
 
-async function launchPersistentContext(browserConfig: Config['browser']): Promise<playwright.BrowserContext> {
+async function createIsolatedContext(browserConfig: FullConfig['browser']): Promise<BrowserContextAndBrowser> {
   try {
     const browserName = browserConfig?.browserName ?? 'chromium';
-    const userDataDir = browserConfig?.userDataDir ?? await createUserDataDir({ ...browserConfig, browserName });
     const browserType = playwright[browserName];
-    return await browserType.launchPersistentContext(userDataDir, { ...browserConfig?.launchOptions, ...browserConfig?.contextOptions });
+    const browser = await browserType.launch(browserConfig.launchOptions);
+    const browserContext = await browser.newContext(browserConfig.contextOptions);
+    return { browser, browserContext };
   } catch (error: any) {
     if (error.message.includes('Executable doesn\'t exist'))
       throw new Error(`Browser specified in your config is not installed. Either install it (likely) or change the config.`);
@@ -364,7 +388,21 @@ async function launchPersistentContext(browserConfig: Config['browser']): Promis
   }
 }
 
-async function createUserDataDir(browserConfig: Config['browser']) {
+async function launchPersistentContext(browserConfig: FullConfig['browser']): Promise<BrowserContextAndBrowser> {
+  try {
+    const browserName = browserConfig.browserName ?? 'chromium';
+    const userDataDir = browserConfig.userDataDir ?? await createUserDataDir({ ...browserConfig, browserName });
+    const browserType = playwright[browserName];
+    const browserContext = await browserType.launchPersistentContext(userDataDir, { ...browserConfig.launchOptions, ...browserConfig.contextOptions });
+    return { browserContext };
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (error.message.includes('Executable doesn\'t exist'))
+      throw new Error(`Browser specified in your config is not installed. Either install it (likely) or change the config.`);
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+async function createUserDataDir(browserConfig: FullConfig['browser']) {
   let cacheDirectory: string;
   if (process.platform === 'linux')
     cacheDirectory = process.env.XDG_CACHE_HOME || path.join(os.homedir(), '.cache');
@@ -374,14 +412,10 @@ async function createUserDataDir(browserConfig: Config['browser']) {
     cacheDirectory = process.env.LOCALAPPDATA || path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData', 'Local');
   else
     throw new Error('Unsupported platform: ' + process.platform);
-  const result = path.join(cacheDirectory, 'ms-playwright', `mcp-${browserConfig?.launchOptions?.channel ?? browserConfig?.browserName}-profile`);
+  const result = path.join(cacheDirectory, 'ms-playwright', `mcp-${browserConfig.launchOptions?.channel ?? browserConfig?.browserName}-profile`);
   await fs.promises.mkdir(result, { recursive: true });
   return result;
 }
 
-export async function generateLocator(locator: playwright.Locator): Promise<string> {
-  return (locator as any)._generateLocatorString();
-}
-
 const __filename = url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 export const packageJSON = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(path.dirname(__filename), '..', 'package.json'), 'utf8'));

src/index.ts

@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
  */
 
 import { Connection, createConnection as createConnectionImpl } from './connection.js';
+import { resolveConfig } from './config.js';
 
 import type { Config } from '../config.js';
 
-export async function createConnection(config: Config = {}): Promise<Connection> {
+export async function createConnection(userConfig: Config = {}): Promise<Connection> {
+  const config = await resolveConfig(userConfig);
   return createConnectionImpl(config);
 }

src/pageSnapshot.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
  */
 
 import * as playwright from 'playwright';
+import { callOnPageNoTrace } from './tools/utils.js';
+
+type PageEx = playwright.Page & {
+  _snapshotForAI: () => Promise<string>;
+};
 
 export class PageSnapshot {
   private _page: playwright.Page;
@@ -35,16 +40,16 @@ export class PageSnapshot {
   }
 
   private async _build() {
-    const yamlDocument = await (this._page as any)._snapshotForAI();
+    const snapshot = await callOnPageNoTrace(this._page, page => (page as PageEx)._snapshotForAI());
     this._text = [
       `- Page Snapshot`,
       '```yaml',
-      yamlDocument.toString({ indentSeq: false }).trim(),
+      snapshot,
       '```',
     ].join('\n');
   }
 
-  refLocator(ref: string): playwright.Locator {
+  refLocator(params: { element: string, ref: string }): playwright.Locator {
-    return this._page.locator(`aria-ref=${ref}`);
+    return this._page.locator(`aria-ref=${params.ref}`).describe(params.element);
   }
 }

src/program.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 import { program } from 'commander';
 
 import { startHttpTransport, startStdioTransport } from './transport.js';
-import { resolveConfig } from './config.js';
+import { resolveCLIConfig } from './config.js';
+// @ts-ignore
+import { startTraceViewerServer } from 'playwright-core/lib/server';
 
 import type { Connection } from './connection.js';
 import { packageJSON } from './context.js';
@@ -25,23 +27,33 @@ import { packageJSON } from './context.js';
 program
     .version('Version ' + packageJSON.version)
     .name(packageJSON.name)
-    .option('--browser <browser>', 'Browser or chrome channel to use, possible values: chrome, firefox, webkit, msedge.')
+    .option('--allowed-origins <origins>', 'semicolon-separated list of origins to allow the browser to request. Default is to allow all.', semicolonSeparatedList)
-    .option('--caps <caps>', 'Comma-separated list of capabilities to enable, possible values: tabs, pdf, history, wait, files, install. Default is all.')
+    .option('--blocked-origins <origins>', 'semicolon-separated list of origins to block the browser from requesting. Blocklist is evaluated before allowlist. If used without the allowlist, requests not matching the blocklist are still allowed.', semicolonSeparatedList)
+    .option('--block-service-workers', 'block service workers')
+    .option('--browser <browser>', 'browser or chrome channel to use, possible values: chrome, firefox, webkit, msedge.')
+    .option('--caps <caps>', 'comma-separated list of capabilities to enable, possible values: tabs, pdf, history, wait, files, install. Default is all.')
     .option('--cdp-endpoint <endpoint>', 'CDP endpoint to connect to.')
-    .option('--executable-path <path>', 'Path to the browser executable.')
+    .option('--config <path>', 'path to the configuration file.')
-    .option('--headless', 'Run browser in headless mode, headed by default')
+    .option('--device <device>', 'device to emulate, for example: "iPhone 15"')
-    .option('--device <device>', 'Device to emulate, for example: "iPhone 15"')
+    .option('--executable-path <path>', 'path to the browser executable.')
-    .option('--user-data-dir <path>', 'Path to the user data directory')
+    .option('--headless', 'run browser in headless mode, headed by default')
-    .option('--port <port>', 'Port to listen on for SSE transport.')
+    .option('--host <host>', 'host to bind server to. Default is localhost. Use 0.0.0.0 to bind to all interfaces.')
-    .option('--host <host>', 'Host to bind server to. Default is localhost. Use 0.0.0.0 to bind to all interfaces.')
+    .option('--ignore-https-errors', 'ignore https errors')
-    .option('--allowed-origins <origins>', 'Semicolon-separated list of origins to allow the browser to request. Default is to allow all.', semicolonSeparatedList)
+    .option('--isolated', 'keep the browser profile in memory, do not save it to disk.')
-    .option('--blocked-origins <origins>', 'Semicolon-separated list of origins to block the browser from requesting. Blocklist is evaluated before allowlist. If used without the allowlist, requests not matching the blocklist are still allowed.', semicolonSeparatedList)
+    .option('--image-responses <mode>', 'whether to send image responses to the client. Can be "allow", "omit", or "auto". Defaults to "auto", which sends images if the client can display them.')
+    .option('--no-sandbox', 'disable the sandbox for all process types that are normally sandboxed.')
+    .option('--output-dir <path>', 'path to the directory for output files.')
+    .option('--port <port>', 'port to listen on for SSE transport.')
+    .option('--proxy-bypass <bypass>', 'comma-separated domains to bypass proxy, for example ".com,chromium.org,.domain.com"')
+    .option('--proxy-server <proxy>', 'specify proxy server, for example "http://myproxy:3128" or "socks5://myproxy:8080"')
+    .option('--save-trace', 'Whether to save the Playwright Trace of the session into the output directory.')
+    .option('--storage-state <path>', 'path to the storage state file for isolated sessions.')
+    .option('--user-agent <ua string>', 'specify user agent string')
+    .option('--user-data-dir <path>', 'path to the user data directory. If not specified, a temporary directory will be created.')
+    .option('--viewport-size <size>', 'specify browser viewport size in pixels, for example "1280, 720"')
     .option('--vision', 'Run server that uses screenshots (Aria snapshots are used by default)')
-    .option('--no-image-responses', 'Do not send image responses to the client.')
-    .option('--output-dir <path>', 'Path to the directory for output files.')
-    .option('--config <path>', 'Path to the configuration file.')
     .action(async options => {
-      const config = await resolveConfig(options);
+      const config = await resolveCLIConfig(options);
       const connectionList: Connection[] = [];
       setupExitWatchdog(connectionList);
 
@@ -49,6 +61,14 @@ program
         startHttpTransport(config, +options.port, options.host, connectionList);
       else
         await startStdioTransport(config, connectionList);
+
+      if (config.saveTrace) {
+        const server = await startTraceViewerServer();
+        const urlPrefix = server.urlPrefix('human-readable');
+        const url = urlPrefix + '/trace/index.html?trace=' + config.browser.launchOptions.tracesDir + '/trace.json';
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.error('\nTrace viewer listening on ' + url);
+      }
     });
 
 function setupExitWatchdog(connectionList: Connection[]) {

src/tab.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import { PageSnapshot } from './pageSnapshot.js';
 
 import type { Context } from './context.js';
+import { callOnPageNoTrace } from './tools/utils.js';
 
 export class Tab {
   readonly context: Context;
@@ -61,10 +62,18 @@ export class Tab {
     this._onPageClose(this);
   }
 
+  async title(): Promise<string> {
+    return await callOnPageNoTrace(this.page, page => page.title());
+  }
+
+  async waitForLoadState(state: 'load', options?: { timeout?: number }): Promise<void> {
+    await callOnPageNoTrace(this.page, page => page.waitForLoadState(state, options).catch(() => {}));
+  }
+
   async navigate(url: string) {
     this._clearCollectedArtifacts();
 
-    const downloadEvent = this.page.waitForEvent('download').catch(() => {});
+    const downloadEvent = callOnPageNoTrace(this.page, page => page.waitForEvent('download').catch(() => {}));
     try {
       await this.page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
     } catch (_e: unknown) {
@@ -85,7 +94,7 @@ export class Tab {
     }
 
     // Cap load event to 5 seconds, the page is operational at this point.
-    await this.page.waitForLoadState('load', { timeout: 5000 }).catch(() => {});
+    await this.waitForLoadState('load', { timeout: 5000 });
   }
 
   hasSnapshot(): boolean {

src/tools.ts

@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import network from './tools/network.js';
 import pdf from './tools/pdf.js';
 import snapshot from './tools/snapshot.js';
 import tabs from './tools/tabs.js';
-import screen from './tools/screen.js';
+import screenshot from './tools/screenshot.js';
 import testing from './tools/testing.js';
+import vision from './tools/vision.js';
+import wait from './tools/wait.js';
 
 import type { Tool } from './tools/tool.js';
 
@@ -40,12 +42,14 @@ export const snapshotTools: Tool<any>[] = [
   ...navigate(true),
   ...network,
   ...pdf,
+  ...screenshot,
   ...snapshot,
   ...tabs(true),
   ...testing,
+  ...wait(true),
 ];
 
-export const screenshotTools: Tool<any>[] = [
+export const visionTools: Tool<any>[] = [
   ...common(false),
   ...console,
   ...dialogs(false),
@@ -55,7 +59,8 @@ export const screenshotTools: Tool<any>[] = [
   ...navigate(false),
   ...network,
   ...pdf,
-  ...screen,
   ...tabs(false),
   ...testing,
+  ...vision,
+  ...wait(false),
 ];

src/tools/common.ts

@@ -17,54 +17,6 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { defineTool, type ToolFactory } from './tool.js';
 
-const wait: ToolFactory = captureSnapshot => defineTool({
-  capability: 'wait',
-
-  schema: {
-    name: 'browser_wait_for',
-    title: 'Wait for',
-    description: 'Wait for text to appear or disappear or a specified time to pass',
-    inputSchema: z.object({
-      time: z.number().optional().describe('The time to wait in seconds'),
-      text: z.string().optional().describe('The text to wait for'),
-      textGone: z.string().optional().describe('The text to wait for to disappear'),
-    }),
-    type: 'readOnly',
-  },
-
-  handle: async (context, params) => {
-    if (!params.text && !params.textGone && !params.time)
-      throw new Error('Either time, text or textGone must be provided');
-
-    const code: string[] = [];
-
-    if (params.time) {
-      code.push(`await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, ${params.time!} * 1000));`);
-      await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, Math.min(10000, params.time! * 1000)));
-    }
-
-    const tab = context.currentTabOrDie();
-    const locator = params.text ? tab.page.getByText(params.text).first() : undefined;
-    const goneLocator = params.textGone ? tab.page.getByText(params.textGone).first() : undefined;
-
-    if (goneLocator) {
-      code.push(`await page.getByText(${JSON.stringify(params.textGone)}).first().waitFor({ state: 'hidden' });`);
-      await goneLocator.waitFor({ state: 'hidden' });
-    }
-
-    if (locator) {
-      code.push(`await page.getByText(${JSON.stringify(params.text)}).first().waitFor({ state: 'visible' });`);
-      await locator.waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
-    }
-
-    return {
-      code,
-      captureSnapshot,
-      waitForNetwork: false,
-    };
-  },
-});
-
 const close = defineTool({
   capability: 'core',
 
@@ -79,7 +31,7 @@ const close = defineTool({
   handle: async context => {
     await context.close();
     return {
-      code: [`// Internal to close the page`],
+      code: [`await page.close()`],
       captureSnapshot: false,
       waitForNetwork: false,
     };
@@ -122,6 +74,5 @@ const resize: ToolFactory = captureSnapshot => defineTool({
 
 export default (captureSnapshot: boolean) => [
   close,
-  wait(captureSnapshot),
   resize(captureSnapshot)
 ];

src/tools/screenshot.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+import { defineTool } from './tool.js';
+import * as javascript from '../javascript.js';
+import { outputFile } from '../config.js';
+import { generateLocator } from './utils.js';
+
+import type * as playwright from 'playwright';
+
+const screenshotSchema = z.object({
+  raw: z.boolean().optional().describe('Whether to return without compression (in PNG format). Default is false, which returns a JPEG image.'),
+  filename: z.string().optional().describe('File name to save the screenshot to. Defaults to `page-{timestamp}.{png|jpeg}` if not specified.'),
+  element: z.string().optional().describe('Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to screenshot the element. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If element is provided, ref must be provided too.'),
+  ref: z.string().optional().describe('Exact target element reference from the page snapshot. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If ref is provided, element must be provided too.'),
+}).refine(data => {
+  return !!data.element === !!data.ref;
+}, {
+  message: 'Both element and ref must be provided or neither.',
+  path: ['ref', 'element']
+});
+
+const screenshot = defineTool({
+  capability: 'core',
+  schema: {
+    name: 'browser_take_screenshot',
+    title: 'Take a screenshot',
+    description: `Take a screenshot of the current page. You can't perform actions based on the screenshot, use browser_snapshot for actions.`,
+    inputSchema: screenshotSchema,
+    type: 'readOnly',
+  },
+
+  handle: async (context, params) => {
+    const tab = context.currentTabOrDie();
+    const snapshot = tab.snapshotOrDie();
+    const fileType = params.raw ? 'png' : 'jpeg';
+    const fileName = await outputFile(context.config, params.filename ?? `page-${new Date().toISOString()}.${fileType}`);
+    const options: playwright.PageScreenshotOptions = { type: fileType, quality: fileType === 'png' ? undefined : 50, scale: 'css', path: fileName };
+    const isElementScreenshot = params.element && params.ref;
+
+    const code = [
+      `// Screenshot ${isElementScreenshot ? params.element : 'viewport'} and save it as ${fileName}`,
+    ];
+
+    const locator = params.ref ? snapshot.refLocator({ element: params.element || '', ref: params.ref }) : null;
+
+    if (locator)
+      code.push(`await page.${await generateLocator(locator)}.screenshot(${javascript.formatObject(options)});`);
+    else
+      code.push(`await page.screenshot(${javascript.formatObject(options)});`);
+
+    const includeBase64 = context.clientSupportsImages();
+    const action = async () => {
+      const screenshot = locator ? await locator.screenshot(options) : await tab.page.screenshot(options);
+      return {
+        content: includeBase64 ? [{
+          type: 'image' as 'image',
+          data: screenshot.toString('base64'),
+          mimeType: fileType === 'png' ? 'image/png' : 'image/jpeg',
+        }] : []
+      };
+    };
+
+    return {
+      code,
+      action,
+      captureSnapshot: true,
+      waitForNetwork: false,
+    };
+  }
+});
+
+export default [
+  screenshot,
+];

src/tools/snapshot.ts

@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 
 import { defineTool } from './tool.js';
 import * as javascript from '../javascript.js';
-import { outputFile } from '../config.js';
+import { generateLocator } from './utils.js';
-
-import type * as playwright from 'playwright';
 
 const snapshot = defineTool({
   capability: 'core',
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ const click = defineTool({
 
   handle: async (context, params) => {
     const tab = context.currentTabOrDie();
-    const locator = tab.snapshotOrDie().refLocator(params.ref);
+    const locator = tab.snapshotOrDie().refLocator(params);
 
     const code = [
       `// Click ${params.element}`,
@@ -93,8 +91,8 @@ const drag = defineTool({
 
   handle: async (context, params) => {
     const snapshot = context.currentTabOrDie().snapshotOrDie();
-    const startLocator = snapshot.refLocator(params.startRef);
+    const startLocator = snapshot.refLocator({ ref: params.startRef, element: params.startElement });
-    const endLocator = snapshot.refLocator(params.endRef);
+    const endLocator = snapshot.refLocator({ ref: params.endRef, element: params.endElement });
 
     const code = [
       `// Drag ${params.startElement} to ${params.endElement}`,
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ const hover = defineTool({
 
   handle: async (context, params) => {
     const snapshot = context.currentTabOrDie().snapshotOrDie();
-    const locator = snapshot.refLocator(params.ref);
+    const locator = snapshot.refLocator(params);
 
     const code = [
       `// Hover over ${params.element}`,
@@ -156,7 +154,7 @@ const type = defineTool({
 
   handle: async (context, params) => {
     const snapshot = context.currentTabOrDie().snapshotOrDie();
-    const locator = snapshot.refLocator(params.ref);
+    const locator = snapshot.refLocator(params);
 
     const code: string[] = [];
     const steps: (() => Promise<void>)[] = [];
@@ -202,7 +200,7 @@ const selectOption = defineTool({
 
   handle: async (context, params) => {
     const snapshot = context.currentTabOrDie().snapshotOrDie();
-    const locator = snapshot.refLocator(params.ref);
+    const locator = snapshot.refLocator(params);
 
     const code = [
       `// Select options [${params.values.join(', ')}] in ${params.element}`,
@@ -218,72 +216,6 @@ const selectOption = defineTool({
   },
 });
 
-const screenshotSchema = z.object({
-  raw: z.boolean().optional().describe('Whether to return without compression (in PNG format). Default is false, which returns a JPEG image.'),
-  filename: z.string().optional().describe('File name to save the screenshot to. Defaults to `page-{timestamp}.{png|jpeg}` if not specified.'),
-  element: z.string().optional().describe('Human-readable element description used to obtain permission to screenshot the element. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If element is provided, ref must be provided too.'),
-  ref: z.string().optional().describe('Exact target element reference from the page snapshot. If not provided, the screenshot will be taken of viewport. If ref is provided, element must be provided too.'),
-}).refine(data => {
-  return !!data.element === !!data.ref;
-}, {
-  message: 'Both element and ref must be provided or neither.',
-  path: ['ref', 'element']
-});
-
-const screenshot = defineTool({
-  capability: 'core',
-  schema: {
-    name: 'browser_take_screenshot',
-    title: 'Take a screenshot',
-    description: `Take a screenshot of the current page. You can't perform actions based on the screenshot, use browser_snapshot for actions.`,
-    inputSchema: screenshotSchema,
-    type: 'readOnly',
-  },
-
-  handle: async (context, params) => {
-    const tab = context.currentTabOrDie();
-    const snapshot = tab.snapshotOrDie();
-    const fileType = params.raw ? 'png' : 'jpeg';
-    const fileName = await outputFile(context.config, params.filename ?? `page-${new Date().toISOString()}.${fileType}`);
-    const options: playwright.PageScreenshotOptions = { type: fileType, quality: fileType === 'png' ? undefined : 50, scale: 'css', path: fileName };
-    const isElementScreenshot = params.element && params.ref;
-
-    const code = [
-      `// Screenshot ${isElementScreenshot ? params.element : 'viewport'} and save it as ${fileName}`,
-    ];
-
-    const locator = params.ref ? snapshot.refLocator(params.ref) : null;
-
-    if (locator)
-      code.push(`await page.${await generateLocator(locator)}.screenshot(${javascript.formatObject(options)});`);
-    else
-      code.push(`await page.screenshot(${javascript.formatObject(options)});`);
-
-    const includeBase64 = !context.config.noImageResponses;
-    const action = async () => {
-      const screenshot = locator ? await locator.screenshot(options) : await tab.page.screenshot(options);
-      return {
-        content: includeBase64 ? [{
-          type: 'image' as 'image',
-          data: screenshot.toString('base64'),
-          mimeType: fileType === 'png' ? 'image/png' : 'image/jpeg',
-        }] : []
-      };
-    };
-
-    return {
-      code,
-      action,
-      captureSnapshot: true,
-      waitForNetwork: false,
-    };
-  }
-});
-
-export async function generateLocator(locator: playwright.Locator): Promise<string> {
-  return (locator as any)._generateLocatorString();
-}
-
 export default [
   snapshot,
   click,
@@ -291,5 +223,4 @@ export default [
   hover,
   type,
   selectOption,
-  screenshot,
 ];

src/tools/utils.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 
 import type * as playwright from 'playwright';
 import type { Context } from '../context.js';
+import type { Tab } from '../tab.js';
 
-export async function waitForCompletion<R>(context: Context, page: playwright.Page, callback: () => Promise<R>): Promise<R> {
+export async function waitForCompletion<R>(context: Context, tab: Tab, callback: () => Promise<R>): Promise<R> {
   const requests = new Set<playwright.Request>();
   let frameNavigated = false;
   let waitCallback: () => void = () => {};
@@ -36,9 +37,7 @@ export async function waitForCompletion<R>(context: Context, page: playwright.Pa
     frameNavigated = true;
     dispose();
     clearTimeout(timeout);
-    void frame.waitForLoadState('load').then(() => {
+    void tab.waitForLoadState('load').then(waitCallback);
-      waitCallback();
-    });
   };
 
   const onTimeout = () => {
@@ -46,15 +45,15 @@ export async function waitForCompletion<R>(context: Context, page: playwright.Pa
     waitCallback();
   };
 
-  page.on('request', requestListener);
+  tab.page.on('request', requestListener);
-  page.on('requestfinished', requestFinishedListener);
+  tab.page.on('requestfinished', requestFinishedListener);
-  page.on('framenavigated', frameNavigateListener);
+  tab.page.on('framenavigated', frameNavigateListener);
   const timeout = setTimeout(onTimeout, 10000);
 
   const dispose = () => {
-    page.off('request', requestListener);
+    tab.page.off('request', requestListener);
-    page.off('requestfinished', requestFinishedListener);
+    tab.page.off('requestfinished', requestFinishedListener);
-    page.off('framenavigated', frameNavigateListener);
+    tab.page.off('framenavigated', frameNavigateListener);
     clearTimeout(timeout);
   };
 
@@ -77,3 +76,11 @@ export function sanitizeForFilePath(s: string) {
     return sanitize(s);
   return sanitize(s.substring(0, separator)) + '.' + sanitize(s.substring(separator + 1));
 }
+
+export async function generateLocator(locator: playwright.Locator): Promise<string> {
+  return (locator as any)._generateLocatorString();
+}
+
+export async function callOnPageNoTrace<T>(page: playwright.Page, callback: (page: playwright.Page) => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+  return await (page as any)._wrapApiCall(() => callback(page), { internal: true });
+}

src/tools/wait.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import { defineTool, type ToolFactory } from './tool.js';
+
+const wait: ToolFactory = captureSnapshot => defineTool({
+  capability: 'wait',
+
+  schema: {
+    name: 'browser_wait_for',
+    title: 'Wait for',
+    description: 'Wait for text to appear or disappear or a specified time to pass',
+    inputSchema: z.object({
+      time: z.number().optional().describe('The time to wait in seconds'),
+      text: z.string().optional().describe('The text to wait for'),
+      textGone: z.string().optional().describe('The text to wait for to disappear'),
+    }),
+    type: 'readOnly',
+  },
+
+  handle: async (context, params) => {
+    if (!params.text && !params.textGone && !params.time)
+      throw new Error('Either time, text or textGone must be provided');
+
+    const code: string[] = [];
+
+    if (params.time) {
+      code.push(`await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, ${params.time!} * 1000));`);
+      await new Promise(f => setTimeout(f, Math.min(10000, params.time! * 1000)));
+    }
+
+    const tab = context.currentTabOrDie();
+    const locator = params.text ? tab.page.getByText(params.text).first() : undefined;
+    const goneLocator = params.textGone ? tab.page.getByText(params.textGone).first() : undefined;
+
+    if (goneLocator) {
+      code.push(`await page.getByText(${JSON.stringify(params.textGone)}).first().waitFor({ state: 'hidden' });`);
+      await goneLocator.waitFor({ state: 'hidden' });
+    }
+
+    if (locator) {
+      code.push(`await page.getByText(${JSON.stringify(params.text)}).first().waitFor({ state: 'visible' });`);
+      await locator.waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
+    }
+
+    return {
+      code,
+      captureSnapshot,
+      waitForNetwork: false,
+    };
+  },
+});
+
+export default (captureSnapshot: boolean) => [
+  wait(captureSnapshot),
+];

src/transport.ts

@@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ import { StdioServerTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js'
 
 import { createConnection } from './connection.js';
 
-import type { Config } from '../config.js';
 import type { Connection } from './connection.js';
+import type { FullConfig } from './config.js';
 
-export async function startStdioTransport(config: Config, connectionList: Connection[]) {
+export async function startStdioTransport(config: FullConfig, connectionList: Connection[]) {
   const connection = await createConnection(config);
   await connection.connect(new StdioServerTransport());
   connectionList.push(connection);
 }
 
-async function handleSSE(config: Config, req: http.IncomingMessage, res: http.ServerResponse, url: URL, sessions: Map<string, SSEServerTransport>, connectionList: Connection[]) {
+async function handleSSE(config: FullConfig, req: http.IncomingMessage, res: http.ServerResponse, url: URL, sessions: Map<string, SSEServerTransport>, connectionList: Connection[]) {
   if (req.method === 'POST') {
     const sessionId = url.searchParams.get('sessionId');
     if (!sessionId) {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ async function handleSSE(config: Config, req: http.IncomingMessage, res: http.Se
   res.end('Method not allowed');
 }
 
-async function handleStreamable(config: Config, req: http.IncomingMessage, res: http.ServerResponse, sessions: Map<string, StreamableHTTPServerTransport>, connectionList: Connection[]) {
+async function handleStreamable(config: FullConfig, req: http.IncomingMessage, res: http.ServerResponse, sessions: Map<string, StreamableHTTPServerTransport>, connectionList: Connection[]) {
   const sessionId = req.headers['mcp-session-id'] as string | undefined;
   if (sessionId) {
     const transport = sessions.get(sessionId);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async function handleStreamable(config: Config, req: http.IncomingMessage, res:
   res.end('Invalid request');
 }
 
-export function startHttpTransport(config: Config, port: number, hostname: string | undefined, connectionList: Connection[]) {
+export function startHttpTransport(config: FullConfig, port: number, hostname: string | undefined, connectionList: Connection[]) {
   const sseSessions = new Map<string, SSEServerTransport>();
   const streamableSessions = new Map<string, StreamableHTTPServerTransport>();
   const httpServer = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
@@ -140,6 +140,6 @@ export function startHttpTransport(config: Config, port: number, hostname: strin
       'If your client supports streamable HTTP, you can use the /mcp endpoint instead.',
     ].join('\n');
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    console.log(message);
+    console.error(message);
   });
 }

tests/cdp.spec.ts

@@ -16,16 +16,21 @@
 
 import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
 
-test('cdp server', async ({ cdpEndpoint, startClient, server }) => {
+test('cdp server', async ({ cdpServer, startClient, server }) => {
-  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--cdp-endpoint=${await cdpEndpoint()}`] });
+  await cdpServer.start();
+  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--cdp-endpoint=${cdpServer.endpoint}`] });
   expect(await client.callTool({
     name: 'browser_navigate',
     arguments: { url: server.HELLO_WORLD },
   })).toContainTextContent(`- generic [ref=e1]: Hello, world!`);
 });
 
-test('cdp server reuse tab', async ({ cdpEndpoint, startClient }) => {
+test('cdp server reuse tab', async ({ cdpServer, startClient, server }) => {
-  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--cdp-endpoint=${await cdpEndpoint()}`] });
+  const browserContext = await cdpServer.start();
+  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--cdp-endpoint=${cdpServer.endpoint}`] });
+
+  const [page] = browserContext.pages();
+  await page.goto(server.HELLO_WORLD);
 
   expect(await client.callTool({
     name: 'browser_click',
@@ -43,18 +48,17 @@ test('cdp server reuse tab', async ({ cdpEndpoint, startClient }) => {
 // <internal code to capture accessibility snapshot>
 \`\`\`
 
-- Page URL: data:text/html,hello world
+- Page URL: ${server.HELLO_WORLD}
-- Page Title: 
+- Page Title: Title
 - Page Snapshot
 \`\`\`yaml
-- generic [ref=e1]: hello world
+- generic [ref=e1]: Hello, world!
 \`\`\`
 `);
 });
 
-test('should throw connection error and allow re-connecting', async ({ cdpEndpoint, startClient, server }) => {
+test('should throw connection error and allow re-connecting', async ({ cdpServer, startClient, server }) => {
-  const port = 3200 + test.info().parallelIndex;
+  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--cdp-endpoint=${cdpServer.endpoint}`] });
-  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--cdp-endpoint=http://localhost:${port}`] });
 
   server.setContent('/', `
     <title>Title</title>
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ test('should throw connection error and allow re-connecting', async ({ cdpEndpoi
     name: 'browser_navigate',
     arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
   })).toContainTextContent(`Error: browserType.connectOverCDP: connect ECONNREFUSED`);
-  await cdpEndpoint(port);
+  await cdpServer.start();
   expect(await client.callTool({
     name: 'browser_navigate',
     arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },

tests/config.spec.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
 import { Config } from '../config.js';
 import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
 
-test('config user data dir', async ({ startClient, localOutputPath, server }) => {
+test('config user data dir', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
   server.setContent('/', `
     <title>Title</title>
     <body>Hello, world!</body>
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ test('config user data dir', async ({ startClient, localOutputPath, server }) =>
 
   const config: Config = {
     browser: {
-      userDataDir: localOutputPath('user-data-dir'),
+      userDataDir: testInfo.outputPath('user-data-dir'),
     },
   };
-  const configPath = localOutputPath('config.json');
+  const configPath = testInfo.outputPath('config.json');
   await fs.promises.writeFile(configPath, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2));
 
   const client = await startClient({ args: ['--config', configPath] });
@@ -42,3 +42,22 @@ test('config user data dir', async ({ startClient, localOutputPath, server }) =>
   const files = await fs.promises.readdir(config.browser!.userDataDir!);
   expect(files.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
 });
+
+test.describe(() => {
+  test.use({ mcpBrowser: '' });
+  test('browserName', { annotation: { type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/issues/458' } }, async ({ startClient }, testInfo) => {
+    const config: Config = {
+      browser: {
+        browserName: 'firefox',
+      },
+    };
+    const configPath = testInfo.outputPath('config.json');
+    await fs.promises.writeFile(configPath, JSON.stringify(config, null, 2));
+
+    const client = await startClient({ args: ['--config', configPath] });
+    expect(await client.callTool({
+      name: 'browser_navigate',
+      arguments: { url: 'data:text/html,<script>document.title = navigator.userAgent</script>' },
+    })).toContainTextContent(`Firefox`);
+  });
+});

tests/files.spec.ts

@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@
 
 import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
 import fs from 'fs/promises';
-import path from 'path';
 
-test('browser_file_upload', async ({ client, localOutputPath, server }) => {
+test('browser_file_upload', async ({ client, server }, testInfo) => {
   server.setContent('/', `
     <input type="file" />
     <button>Button</button>
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ The tool "browser_file_upload" can only be used when there is related modal stat
   })).toContainTextContent(`### Modal state
 - [File chooser]: can be handled by the "browser_file_upload" tool`);
 
-  const filePath = localOutputPath('test.txt');
+  const filePath = testInfo.outputPath('test.txt');
   await fs.writeFile(filePath, 'Hello, world!');
 
   {
@@ -101,10 +100,9 @@ The tool "browser_file_upload" can only be used when there is related modal stat
   }
 });
 
-test('clicking on download link emits download', async ({ startClient, localOutputPath, server }) => {
+test('clicking on download link emits download', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
-  const outputDir = localOutputPath('output');
   const client = await startClient({
-    config: { outputDir },
+    config: { outputDir: testInfo.outputPath('output') },
   });
 
   server.setContent('/', `<a href="/download" download="test.txt">Download</a>`, 'text/html');
@@ -123,10 +121,14 @@ test('clicking on download link emits download', async ({ startClient, localOutp
   });
   await expect.poll(() => client.callTool({ name: 'browser_snapshot' })).toContainTextContent(`
 ### Downloads
-- Downloaded file test.txt to ${path.join(outputDir, 'test.txt')}`);
+- Downloaded file test.txt to ${testInfo.outputPath('output', 'test.txt')}`);
 });
 
-test('navigating to download link emits download', async ({ client, server, mcpBrowser }) => {
+test('navigating to download link emits download', async ({ startClient, server, mcpBrowser }, testInfo) => {
+  const client = await startClient({
+    config: { outputDir: testInfo.outputPath('output') },
+  });
+
   test.skip(mcpBrowser === 'webkit' && process.platform === 'linux', 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/8e08fdb52c27bb75de9bf87627bf740fadab2122/tests/library/download.spec.ts#L436');
   server.route('/download', (req, res) => {
     res.writeHead(200, {

tests/fixtures.ts

@@ -22,26 +22,30 @@ import { chromium } from 'playwright';
 import { test as baseTest, expect as baseExpect } from '@playwright/test';
 import { StdioClientTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/stdio.js';
 import { Client } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js';
-import { ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams, spawn } from 'child_process';
 import { TestServer } from './testserver/index.ts';
 
 import type { Config } from '../config';
+import type { BrowserContext } from 'playwright';
 
 export type TestOptions = {
   mcpBrowser: string | undefined;
   mcpMode: 'docker' | undefined;
 };
 
+type CDPServer = {
+  endpoint: string;
+  start: () => Promise<BrowserContext>;
+};
+
 type TestFixtures = {
   client: Client;
   visionClient: Client;
   startClient: (options?: { clientName?: string, args?: string[], config?: Config }) => Promise<Client>;
   wsEndpoint: string;
-  cdpEndpoint: (port?: number) => Promise<string>;
+  cdpServer: CDPServer;
   server: TestServer;
   httpsServer: TestServer;
   mcpHeadless: boolean;
-  localOutputPath: (filePath: string) => string;
 };
 
 type WorkerFixtures = {
@@ -65,6 +69,8 @@ export const test = baseTest.extend<TestFixtures & TestOptions, WorkerFixtures>(
 
     await use(async options => {
       const args = ['--user-data-dir', path.relative(configDir, userDataDir)];
+      if (process.env.CI && process.platform === 'linux')
+        args.push('--no-sandbox');
       if (mcpHeadless)
         args.push('--headless');
       if (mcpBrowser)
@@ -93,39 +99,25 @@ export const test = baseTest.extend<TestFixtures & TestOptions, WorkerFixtures>(
     await browserServer.close();
   },
 
-  cdpEndpoint: async ({ }, use, testInfo) => {
+  cdpServer: async ({ mcpBrowser }, use, testInfo) => {
-    let browserProcess: ChildProcessWithoutNullStreams | undefined;
+    test.skip(!['chrome', 'msedge', 'chromium'].includes(mcpBrowser!), 'CDP is not supported for non-Chromium browsers');
 
-    await use(async port => {
+    let browserContext: BrowserContext | undefined;
-      if (!port)
+    const port = 3200 + test.info().parallelIndex;
-        port = 3200 + test.info().parallelIndex;
+    await use({
-      if (browserProcess)
+      endpoint: `http://localhost:${port}`,
-        return `http://localhost:${port}`;
+      start: async () => {
-      browserProcess = spawn(chromium.executablePath(), [
+        browserContext = await chromium.launchPersistentContext(testInfo.outputPath('cdp-user-data-dir'), {
-        `--user-data-dir=${testInfo.outputPath('user-data-dir')}`,
+          channel: mcpBrowser,
+          headless: true,
+          args: [
             `--remote-debugging-port=${port}`,
-        `--no-first-run`,
+          ],
-        `--no-sandbox`,
-        `--headless`,
-        '--use-mock-keychain',
-        `data:text/html,hello world`,
-      ], {
-        stdio: 'pipe',
         });
-      await new Promise<void>(resolve => {
+        return browserContext;
-        browserProcess!.stderr.on('data', data => {
+      }
-          if (data.toString().includes('DevTools listening on '))
-            resolve();
-        });
-      });
-      return `http://localhost:${port}`;
-    });
-    await new Promise<void>(resolve => {
-      if (!browserProcess)
-        return resolve();
-      browserProcess.on('exit', () => resolve());
-      browserProcess.kill();
     });
+    await browserContext?.close();
   },
 
   mcpHeadless: async ({ headless }, use) => {
@@ -136,13 +128,6 @@ export const test = baseTest.extend<TestFixtures & TestOptions, WorkerFixtures>(
 
   mcpMode: [undefined, { option: true }],
 
-  localOutputPath: async ({ mcpMode }, use, testInfo) => {
-    await use(filePath => {
-      test.skip(mcpMode === 'docker', 'Mounting files is not supported in docker mode');
-      return testInfo.outputPath(filePath);
-    });
-  },
-
   _workerServers: [async ({}, use, workerInfo) => {
     const port = 8907 + workerInfo.workerIndex * 4;
     const server = await TestServer.create(port);
@@ -183,6 +168,7 @@ function createTransport(args: string[], mcpMode: TestOptions['mcpMode']) {
     command: 'node',
     args: [path.join(path.dirname(__filename), '../cli.js'), ...args],
     cwd: path.join(path.dirname(__filename), '..'),
+    env: process.env as Record<string, string>,
   });
 }
 

tests/launch.spec.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import fs from 'fs';
+
 import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
 
 test('test reopen browser', async ({ client, server }) => {
@@ -40,3 +42,94 @@ test('executable path', async ({ startClient, server }) => {
   });
   expect(response).toContainTextContent(`executable doesn't exist`);
 });
+
+test('persistent context', async ({ startClient, server }) => {
+  server.setContent('/', `
+    <body>
+    </body>
+    <script>
+      document.body.textContent = localStorage.getItem('test') ? 'Storage: YES' : 'Storage: NO';
+      localStorage.setItem('test', 'test');
+    </script>
+  `, 'text/html');
+
+  const client = await startClient();
+  const response = await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_navigate',
+    arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
+  });
+  expect(response).toContainTextContent(`Storage: NO`);
+
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 3000));
+
+  await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_close',
+  });
+
+  const client2 = await startClient();
+  const response2 = await client2.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_navigate',
+    arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
+  });
+
+  expect(response2).toContainTextContent(`Storage: YES`);
+});
+
+test('isolated context', async ({ startClient, server }) => {
+  server.setContent('/', `
+    <body>
+    </body>
+    <script>
+      document.body.textContent = localStorage.getItem('test') ? 'Storage: YES' : 'Storage: NO';
+      localStorage.setItem('test', 'test');
+    </script>
+  `, 'text/html');
+
+  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--isolated`] });
+  const response = await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_navigate',
+    arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
+  });
+  expect(response).toContainTextContent(`Storage: NO`);
+
+  await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_close',
+  });
+
+  const client2 = await startClient({ args: [`--isolated`] });
+  const response2 = await client2.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_navigate',
+    arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
+  });
+  expect(response2).toContainTextContent(`Storage: NO`);
+});
+
+test('isolated context with storage state', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
+  const storageStatePath = testInfo.outputPath('storage-state.json');
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(storageStatePath, JSON.stringify({
+    origins: [
+      {
+        origin: server.PREFIX,
+        localStorage: [{ name: 'test', value: 'session-value' }],
+      },
+    ],
+  }));
+
+  server.setContent('/', `
+    <body>
+    </body>
+    <script>
+      document.body.textContent = 'Storage: ' + localStorage.getItem('test');
+    </script>
+  `, 'text/html');
+
+  const client = await startClient({ args: [
+    `--isolated`,
+    `--storage-state=${storageStatePath}`,
+  ] });
+  const response = await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_navigate',
+    arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
+  });
+  expect(response).toContainTextContent(`Storage: session-value`);
+});

tests/library.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import child_process from 'node:child_process';
+
+test('library can be used from CommonJS', { annotation: { type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/issues/456' } }, async ({}, testInfo) => {
+  const file = testInfo.outputPath('main.cjs');
+  await fs.writeFile(file, `
+    import('@playwright/mcp')
+      .then(playwrightMCP => playwrightMCP.createConnection())
+      .then(() => console.log('OK'));
+ `);
+  expect(child_process.execSync(`node ${file}`, { encoding: 'utf-8' })).toContain('OK');
+});

tests/pdf.spec.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ test('save as pdf unavailable', async ({ startClient, server }) => {
   })).toHaveTextContent(/Tool \"browser_pdf_save\" not found/);
 });
 
-test('save as pdf', async ({ client, mcpBrowser, server }) => {
+test('save as pdf', async ({ startClient, mcpBrowser, server }, testInfo) => {
+  const client = await startClient({
+    config: { outputDir: testInfo.outputPath('output') },
+  });
+
   test.skip(!!mcpBrowser && !['chromium', 'chrome', 'msedge'].includes(mcpBrowser), 'Save as PDF is only supported in Chromium.');
 
   expect(await client.callTool({
@@ -44,9 +48,9 @@ test('save as pdf', async ({ client, mcpBrowser, server }) => {
   expect(response).toHaveTextContent(/Save page as.*page-[^:]+.pdf/);
 });
 
-test('save as pdf (filename: output.pdf)', async ({ startClient, mcpBrowser, server, localOutputPath }) => {
+test('save as pdf (filename: output.pdf)', async ({ startClient, mcpBrowser, server }, testInfo) => {
+  const outputDir = testInfo.outputPath('output');
   test.skip(!!mcpBrowser && !['chromium', 'chrome', 'msedge'].includes(mcpBrowser), 'Save as PDF is only supported in Chromium.');
-  const outputDir = localOutputPath('output');
   const client = await startClient({
     config: { outputDir },
   });
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ test('save as pdf (filename: output.pdf)', async ({ startClient, mcpBrowser, ser
   const files = [...fs.readdirSync(outputDir)];
 
   expect(fs.existsSync(outputDir)).toBeTruthy();
-  expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
+  const pdfFiles = files.filter(f => f.endsWith('.pdf'));
-  expect(files[0]).toMatch(/^output.pdf$/);
+  expect(pdfFiles).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(pdfFiles[0]).toMatch(/^output.pdf$/);
 });

tests/screenshot.spec.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 
 import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
 
-test('browser_take_screenshot (viewport)', async ({ client, server }) => {
+test('browser_take_screenshot (viewport)', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
+  const client = await startClient({
+    config: { outputDir: testInfo.outputPath('output') },
+  });
   expect(await client.callTool({
     name: 'browser_navigate',
     arguments: { url: server.HELLO_WORLD },
@@ -41,7 +44,10 @@ test('browser_take_screenshot (viewport)', async ({ client, server }) => {
   });
 });
 
-test('browser_take_screenshot (element)', async ({ client, server }) => {
+test('browser_take_screenshot (element)', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
+  const client = await startClient({
+    config: { outputDir: testInfo.outputPath('output') },
+  });
   expect(await client.callTool({
     name: 'browser_navigate',
     arguments: { url: server.HELLO_WORLD },
@@ -68,10 +74,10 @@ test('browser_take_screenshot (element)', async ({ client, server }) => {
   });
 });
 
-test('--output-dir should work', async ({ startClient, localOutputPath, server }) => {
+test('--output-dir should work', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
-  const outputDir = localOutputPath('output');
+  const outputDir = testInfo.outputPath('output');
   const client = await startClient({
-    args: ['--output-dir', outputDir],
+    config: { outputDir },
   });
   expect(await client.callTool({
     name: 'browser_navigate',
@@ -83,13 +89,15 @@ test('--output-dir should work', async ({ startClient, localOutputPath, server }
   });
 
   expect(fs.existsSync(outputDir)).toBeTruthy();
-  expect([...fs.readdirSync(outputDir)]).toHaveLength(1);
+  const files = [...fs.readdirSync(outputDir)].filter(f => f.endsWith('.jpeg'));
+  expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
+  expect(files[0]).toMatch(/^page-\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{3}Z\.jpeg$/);
 });
 
 for (const raw of [undefined, true]) {
-  test(`browser_take_screenshot (raw: ${raw})`, async ({ startClient, localOutputPath, server }) => {
+  test(`browser_take_screenshot (raw: ${raw})`, async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
+    const outputDir = testInfo.outputPath('output');
     const ext = raw ? 'png' : 'jpeg';
-    const outputDir = localOutputPath('output');
     const client = await startClient({
       config: { outputDir },
     });
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ for (const raw of [undefined, true]) {
       ],
     });
 
-    const files = [...fs.readdirSync(outputDir)];
+    const files = [...fs.readdirSync(outputDir)].filter(f => f.endsWith(`.${ext}`));
 
     expect(fs.existsSync(outputDir)).toBeTruthy();
     expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
@@ -128,8 +136,8 @@ for (const raw of [undefined, true]) {
 
 }
 
-test('browser_take_screenshot (filename: "output.jpeg")', async ({ startClient, localOutputPath, server }) => {
+test('browser_take_screenshot (filename: "output.jpeg")', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
-  const outputDir = localOutputPath('output');
+  const outputDir = testInfo.outputPath('output');
   const client = await startClient({
     config: { outputDir },
   });
@@ -157,17 +165,19 @@ test('browser_take_screenshot (filename: "output.jpeg")', async ({ startClient,
     ],
   });
 
-  const files = [...fs.readdirSync(outputDir)];
+  const files = [...fs.readdirSync(outputDir)].filter(f => f.endsWith('.jpeg'));
 
   expect(fs.existsSync(outputDir)).toBeTruthy();
   expect(files).toHaveLength(1);
-  expect(files[0]).toMatch(/^output.jpeg$/);
+  expect(files[0]).toMatch(/^output\.jpeg$/);
 });
 
-test('browser_take_screenshot (noImageResponses)', async ({ startClient, server }) => {
+test('browser_take_screenshot (imageResponses=omit)', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
+  const outputDir = testInfo.outputPath('output');
   const client = await startClient({
     config: {
-      noImageResponses: true,
+      outputDir,
+      imageResponses: 'omit',
     },
   });
 
@@ -192,8 +202,13 @@ test('browser_take_screenshot (noImageResponses)', async ({ startClient, server
   });
 });
 
-test('browser_take_screenshot (cursor)', async ({ startClient, server }) => {
+test('browser_take_screenshot (cursor)', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
-  const client = await startClient({ clientName: 'cursor:vscode' });
+  const outputDir = testInfo.outputPath('output');
+
+  const client = await startClient({
+    clientName: 'cursor:vscode',
+    config: { outputDir },
+  });
 
   expect(await client.callTool({
     name: 'browser_navigate',

tests/sse.spec.ts

@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ const test = baseTest.extend<{ serverEndpoint: string }>({
   serverEndpoint: async ({}, use) => {
     const cp = spawn('node', [path.join(path.dirname(__filename), '../cli.js'), '--port', '0'], { stdio: 'pipe' });
     try {
-      let stdout = '';
+      let stderr = '';
-      const url = await new Promise<string>(resolve => cp.stdout?.on('data', data => {
+      const url = await new Promise<string>(resolve => cp.stderr?.on('data', data => {
-        stdout += data.toString();
+        stderr += data.toString();
-        const match = stdout.match(/Listening on (http:\/\/.*)/);
+        const match = stderr.match(/Listening on (http:\/\/.*)/);
         if (match)
           resolve(match[1]);
       }));
@@ -65,11 +65,17 @@ test('streamable http transport', async ({ serverEndpoint }) => {
   expect(transport.sessionId, 'has session support').toBeDefined();
 });
 
-test('sse transport via public API', async ({ server }) => {
+test('sse transport via public API', async ({ server }, testInfo) => {
+  const userDataDir = testInfo.outputPath('user-data-dir');
   const sessions = new Map<string, SSEServerTransport>();
   const mcpServer = http.createServer(async (req, res) => {
     if (req.method === 'GET') {
-      const connection = await createConnection({ browser: { launchOptions: { headless: true } } });
+      const connection = await createConnection({
+        browser: {
+          userDataDir,
+          launchOptions: { headless: true }
+        },
+      });
       const transport = new SSEServerTransport('/sse', res);
       sessions.set(transport.sessionId, transport);
       await connection.connect(transport);

tests/tabs.spec.ts

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { chromium } from 'playwright';
-
 import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
 
 import type { Client } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js';
@@ -139,17 +137,14 @@ test('close tab', async ({ client }) => {
 \`\`\``);
 });
 
-test('reuse first tab when navigating', async ({ startClient, cdpEndpoint, server }) => {
+test('reuse first tab when navigating', async ({ startClient, cdpServer, server }) => {
-  server.setContent('/', `<title>Title</title><body>Body</body>`, 'text/html');
+  const browserContext = await cdpServer.start();
+  const pages = browserContext.pages();
 
-  const browser = await chromium.connectOverCDP(await cdpEndpoint());
+  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--cdp-endpoint=${cdpServer.endpoint}`] });
-  const [context] = browser.contexts();
-  const pages = context.pages();
-
-  const client = await startClient({ args: [`--cdp-endpoint=${await cdpEndpoint()}`] });
   await client.callTool({
     name: 'browser_navigate',
-    arguments: { url: server.PREFIX },
+    arguments: { url: server.HELLO_WORLD },
   });
 
   expect(pages.length).toBe(1);

tests/trace.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+
+import { test, expect } from './fixtures.js';
+
+test('check that trace is saved', async ({ startClient, server }, testInfo) => {
+  const outputDir = testInfo.outputPath('output');
+
+  const client = await startClient({
+    args: ['--save-trace', `--output-dir=${outputDir}`],
+  });
+
+  expect(await client.callTool({
+    name: 'browser_navigate',
+    arguments: { url: server.HELLO_WORLD },
+  })).toContainTextContent(`Navigate to http://localhost`);
+
+  expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(outputDir, 'traces', 'trace.trace'))).toBeTruthy();
+});

utils/update-readme.js

@@ -32,65 +32,67 @@ import networkTools from '../lib/tools/network.js';
 import pdfTools from '../lib/tools/pdf.js';
 import snapshotTools from '../lib/tools/snapshot.js';
 import tabsTools from '../lib/tools/tabs.js';
-import screenTools from '../lib/tools/screen.js';
+import screenshotTools from '../lib/tools/screenshot.js';
 import testTools from '../lib/tools/testing.js';
+import visionTools from '../lib/tools/vision.js';
+import waitTools from '../lib/tools/wait.js';
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
 
-// Category definitions for tools
 const categories = {
-  'Snapshot-based Interactions': [
+  'Interactions': [
     ...snapshotTools,
-  ],
+    ...keyboardTools(true),
-  'Vision-based Interactions': [
+    ...waitTools(true),
-    ...screenTools
+    ...filesTools(true),
-  ],
+    ...dialogsTools(true),
-  'Tab Management': [
-    ...tabsTools(true),
   ],
   'Navigation': [
     ...navigateTools(true),
   ],
-  'Keyboard': [
+  'Resources': [
-    ...keyboardTools(true)
+    ...screenshotTools,
-  ],
+    ...pdfTools,
-  'Console': [
+    ...networkTools,
-    ...consoleTools
+    ...consoleTools,
-  ],
-  'Files and Media': [
-    ...filesTools(true),
-    ...pdfTools
   ],
   'Utilities': [
-    ...commonTools(true),
     ...installTools,
-    ...dialogsTools(true),
+    ...commonTools(true),
-    ...networkTools,
+  ],
+  'Tabs': [
+    ...tabsTools(true),
   ],
   'Testing': [
     ...testTools,
   ],
+  'Vision mode': [
+    ...visionTools,
+    ...keyboardTools(),
+    ...waitTools(false),
+    ...filesTools(false),
+    ...dialogsTools(false),
+  ],
 };
 
 // NOTE: Can be removed when we drop Node.js 18 support and changed to import.meta.filename.
 const __filename = url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 
-const kStartMarker = `<!--- Generated by ${path.basename(__filename)} -->`;
-const kEndMarker = `<!--- End of generated section -->`;
-
 /**
  * @param {import('../src/tools/tool.js').ToolSchema<any>} tool 
- * @returns {string}
+ * @returns {string[]}
  */
 function formatToolForReadme(tool) {
   const lines = /** @type {string[]} */ ([]);
-  lines.push(`<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via ${path.basename(__filename)} -->\n\n`);
+  lines.push(`<!-- NOTE: This has been generated via ${path.basename(__filename)} -->`);
-  lines.push(`- **${tool.name}**\n`);
+  lines.push(``);
-  lines.push(`  - Title: ${tool.title}\n`);
+  lines.push(`- **${tool.name}**`);
-  lines.push(`  - Description: ${tool.description}\n`);
+  lines.push(`  - Title: ${tool.title}`);
+  lines.push(`  - Description: ${tool.description}`);
 
   const inputSchema = /** @type {any} */ (zodToJsonSchema(tool.inputSchema || {}));
   const requiredParams = inputSchema.required || [];
   if (inputSchema.properties && Object.keys(inputSchema.properties).length) {
-    lines.push(`  - Parameters:\n`);
+    lines.push(`  - Parameters:`);
     Object.entries(inputSchema.properties).forEach(([name, param]) => {
       const optional = !requiredParams.includes(name);
       const meta = /** @type {string[]} */ ([]);
@@ -98,52 +100,94 @@ function formatToolForReadme(tool) {
         meta.push(param.type);
       if (optional)
         meta.push('optional');
-      lines.push(`    - \`${name}\` ${meta.length ? `(${meta.join(', ')})` : ''}: ${param.description}\n`);
+      lines.push(`    - \`${name}\` ${meta.length ? `(${meta.join(', ')})` : ''}: ${param.description}`);
     });
   } else {
-    lines.push(`  - Parameters: None\n`);
+    lines.push(`  - Parameters: None`);
   }
-  lines.push(`  - Read-only: **${tool.type === 'readOnly'}**\n`);
+  lines.push(`  - Read-only: **${tool.type === 'readOnly'}**`);
-  lines.push('\n');
+  lines.push('');
-  return lines.join('');
+  return lines;
 }
 
-async function updateReadme() {
+/**
+ * @param {string} content
+ * @param {string} startMarker
+ * @param {string} endMarker
+ * @param {string[]} generatedLines
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
+ */
+async function updateSection(content, startMarker, endMarker, generatedLines) {
+  const startMarkerIndex = content.indexOf(startMarker);
+  const endMarkerIndex = content.indexOf(endMarker);
+  if (startMarkerIndex === -1 || endMarkerIndex === -1)
+    throw new Error('Markers for generated section not found in README');
+
+  return [
+    content.slice(0, startMarkerIndex + startMarker.length),
+    '',
+    generatedLines.join('\n'),
+    '',
+    content.slice(endMarkerIndex),
+  ].join('\n');
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} content
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
+ */
+async function updateTools(content) {
   console.log('Loading tool information from compiled modules...');
 
-  // Count the tools processed
   const totalTools = Object.values(categories).flat().length;
   console.log(`Found ${totalTools} tools`);
 
   const generatedLines = /** @type {string[]} */ ([]);
-
   for (const [category, categoryTools] of Object.entries(categories)) {
-    generatedLines.push(`### ${category}\n\n`);
+    generatedLines.push(`<details>\n<summary><b>${category}</b></summary>`);
+    generatedLines.push('');
     for (const tool of categoryTools)
-      generatedLines.push(formatToolForReadme(tool.schema));
+      generatedLines.push(...formatToolForReadme(tool.schema));
+    generatedLines.push(`</details>`);
+    generatedLines.push('');
   }
 
+  const startMarker = `<!--- Tools generated by ${path.basename(__filename)} -->`;
+  const endMarker = `<!--- End of tools generated section -->`;
+  return updateSection(content, startMarker, endMarker, generatedLines);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} content
+ * @returns {Promise<string>}
+ */
+async function updateOptions(content) {
+  console.log('Listing options...');
+  const output = execSync('node cli.js --help');
+  const lines = output.toString().split('\n');
+  const firstLine = lines.findIndex(line => line.includes('--version'));
+  lines.splice(0, firstLine + 1);
+  const lastLine = lines.findIndex(line => line.includes('--help'));
+  lines.splice(lastLine);
+  const startMarker = `<!--- Options generated by ${path.basename(__filename)} -->`;
+  const endMarker = `<!--- End of options generated section -->`;
+  return updateSection(content, startMarker, endMarker, [
+    '```',
+    '> npx @playwright/mcp@latest --help',
+    ...lines,
+    '```',
+  ]);
+}
+
+async function updateReadme() {
   const readmePath = path.join(path.dirname(__filename), '..', 'README.md');
   const readmeContent = await fs.promises.readFile(readmePath, 'utf-8');
-  const startMarker = readmeContent.indexOf(kStartMarker);
+  const withTools = await updateTools(readmeContent);
-  const endMarker = readmeContent.indexOf(kEndMarker);
+  const withOptions = await updateOptions(withTools);
-  if (startMarker === -1 || endMarker === -1)
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(readmePath, withOptions, 'utf-8');
-    throw new Error('Markers for generated section not found in README');
-
-  const newReadmeContent = [
-    readmeContent.slice(0, startMarker),
-    kStartMarker + '\n\n',
-    generatedLines.join(''),
-    kEndMarker,
-    readmeContent.slice(endMarker + kEndMarker.length),
-  ].join('');
-
-  // Write updated README
-  await fs.promises.writeFile(readmePath, newReadmeContent, 'utf-8');
   console.log('README updated successfully');
 }
 
-// Run the update
 updateReadme().catch(err => {
   console.error('Error updating README:', err);
   process.exit(1);