Playwright MCP uses a session and prevents proper cache clearing. How many times did Claude tell me "Perfect Deployment!" only to open the console and see a row of errors? It's all about control and caching. Claude does just fine writing its own Playwright scripts. I can't see any use for the MCP at this point. Tell me if I'm wrong.

I’ve been messing around with the new Playwright MCP inside Claude Code and it’s honestly wild.
It doesn’t just simulate tests or spit out scripts — it actually opens a live Chromium browser that you can watch while it runs your flow.

I set it up to test my full onboarding process:
signup → verification → dashboard → first action.
Claude runs the flow step by step, clicks through everything, fills the forms, waits for network calls, takes screenshots if something breaks. You literally see the browser moving like an invisible QA engineer.

No config, no npm, no local setup. You just say what you want to test and it does it.
You can even ask it to export the script if you want to run the same test locally later, but honestly the built-in one is enough for quick checks.

Watching it run was kind of surreal — it caught two console errors and one broken redirect that I hadn’t noticed before.
This combo basically turns Claude Code into a test runner with eyes.

If you’re building web stuff, try enabling the Playwright MCP in Claude Code.
It’s the first time I’ve seen an AI actually use a browser in front of me and do proper end-to-end testing.

I have successfully integrated this playwright mcp -Microsoft one ( adding tools ) to Claude code . We can now add a prompt and pass it in Claude code headless cli .. however the browser navigation is quite slow .. for example it takes more than 4 seconds for Claude code to login using username and password..

How did you speed up the process ..? I am using WSL2

Thanks in advance

Hey folks,

Following up on my earlier post I’ve been documenting everything I learned about Claude Code — massive thanks to everyone who shared feedback and ideas. It’s been super helpful.

Just pushed a round of new updates focused on making MCP server setup seamless:

• Step-by-step installation guides for popular servers — Playwright, Memory, Sequential Thinking, and more

• A consolidated troubleshooting guide for common issues across all MCP integrations

• Short, focused use-case breakdowns

The goal here was to make getting started with MCP servers as frictionless as possible — from install to real usage. Each guide includes working config examples and fixes for the most common setup pitfalls.

📘 Repo: Claude Code — Everything You Need to Know

If you’re looking to extend Claude Code with MCP servers, these additions should help you make better decisions while saving tokens and cost.

Feedback and contributions always welcome.

Just saw a YT video about using playwright mcp. All the behaviors described (screenshots, etc) are available to CC without installing or using MCP, so I’m just curious, is there value to using the MCP over simply asking Claude to “use playwright to visit blah and screenshot the results, review the error and fix”

im not a coder or anything, just playing around for my own fun, so sorry if its a stupid question

but im trying to move and use cc on windows rather than wsl, any mcp im trying to install, is failing to connect

installasion command for example: claude mcp add playwright npx u/playwright/mcp@latest

any idea why? is there a problem with mcps support on windows for now?

I am just trying to get a sense of the tools or hacks I am missing and collectively good for everyone to assess too :-)

No matter what I try, Claude code cannot access the Microsoft Playwright MCP. I'm searching for troubleshooting tips, but can't find anything. Is there anyone using it?

[EDIT] Solved, "claude mcp add playwright -- npx "@playwright/mcp@latest" worked.

I’ve been using a few MCPs in my setup lately, mainly Context 7, Supabase, and Playwright.

I'm just curious in knowing what others here are finding useful. Which MCPs have actually become part of your daily workflow with Claude Code? I don’t want to miss out on any good ones others are using.

Also, is there anything that you feel is still missing as in an MCP you wish existed for a repetitive or annoying task?

It seems that using Playwright or Puppeteer MCPs actually gives Claude Code “eyes” and “hands,” making it much easier to close the loop of coding → testing → validating → refactoring. However, the token consumption is massive, and after just one or two tests, the chat gets compacted. I tried delegating this to a subagent, but the results weren’t great. Do you have any tips for handling this? I’m also considering testing the browser-use MCP (https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use) - maybe I’ll give it a shot later today. Thanks!

Hey folks!

My usual FE development cycle involves: examining Figma designs → planning components → implementation → identifying inconsistencies with Figma or flaws in UI flow → reimplementation.

When developing with Claude Code, it primarily miss the ability to view and interact with the UI it has built. I've considered tools like Browser MCP and Playwright MCP, but these expose many tools and is low-quality. Are these a good starting point, or are there open-source MCPs that offer high-quality "Screenshot" and "Basic interaction" support?

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Second, the biggest challenge is manually pinpointing UI/UX inconsistencies to Claude after it builds the initial version. Currently, I take a screenshot of the component -> identify the component's React file -> paste both into Claude along with a description of the issue—a process that's very inconvenient.

The technical problems to solve are: (1) Enabling users to pinpoint element and capture both React component and screenshot from Webpage (2) Pinging Claude Code with this information

My high-level plan involves:

1. Implementing a browser extension which embeds "Select Element" functionality on all pages—planning to use the library https://github.com/ericclemmons/click-to-component for identifying React components and html2canvas to capture screenshots

2. Implementing an MCP server that the browser extension pings -> payload contains React component, screenshot, tab ID, and user-inputted task

3. Having the MCP server send a notification to Claude with all the necessary context to solve the task

Before implementing this solution, I'd like to confirm if this workflow makes sense and explore if there's a better way to send tasks to Claude Code from the MCP?

I have never heard of or used Playwrite until I just had issues with my Nextjs project using Tailwind 4 but CC was doing version 3 related implementations.

Suddenly Claude Code installed Playwrite & instead of just checking the code it literally looks at your site through tests to confirm: Hey the problem this dude has been saying is a problem, guess what it doesn't work!!!

Here's a link to it: https://playwright.dev/

Sorry if I sound new, but I'm not I've been study & coding for years I just never heard of this especially to use with Claude Code.

Is everyone using this already??