--- name: playwright-cli description: Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction. Use when the user needs to navigate websites, interact with web pages, fill forms, take screenshots, test web applications, or extract information from web pages. allowed-tools: Bash(playwright-cli:*) ---

# Browser Automation with playwright-cli

## Quick start

```bash # open new browser playwright-cli open # navigate to a page playwright-cli goto https://playwright.dev # interact with the page using refs from the snapshot playwright-cli click e15 playwright-cli type "page.click" playwright-cli press Enter # take a screenshot (rarely used, as snapshot is more common) playwright-cli screenshot # close the browser playwright-cli close ```

## Commands

### Core

```bash playwright-cli open # open and navigate right away playwright-cli open https://example.com/ playwright-cli goto https://playwright.dev playwright-cli type "search query" playwright-cli click e3 playwright-cli dblclick e7 playwright-cli fill e5 "user@example.com" playwright-cli drag e2 e8 playwright-cli hover e4 playwright-cli select e9 "option-value" playwright-cli upload ./document.pdf playwright-cli check e12 playwright-cli uncheck e12 playwright-cli snapshot playwright-cli snapshot --filename=after-click.yaml playwright-cli eval "document.title" playwright-cli eval "el => el.textContent" e5 playwright-cli dialog-accept playwright-cli dialog-accept "confirmation text" playwright-cli dialog-dismiss playwright-cli resize 1920 1080 playwright-cli close ```

### Navigation

```bash playwright-cli go-back playwright-cli go-forward playwright-cli reload ```

### Keyboard

```bash playwright-cli press Enter playwright-cli press ArrowDown playwright-cli keydown Shift playwright-cli keyup Shift ```

### Mouse

```bash playwright-cli mousemove 150 300 playwright-cli mousedown playwright-cli mousedown right playwright-cli mouseup playwright-cli mouseup right playwright-cli mousewheel 0 100 ```

### Save as

```bash playwright-cli screenshot playwright-cli screenshot e5 playwright-cli screenshot --filename=page.png playwright-cli pdf --filename=page.pdf ```

### Tabs

```bash playwright-cli tab-list playwright-cli tab-new playwright-cli tab-new https://example.com/page playwright-cli tab-close playwright-cli tab-close 2 playwright-cli tab-select 0 ```

### Storage

```bash playwright-cli state-save playwright-cli state-save auth.json playwright-cli state-load auth.json

# Cookies playwright-cli cookie-list playwright-cli cookie-list --domain=example.com playwright-cli cookie-get session_id playwright-cli cookie-set session_id abc123 playwright-cli cookie-set session_id abc123 --domain=example.com --httpOnly --secure playwright-cli cookie-delete session_id playwright-cli cookie-clear

# LocalStorage playwright-cli localstorage-list playwright-cli localstorage-get theme playwright-cli localstorage-set theme dark playwright-cli localstorage-delete theme playwright-cli localstorage-clear

# SessionStorage playwright-cli sessionstorage-list playwright-cli sessionstorage-get step playwright-cli sessionstorage-set step 3 playwright-cli sessionstorage-delete step playwright-cli sessionstorage-clear ```

### Network

```bash playwright-cli route "**/*.jpg" --status=404 playwright-cli route "https://api.example.com/**" --body='{"mock": true}' playwright-cli route-list playwright-cli unroute "**/*.jpg" playwright-cli unroute ```

### DevTools

```bash playwright-cli console playwright-cli console warning playwright-cli network playwright-cli run-code "async page => await page.context().grantPermissions(['geolocation'])" playwright-cli tracing-start playwright-cli tracing-stop playwright-cli video-start playwright-cli video-stop video.webm ```

## Open parameters ```bash # Use specific browser when creating session playwright-cli open --browser=chrome playwright-cli open --browser=firefox playwright-cli open --browser=webkit playwright-cli open --browser=msedge # Connect to browser via extension playwright-cli open --extension

# Use persistent profile (by default profile is in-memory) playwright-cli open --persistent # Use persistent profile with custom directory playwright-cli open --profile=/path/to/profile

# Start with config file playwright-cli open --config=my-config.json

# Close the browser playwright-cli close # Delete user data for the default session playwright-cli delete-data ```

## Snapshots

After each command, playwright-cli provides a snapshot of the current browser state.

```bash > playwright-cli goto https://example.com ### Page - Page URL: https://example.com/ - Page Title: Example Domain ### Snapshot [Snapshot](.playwright-cli/page-2026-02-14T19-22-42-679Z.yml) ```

You can also take a snapshot on demand using `playwright-cli snapshot` command.

If `--filename` is not provided, a new snapshot file is created with a timestamp. Default to automatic file naming, use `--filename=` when artifact is a part of the workflow result.

## Browser Sessions

```bash # create new browser session named "mysession" with persistent profile playwright-cli -s=mysession open example.com --persistent # same with manually specified profile directory (use when requested explicitly) playwright-cli -s=mysession open example.com --profile=/path/to/profile playwright-cli -s=mysession click e6 playwright-cli -s=mysession close # stop a named browser playwright-cli -s=mysession delete-data # delete user data for persistent session

playwright-cli list # Close all browsers playwright-cli close-all # Forcefully kill all browser processes playwright-cli kill-all ```

## Local installation

In some cases user might want to install playwright-cli locally. If running globally available `playwright-cli` binary fails, use `npx playwright-cli` to run the commands. For example:

```bash npx playwright-cli open https://example.com npx playwright-cli click e1 ```

## Example: Form submission

```bash playwright-cli open https://example.com/form playwright-cli snapshot

playwright-cli fill e1 "user@example.com" playwright-cli fill e2 "password123" playwright-cli click e3 playwright-cli snapshot playwright-cli close ```

## Example: Multi-tab workflow

```bash playwright-cli open https://example.com playwright-cli tab-new https://example.com/other playwright-cli tab-list playwright-cli tab-select 0 playwright-cli snapshot playwright-cli close ```

## Example: Debugging with DevTools

```bash playwright-cli open https://example.com playwright-cli click e4 playwright-cli fill e7 "test" playwright-cli console playwright-cli network playwright-cli close ```

```bash playwright-cli open https://example.com playwright-cli tracing-start playwright-cli click e4 playwright-cli fill e7 "test" playwright-cli tracing-stop playwright-cli close ```

## Specific tasks

* **Request mocking** [references/request-mocking.md](references/request-mocking.md) * **Running Playwright code** [references/running-code.md](references/running-code.md) * **Browser session management** [references/session-management.md](references/session-management.md) * **Storage state (cookies, localStorage)** [references/storage-state.md](references/storage-state.md) * **Test generation** [references/test-generation.md](references/test-generation.md) * **Tracing** [references/tracing.md](references/tracing.md) * **Video recording** [references/video-recording.md](references/video-recording.md)