Playwright MCP Server Is Here: Let's Integrate It!

Microsoft just released Playwright MCP, enabling AI agents to control web browsers via text commands for free. This guide shows integration with Python and OpenAI Agents SDK, while also addressing browser blocking issues.

In April 2025, Microsoft quietly dropped Playwright MCP, a new server that connects your AI agent (via MCP) directly to the Playwright browser API.

What does that mean in plain English? Your AI agent can now interact with real web pages using nothing but simple text instructions (and for free!) "Click this," "Take a screenshot"—all without writing a single line of browser automation code.

Yeah, that’s so big that Playwright MCP has already become one of the most-starred MCP servers on GitHub. And it’s only just getting started. 🔥

In this step-by-step guide, you’ll see exactly what this server can do, and how to plug it into a ...