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Skills

Skills teach coding agents how to use playwright-cli effectively, providing structured reference documentation that agents can discover and use.

Installing skills​

playwright-cli install --skills

This installs skill files locally so your coding agent can reference them for context about available commands and workflows.

What skills provide​

The installed skill includes detailed reference guides for common tasks:

  • Running and Debugging Playwright tests — run, debug and manage Playwright test suites
  • Request mocking — intercept and mock network requests
  • Running Playwright code — execute arbitrary Playwright scripts
  • Browser session management — manage multiple browser sessions
  • Storage state (cookies, localStorage) — persist and restore browser state
  • Test generation — generate Playwright tests from interactions
  • Tracing — record and inspect execution traces
  • Video recording — capture browser session videos
  • Inspecting element attributes — get element attributes not visible in snapshots

Skills-less operation​

You can use playwright-cli without installing skills. Point your agent at the CLI and let it discover commands:

Test the "add todo" flow on https://demo.playwright.dev/todomvc using playwright-cli.
Check playwright-cli --help for available commands.

Supported agents​

Skills work with:

  • Claude Code
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Any coding agent that supports locally installed skills