ajoslin REQUIRED: Read Full Documentation First
Before using playwriter, you MUST run this command:
playwriter skill
This outputs the complete documentation including:
- Session management and timeout configuration
- Selector strategies (and which ones to AVOID)
- Rules to prevent timeouts and failures
- Best practices for slow pages and SPAs
- Context variables, utility functions, and more
Do NOT skip this step. The quick examples below will fail without understanding timeouts, selector rules, and common pitfalls from the full docs.
Minimal Example (after reading full docs)
playwriter session new
playwriter -s 1 -e 'await page.goto("https://example.com")'
Always use single quotes for the -e argument. Single quotes prevent bash from interpreting $, backticks, and backslashes inside your JS code. Use double quotes or backtick template literals for strings inside the JS.
If playwriter is not found, use npx playwriter@latest or bunx playwriter@latest.