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Playwright CLI by digi4care — Agent Skill

Name: Playwright CLI
Author: digi4care

Playwright CLI

Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction. Use when navigating websites, interacting with web pages, filling forms, testing web applications, or extracting information.

digi4care 7ad4a3e 8 files · 24.9 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

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Browser Automation with Playwright CLI

Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction.

When to Use

Web testing and automation
Form filling and submission
Screenshot capture
Data extraction from websites
Visual debugging of web applications
End-to-end testing workflows

Quick Reference

# Open browser
playwright-cli open

# Navigate
playwright-cli goto https://example.com

# Interact
playwright-cli click e15
playwright-cli type "text"
playwright-cli fill e1 "value"

# Capture
playwright-cli screenshot
playwright-cli snapshot
playwright-cli console

# Network
playwright-cli network

# Close
playwright-cli close

Core Commands

open - Open browser
goto - Navigate to URL
click/type/fill - Interactions
snapshot - Capture DOM state
screenshot - Visual capture
console - Monitor console logs
network - Monitor requests

Advanced

tracing-start/tracing-stop - Performance tracing
video-start/video-stop - Video recording
request-mocking - API mocking
session-management - Multi-browser sessions

References

references/playwright-cli-ref-test-generation.md - Auto-generate tests
references/playwright-cli-ref-tracing.md - Performance analysis
references/playwright-cli-ref-video-recording.md - Video capture
references/playwright-cli-ref-request-mocking.md - API mocking
references/playwright-cli-ref-session-management.md - Multi-session
references/playwright-cli-ref-storage-state.md - Cookies/localStorage

Related Skills

systematic-debugging (combine for visual debugging)
test-driven-development (browser-based tests)

---name: playwright-clidescription: Automates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction. Use when navigating websites, interacting with web pages, filling forms, testing web applications, or extracting information.license: MIT---# Browser Automation with Playwright CLIAutomates browser interactions for web testing, form filling, screenshots, and data extraction.## When to Use- Web testing and automation- Form filling and submission- Screenshot capture- Data extraction from websites- Visual debugging of web applications- End-to-end testing workflows## Quick Reference```bash# Open browserplaywright-cli open# Navigateplaywright-cli goto https://example.com# Interactplaywright-cli click e15playwright-cli type "text"playwright-cli fill e1 "value"# Captureplaywright-cli screenshotplaywright-cli snapshotplaywright-cli console# Networkplaywright-cli network# Closeplaywright-cli close```## Core Commands- `open` - Open browser- `goto` - Navigate to URL- `click/type/fill` - Interactions- `snapshot` - Capture DOM state- `screenshot` - Visual capture- `console` - Monitor console logs- `network` - Monitor requests## Advanced- `tracing-start/tracing-stop` - Performance tracing- `video-start/video-stop` - Video recording- `request-mocking` - API mocking- `session-management` - Multi-browser sessions## References- references/playwright-cli-ref-test-generation.md - Auto-generate tests- references/playwright-cli-ref-tracing.md - Performance analysis- references/playwright-cli-ref-video-recording.md - Video capture- references/playwright-cli-ref-request-mocking.md - API mocking- references/playwright-cli-ref-session-management.md - Multi-session- references/playwright-cli-ref-storage-state.md - Cookies/localStorage## Related Skills- systematic-debugging (combine for visual debugging)- test-driven-development (browser-based tests)

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