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Playwright CLI by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Playwright CLI
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

Playwright CLI

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.

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File contents

Browser Automation with playwright-cli

Quick start

playwright-cli open https://playwright.dev
playwright-cli click e15
playwright-cli type "page.click"
playwright-cli press Enter

Core workflow

Navigate: playwright-cli open https://example.com
Interact using refs from the snapshot
Re-snapshot after significant changes
Loop interactions and do your tasks
WHEN YOU'RE DONE, CLEAN UP RESOURCE: playwright-cli session-stop-all

Commands

Core

playwright-cli open https://example.com/
playwright-cli close
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 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

Navigation

playwright-cli go-back
playwright-cli go-forward
playwright-cli reload

Keyboard

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

Mouse

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

playwright-cli screenshot
playwright-cli screenshot e5
playwright-cli pdf

Tabs

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

DevTools

playwright-cli console
playwright-cli console warning
playwright-cli network
playwright-cli run-code "await page.waitForTimeout(1000)"
playwright-cli tracing-start
playwright-cli tracing-stop

Sessions

playwright-cli --session=mysession open example.com
playwright-cli --session=mysession click e6
playwright-cli session-list
playwright-cli session-stop mysession
playwright-cli session-stop-all
playwright-cli session-delete
playwright-cli session-delete mysession

Example: Form submission

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

Example: Multi-tab workflow

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

Example: Debugging with DevTools

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

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

---name: playwright-cli-2description: 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.--- # Browser Automation with playwright-cli ## Quick start ```bash playwright-cli open https://playwright.dev playwright-cli click e15 playwright-cli type "page.click" playwright-cli press Enter ``` ## Core workflow 1. Navigate: `playwright-cli open https://example.com` 2. Interact using refs from the snapshot 3. Re-snapshot after significant changes 4. Loop interactions and do your tasks 5. WHEN YOU'RE DONE, CLEAN UP RESOURCE: `playwright-cli session-stop-all` ## Commands ### Core ```bash playwright-cli open https://example.com/ playwright-cli close 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 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 ``` ### 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 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 ``` ### DevTools ```bash playwright-cli console playwright-cli console warning playwright-cli network playwright-cli run-code "await page.waitForTimeout(1000)" playwright-cli tracing-start playwright-cli tracing-stop ``` ### Sessions ```bash playwright-cli --session=mysession open example.com playwright-cli --session=mysession click e6 playwright-cli session-list playwright-cli session-stop mysession playwright-cli session-stop-all playwright-cli session-delete playwright-cli session-delete mysession ``` ## 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 ``` ## 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 ``` ## 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 ``` ```bash playwright-cli open https://example.com playwright-cli tracing-start playwright-cli click e4 playwright-cli fill e7 "test" playwright-cli tracing-stop ```

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