This skill provides general-purpose Playwright automation for agents to interact with web environments. It enables the programmatic validation of UX flows, responsive design checks, and login sequences by writing and executing reusable test scripts.
QA engineers and automation builders can use it to auto-detect development servers and perform arbitrary browser interactions, including capturing screenshots and verifying link integrity.
Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.
Installs: Global user installation of the playwright-skill skill
Run from: Installed playwright-skill directory
Run this terminal command to install playwright-skill globally for the current user.
npx skills add lackeyjb/playwright-skill --skill playwright-skill --global --yes
After installation, change to the installed skill directory and run this terminal command.
npm run setup
Enter this command in the installed agent session to confirm the skill is loaded.
/help
Installs: Current-project installation of the playwright-skill skill
Run from: Installed project-specific playwright-skill directory
Run this terminal command from the project where the skill should be installed.
npx skills add lackeyjb/playwright-skill --skill playwright-skill --yes
After installation, change to the installed skill directory and run this terminal command.
npm run setup
Enter this command in the installed agent session to confirm the skill is loaded.
/help
Installs: Global user installation targeted to Claude Code and Cursor · Claude Code, Cursor
Run from: Installed playwright-skill directory
Run this terminal command to target the author-documented agent IDs claude-code and cursor.
npx skills add lackeyjb/playwright-skill --skill playwright-skill --agent claude-code cursor --global --yes
After installation, change to the installed skill directory and run this terminal command.
npm run setup
Enter this command in the installed agent session to confirm the skill is loaded.
/help
Installs: Claude Code plugin installation of playwright-skill · Claude Code
Run from: ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/playwright-skill/skills/playwright-skill
Enter this command in a Claude Code agent session to add the repository as a plugin marketplace.
/plugin marketplace add lackeyjb/playwright-skill
Enter this command in the Claude Code agent session to install the plugin.
/plugin install playwright-skill@playwright-skill
Run these commands in a terminal to enter the installed skill directory and perform setup.
cd ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/playwright-skill/skills/playwright-skill npm run setup
Enter this command in the Claude Code agent session to confirm the skill is available.
/help
Installs: Global or project-specific manual installation of the playwright-skill folder · Claude Code
Run from: The copied playwright-skill directory
Download and extract the latest release from the repository's GitHub Releases page.
Copy only skills/playwright-skill/ to ~/.claude/skills/playwright-skill for a global installation, or to /path/to/your/project/.claude/skills/playwright-skill for a project installation. Replace /path/to/your/project with the actual project path.
Run these terminal commands for the global destination. For a project installation, use the actual project-specific destination in place of the global path indicated by the author's comment.
cd ~/.claude/skills/playwright-skill # or your project path npm run setup
Enter this command in the Claude Code agent session to confirm the skill is loaded.
/help
Uses playwright-skill
Use playwright-skill to test whether [homepage URL] loads. Report the page title and console output, and save a full-page screenshot. Replace [homepage URL] with the page you want tested.
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