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Playwright (the browser automation tool) has a neat new MCP server which lets the Claude Desktop app drive a local headless browser via the chrome accessibility tree simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/25/...

simonwillison.netmicrosoft/playwright-mcpThe Playwright team at Microsoft have released an MCP ([Model Context Protocol](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp)) server wrapping Playwright, and it's pretty fascinating. They implemented ...

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Ben Hofferber

@benhofferber.com

25 Mar 2025

Yeah!! I’ve really enjoyed using this one. Screenshots are a great feedback loop for building out pages

Jesse Stay (he/him)

@stay.bsky.social

25 Mar 2025

Or you could use Cursor, which has been able to do this for some time now.

Simon Willison

@simonwillison.net

25 Mar 2025

Cursor has browser automation now?

VYKTUS

@vyktus.bsky.social

16 July

Headless browsers can enhance automation workflows, especially when integrated with local applications via accessibility trees, streamlining interactions.

Jamie

@jintdev.bsky.social

25 Mar 2025

It is interesting to see MCP getting traction in other applications as well. As well as more SDKs for creating MCP servers.