samhvw8

playwriter

Control the user Chrome browser via Playwriter extension with Playwright code snippets in a stateful local js sandbox. Automate web interactions, take screenshots, inspect accessibility trees, and debug web applications.

samhvw8 12 3 Updated 4mo ago
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Install

npx skillscat add samhvw8/dotfiles/playwriter

Install via the SkillsCat registry.

SKILL.md

Quick Start

# Get a session ID first
playwriter session new
# => 1

# Execute code with your session
playwriter -s 1 -e "await page.goto('https://example.com')"
playwriter -s 1 -e "console.log(await accessibilitySnapshot({ page }))"
playwriter -s 1 -e "await page.screenshot({ path: 'shot.png', scale: 'css' })"

If playwriter is not found, use npx playwriter@latest or bunx playwriter@latest.

Full Documentation

Always run playwriter skill to get the complete, up-to-date skill instructions.

The skill command outputs detailed docs on:

  • Session management
  • Context variables (state, page, context)
  • Best practices and rules
  • Accessibility snapshots and screenshots
  • Selector strategies
  • Working with pages, navigation, popups, downloads
  • Utility functions (getCleanHTML, getCDPSession, createDebugger, etc.)
  • Network interception for API scraping
  • And more...
playwriter skill