Playwright Cloud Browsers
com.microsoftPublished by microsoft.comOfficial publisherv1.0.1Updated Oct 29, 2026
Managed Playwright cloud browsers for scalable browser automation and AI agent workflows
The publisher's own server: Microsoft Learn MCP
Overview
Remote MCP server giving AI agents managed Playwright cloud browsers to create sessions, navigate and inspect pages, and interact with elements.
- What you can do
- Create and close managed cloud browser sessions over Streamable HTTP
- Navigate to pages and inspect their content, such as reporting a page's main heading
- Interact with page elements inside a session
- Run browser work without installing Playwright or a browser locally
- Underpin end-to-end web testing and AI agent workflows on managed cloud browsers
- When to use it
- Useful when an agent needs to drive a real browser in the cloud for page inspection, element interaction, or web app verification, and you already have a Playwright workspace. It avoids local browser installs and suits CI or agent workflows that need managed, region-aware browsers.
- Requirements
- A remote endpoint at the workspace's region, including the workspace ID in the path. An Azure subscription, a Playwright workspace with access to the remote MCP preview, and an identity with workspace RBAC permission to use browser sessions. Authentication uses Microsoft Entra ID with a client that supports OAuth discovery.
Installation
In SourceWeft
- Open Playwright Cloud Browsers in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
- Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.
Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.
Other MCP clients
Follow the launch instructions in the repository.
README
Playwright Workspaces
✅ Playwright Workspaces is now Generally Available!
Playwright Workspaces is a fully managed service for end-to-end web testing, built on top of Playwright. With Playwright Workspaces, you can significantly speed up test execution by running tests in parallel using managed cloud-based browers. The service takes care of the underlying infrastructure and complexity, allowing you to validate your web app across major browsers on both Linux and Windows—so you can ship features faster and with greater confidence.
👉 Get started with the Quickstart
Documentation
The full documentation is now available on learn.microsoft.com
There you’ll learn how to:
- Run and scale Playwright tests in the cloud
- Optimize test suite performance and reliability
- Test across multiple browsers and operating systems
- Set up secure, region-aware test environments
- Integrate with CI/CD
Playwright Cloud Browsers remote MCP (preview)
The Playwright Cloud Browsers remote MCP server gives AI agents managed cloud browsers over Streamable HTTP. Agents can create a browser session, navigate and inspect pages, interact with elements, and close the session without installing Playwright or a browser locally.
The remote MCP server is in preview, separately from the generally available Playwright Workspaces service. Preview features do not have a service-level agreement and are not recommended for production workloads.
Prerequisites and authentication
You need an Azure subscription, a Playwright workspace with access to the remote MCP preview, its region and workspace ID, and an identity with permission to use browser sessions in that workspace.
Use the endpoint for your workspace's region:
Replace both placeholders with your workspace values. Use Microsoft Entra ID with a client that supports OAuth discovery. The server publishes protected-resource metadata; your signed-in identity must also have the required workspace RBAC access. See the authentication and setup guide for permissions and supported compatibility options. Never commit access tokens or paste them into prompts.
Connect from VS Code or the GitHub Copilot app
- VS Code: Run MCP: Add Server from the Command Palette, select HTTP, enter the resolved workspace endpoint, and choose a configuration destination. Follow the server trust and Microsoft Entra sign-in prompts. See Add MCP servers in VS Code.
- GitHub Copilot app: Open Customize > MCP, add a custom server using the resolved workspace endpoint, and follow the supported authentication prompts. See Configuring MCP servers.
With the server connected, ask the agent to create a browser session, open
https://example.com, report the page's main heading, and close the session,
including on failure. Inspect the actual MCP tool calls and outputs to verify
the connection. See the service guide for session
limits, supported tools, and troubleshooting authentication, timeouts, and
expired sessions. Report service issues through this repository's
issue tracker.
Registry metadata
The server is published as com.microsoft/playwright-cloud-browsers in the
Official MCP Registry.
The root server.json is a public copy of the published
metadata. Publication and metadata updates are managed by the service team;
changing this copy does not publish an update or establish a listing in
downstream client catalogs.
Samples
Explore sample projects for different test runners:
- Playwright Test with JavaScript/TypeScript
- NUnit with C#
- Python
- Playwright Library projects
- Foundry Prompt Agents using Playwright Workspaces Remote MCP
- Foundry Hosted Agents using Playwright Workspaces Remote MCP
- App Verification Skills (verify skill)
Migrating from Microsoft Playwright Testing
- See the Migration Guide and Troubleshooting Tips
Issues
To report a bug, request a feature, or ask for a quote limit increase, please use the Issues section of this repository.
More Resources
Source: README.md at commit 5b1f85e
Tools
0Version history
2- v1.0.1LatestOct 29, 2026
- v1.0.0Oct 23, 2026
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