In brief
Automates a real browser from the terminal with playwright-cli or a provided script: browsing, filling forms, snapshots, screenshots, data extraction, route debugging.
What it does
- Navigate and fill out forms
- Screen capture
- Extract from page data
Install
In Codex: $skill-installer playwright, then restart Codex (README).
$skill-installer playwrightWorks with
- Codex
Source: README : Codex skills catalogue.
Level: Intermediate
Suppose you can read code and use a terminal.
SKILL.md excerpt
The original description, which the agent reads to decide whether to load the skill (in English):
Use when the task requires automating a real browser from the terminal (navigation, form filling, snapshots, screenshots, data extraction, UI-flow debugging) via `playwright-cli` or the bundled wrapper script.
Quoted from SKILL.md at commit 49f948f . The folder also contains 7 extra files (agents/, assets/, references/, scripts/).
The SKILL.md has 148 lines and 9 main sections:
- Prerequisite check (required)
- Skill path (set once)
- Quick start
- Core workflow
- When to snapshot again
- Recommended patterns
- Wrapper script
- References
- Guardrails
Licence: Apache 2.0
Checked on 10 November 2026 : licence file in the skill folder .
Compatible licence, but the skill is deprecated (page not indexed): full text not reproduced.
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