Skill / OpenAI

Playwright Codex Skill

Use when the task requires automating a real browser from the terminal (navigation, form filling, snapshots, screenshots, data extraction, UI-flow...

Docs reviewedChecked 2026-09-20Runtime not tested

What it adds

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.

browser and testing

Get set up

  1. Ask Codex to install the skill with the built-in skill installer, pointing it at the source below.
  2. Start a new thread so Codex picks up the skill.
$skill-installer playwright
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Before you install

    Compatibility & limitations

    Documented for ChatGPT desktop app, Codex CLI, Codex IDE extension

    Cursor: Not confirmed for Cursor.

      This listing is based on source documentation. We have not installed or runtime-tested this asset.

      How it fits together

      Webapp Testing · SkillToolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright.Chrome DevTools · MCP serverChrome DevTools for agents (chrome-devtools-mcp) lets your coding agent (such as Antigravity, Claude, Cursor or Copilot) control and inspect a live...CLI Creator · SkillBuild a composable CLI for Codex from API docs, an OpenAPI spec, existing curl examples, an SDK, a web app, an admin tool, or a local script.Playwright Interactive · SkillPersistent browser and Electron interaction through jsrepl for fast iterative UI debugging.Screenshot · SkillUse when the user explicitly asks for a desktop or system screenshot (full screen, specific app or window, or a pixel region), or when tool-specific...Browser Tools · MCP serverMonitor browser logs directly from Cursor and other MCP compatible IDEs.

      Sources & provenance

      Reviewed 2026-09-20. Source revision: main (mutable; commit not pinned).