When should I use Playwright MCP server over Puppeteer?

Use Playwright when you need full browser automation with playwright — navigate, click, fill forms, screenshot. For Puppeteer, it is best suited for headless chrome automation, dom traversal, and screenshot capture.

How many tools do Playwright and Puppeteer provide?

Playwright provides 6 tools (navigate, click, fill...), while Puppeteer provides 5 tools (puppeteer_navigate, puppeteer_screenshot, puppeteer_click...).

Do both servers work with Claude Desktop and Cursor?

Yes, both Playwright and Puppeteer MCP servers support standard stdio transport and can be configured in Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex CLI, and Windsurf.

Head-to-Head Comparison

Playwright vs Puppeteer MCP Server

Compare features, tool counts, installation requirements, and configuration formats to choose the right integration for your AI agent.

Server A

Server B

Playwright

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Full browser automation with Playwright — navigate, click, fill forms, screenshot.

$ npx -y @anthropic/mcp-server-playwright

Tools: 6

Env Vars Required: 0

Puppeteer

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Headless Chrome automation, DOM traversal, and screenshot capture.

$ npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer

Tools: 5

Env Vars Required: 0

Feature Matrix

Package / Binary	@anthropic/mcp-server-playwright	@modelcontextprotocol/server-puppeteer
Category	search web	search web
Transports	stdio	stdio
Total Tools	6 tools	5 tools
Tools List	navigateclickfillscreenshotevaluateget_text_content	puppeteer_navigatepuppeteer_screenshotpuppeteer_clickpuppeteer_fillpuppeteer_evaluate
Environment Variables	None required	None required

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