Browserless (Playwright Cloud) MCP Server
Equip your AI with a remote headless browser to scrape, interact, and run Playwright safely via cloud.
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What is the Playwright Cloud MCP Server?
The Playwright Cloud MCP Server gives AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor direct access to Playwright Cloud via 10 tools. Equip your AI with a remote headless browser to scrape, interact, and run Playwright safely via cloud. Powered by the Vinkius - no API keys, no infrastructure, connect in under 2 minutes.
Built-in capabilities (10)
Tools for your AI Agents to operate Playwright Cloud
Ask your AI agent "Take a full page screenshot of the landing page on 'https://vinkius.com'." and get the answer without opening a single dashboard. With 10 tools connected to real Playwright Cloud data, your agents reason over live information, cross-reference it with other MCP servers, and deliver insights you would spend hours assembling manually.
Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client. Powered by the Vinkius - your credentials never touch the AI model, every request is auditable. Connect in under two minutes.
Why teams choose Vinkius
One subscription gives you access to thousands of MCP servers - and you can deploy your own to the Vinkius Edge. Your AI agents only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure and security, zero maintenance.
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Browserless (Playwright Cloud) MCP Server capabilities
10 toolsGet raw HTML content using Playwright Cloud (Browserless)
Print page to PDF using Playwright Cloud
Take a full-page screenshot using Playwright Cloud
Execute custom JS function inside remote Playwright browser
Extract specific elements from page using CSS selectors
evaluate` lifecycle executing imperative DOM manipulations like button clicks prior to scraping the final mutated HTML state. Inject and run a custom JS script before extracting content
Scrape URL using a specified proxy server
Scrape using stealth mode plugins to avoid bot detection
Scrape content and wait for a CSS selector
Send custom JSON payload to any Browserless REST endpoint
What the Browserless (Playwright Cloud) MCP Server unlocks
Grant your AI agent the absolute power of an untethered, scalable Browserless / Playwright Cloud cluster. Unlike basic REST fetchers, this MCP connector spins up a legitimate remote Chromium/Webkit instance. Your agent can now execute full JavaScript lifecycles natively, scrape heavy SPAs (Single Page Applications), wait for CSS selectors, or simply ask for a high-fidelity PDF render of any site.
What you can do
- Remote Scraping — Pull down the fully rendered HTML DOM of any complex site (
get_html_content) bypassing typical bot-blocks. Intercept specific payload slices selectively using explicitly mapped CSS queries (scrape_elements). - Visual Operations — Command the agent to spawn an ephemeral browser and snap an immediate
get_screenshotof a live staging site or construct a print-perfectget_pdfdocument autonomously. - Evasion & Stealth — Avoid standard Cloudflare/Data Dome constraints by wrapping requests in
scrape_with_stealthto emulate human environments, or bounce TCP endpoints completely out utilizing a residentialscrape_with_proxy. - Live Execution — Embed dynamic lifecycle alterations into the target memory structure. Run
scrape_with_jsto click modals inside the remote page prior to extraction, orrun_custom_functionexposing the raw Chrome DevTools Protocol to your LLM.
How it works
1. Append the Browserless integration to your AI settings
2. Provide your securely managed Browserless HTTP Token
3. Start fetching full visual DOM objects via prompts inside Claude or Cursor
Who is this for?
- QA Automation Teams — instruct the AI to spin up ephemeral browser endpoints rendering and screenshotting daily builds silently.
- Data Engineers — execute data extractions dynamically reading through complex React/Vue frontend pages that actively combat standard scraping.
- Security Researchers — proxy malicious URL queries entirely through isolated cloud environments avoiding all local machine contamination.
Frequently asked questions about the Browserless (Playwright Cloud) MCP Server
Can the agent scrape modern SPAs built with React or Vue?
Absolutely. Because Browserless exposes actual Chrome environments via Playwright, standard JavaScript rendering pipelines execute exactly as they do on a user's machine. The agent simply captures the stabilized final DOM states post-hydration, making it remarkably effective for highly dynamic single-page applications.
What does `scrape_with_wait` do exactly when instructed to an AI?
If a website relies on extremely heavy animations or subsequent lazy-loaded payload responses, get_html_content might return prematurely. Requesting your agent to use scrape_with_wait accompanied by a distinct selector (e.g., #main-data-table) locks the Browserless virtual container actively polling the CDP port. Only when that element materializes will it snap the payload back to you.
Are the screenshots produced bound to specific screen dimensions?
By default, calling get_screenshot leverages Browserless' intrinsic 'Full Page' modifier. It synthetically commands the headless browser frame to extend computationally, absorbing the complete top-to-bottom scroll bounds of the rendered website into a massive, crystal clear uncropped PNG artifact.
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Connect Browserless (Playwright Cloud) with your favorite client
Step-by-step setup guides for every MCP-compatible client and framework:
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Give your AI agents the power of Playwright Cloud MCP Server
Production-grade Browserless (Playwright Cloud) MCP Server. Verified, monitored, and maintained by Vinkius. Ready for your AI agents — connect and start using immediately.