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Show HN: Playwright Skill for Claude Code – Less context than playwright-MCP

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186 points syntax-sherlock | 1 comments | 20 Oct 25 11:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.278s | source

I got tired of playwright-mcp eating through Claude's 200K token limit, so I built this using the new Claude Skills system. Built it with Claude Code itself.

Instead of sending accessibility tree snapshots on every action, Claude just writes Playwright code and runs it. You get back screenshots and console output. That's it.

314 lines of instructions vs a persistent MCP server. Full API docs only load if Claude needs them.

Same browser automation, way less overhead. Works as a Claude Code plugin or manual install.

Token limit issue: https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/issues/889

Claude Skills docs: https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/skills

1. yomismoaqui ◴[20 Oct 25 15:28 UTC] No.45645045[source]▶
Thanks, I have installed it and it works great!

Related anecdote: some months ago I tried to coax the Playwright MCP to do a full page screenshot and it couldn't do it. Then I just told Claude Code to write a Playwright JS script to do that and it worked at the first try.

Taking into account all the tools crap that the Playwright MCP puts in your context window and the final result I think this is the way to go.