Playwright Navigation and Interaction

VerifiedCaution

Navigate to a URL using Playwright MCP and perform interactions (clicks, fills, assertions, screenshots).

Sby Skills Guide Bot
TestingBeginner
7/22/2026
Claude Code
#playwright#browser-automation#e2e-testing#web-interaction#dom-inspection

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Automated summary

Opens a URL through Playwright MCP, performs the described interactions (clicks, form fills, selections, key presses) and returns a report with DOM snapshots and before/after screenshots.

Strengths

  • Chains navigation, initial snapshot, interactions and final verification in a single call
  • Takes a free-form description of the actions to run, with no Playwright script to write
  • Produces evidence of the outcome: DOM snapshot and screenshot of the final page state
  • Delegates every MCP tool call to the zzaia-workspace-manager agent, keeping execution in one place

Limitations

  • Requires a configured Playwright MCP server and the zzaia-workspace-manager agent to be available
  • No explicit waiting, assertions or retry logic: the outcome depends entirely on the description supplied
  • Leaves no reusable scenario behind — no test script is generated
When to use it

To quickly check that a form or a flow works on a specific URL, or to inspect a page's DOM structure.

When not to use it

For versioned, CI-reproducible E2E test suites that need explicit Playwright scripts.

Security analysis

Caution
Quality score82/100

The skill delegates to Playwright MCP for browser navigation and interaction. While there are no destructive or exfiltrating instructions, the ability to access arbitrary URLs, interact with pages, and capture DOM/screenshots poses a legitimate but moderate risk, especially if used against internal or authenticated endpoints.

Findings
  • •Uses browser automation to navigate to arbitrary URLs, including potentially internal or localhost services.
  • •Can perform interactions such as form fills, clicks, and screenshots, which may access or expose sensitive page content.
  • •No explicit restrictions on target domains or sensitive data handling.
How this analysis is made

Examples

Open a local page
/capability:playwright:navigate --url https://localhost:3000
Log in through a form
/capability:playwright:navigate --url https://localhost:3000/login --description "Fill username admin and password secret, then click submit"
Pick a dropdown value
/capability:playwright:navigate --url https://example.com/form --description "Select option 'Brazil' from country dropdown and submit the form"

name: capability:playwright:navigate description: Navigate to a URL and interact with the page via Playwright MCP argument-hint: "--url <page-url> [--description <interaction-details>]" user-invocable: true agent: zzaia-workspace-manager metadata: parameters: - name: url description: Target URL to navigate to required: true - name: description description: Broader description of what to do on the page (clicks, fills, assertions, etc.) required: false

PURPOSE

Navigate to a specific URL using Playwright MCP and perform interactions on the page as described. Supports clicks, form fills, key presses, selections, screenshots, and DOM inspection.

EXECUTION

  1. Navigate — Open or reuse a browser tab and navigate to --url
  2. Snapshot — Capture initial DOM/accessibility snapshot to understand page structure
  3. Interact — Execute interactions derived from --description (click, fill, press, select, hover, drag, etc.)
  4. Verify — Capture post-interaction snapshot and screenshot to confirm result
  5. Report — Return structured summary of actions taken and final page state

DELEGATION

MANDATORY: Always invoke the agents defined in this command's frontmatter for their designated responsibilities. Never skip, replace, or simulate their behavior directly.

  • zzaia-workspace-manager — Executes all Playwright MCP tool calls for navigation and page interaction

WORKFLOW

sequenceDiagram
    participant U as User
    participant C as Command
    participant W as zzaia-workspace-manager
    participant P as Playwright MCP

    U->>C: /capability:playwright:navigate --url <url> [--description <details>]
    C->>W: Delegate with url and description
    W->>P: browser_navigate(url)
    P-->>W: Page loaded
    W->>P: browser_snapshot
    P-->>W: Initial DOM snapshot
    W->>P: browser_* (click, fill, press, select, etc.)
    P-->>W: Interaction results
    W->>P: browser_snapshot + browser_take_screenshot
    P-->>W: Final page state
    W-->>C: Actions summary and page state
    C-->>U: Structured interaction report

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

  • Navigates to the provided --url successfully
  • Executes interactions described in --description
  • Captures before/after page state via snapshots and screenshots
  • Returns structured report of all actions taken and final page state

EXAMPLES

/capability:playwright:navigate --url https://localhost:3000
/capability:playwright:navigate --url https://localhost:3000/login --description "Fill username admin and password secret, then click submit"
/capability:playwright:navigate --url https://example.com/form --description "Select option 'Brazil' from country dropdown and submit the form"

OUTPUT

  • Navigation confirmation (URL, page title)
  • List of interactions performed
  • Before/after DOM snapshots
  • Final page screenshot

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