playwright-local
✓Build browser automation and web scraping with Playwright on your local machine. Prevents 10 documented errors including CI timeout hangs, extension testing failures, and Ubuntu compatibility issues. Includes stealth mode for anti-bot bypass, authenticated sessions, infinite scroll handling, screenshot/PDF generation, and v1.57 Speedboard performance analysis. Use when: automating browsers, scraping protected sites, testing with real IPs, bypassing bot detection, generating screenshots/PDFs, or troubleshooting "target closed", "page.pause() hangs CI", "permission prompts block tests", or "Ubuntu 25.10 installation" errors.
Installation
SKILL.md
Status: Production Ready ✅ Last Updated: 2026-01-21 Dependencies: Node.js 20+ (Node.js 18 deprecated) or Python 3.9+ Latest Versions: playwright@1.57.0, playwright-stealth@0.0.1, puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth@2.11.2 Browser Versions: Chromium 143.0.7499.4 | Firefox 144.0.2 | WebKit 26.0
⚠️ v1.57 Breaking Change: Playwright now uses Chrome for Testing builds instead of Chromium. This provides more authentic browser behavior but changes the browser icon and title bar.
| Feature | Playwright Local | Cloudflare Browser Rendering |
Build browser automation and web scraping with Playwright on your local machine. Prevents 10 documented errors including CI timeout hangs, extension testing failures, and Ubuntu compatibility issues. Includes stealth mode for anti-bot bypass, authenticated sessions, infinite scroll handling, screenshot/PDF generation, and v1.57 Speedboard performance analysis. Use when: automating browsers, scraping protected sites, testing with real IPs, bypassing bot detection, generating screenshots/PDFs, or troubleshooting "target closed", "page.pause() hangs CI", "permission prompts block tests", or "Ubuntu 25.10 installation" errors. Source: jezweb/claude-skills.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills --skill playwright-local- Source
- jezweb/claude-skills
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is playwright-local?
Build browser automation and web scraping with Playwright on your local machine. Prevents 10 documented errors including CI timeout hangs, extension testing failures, and Ubuntu compatibility issues. Includes stealth mode for anti-bot bypass, authenticated sessions, infinite scroll handling, screenshot/PDF generation, and v1.57 Speedboard performance analysis. Use when: automating browsers, scraping protected sites, testing with real IPs, bypassing bot detection, generating screenshots/PDFs, or troubleshooting "target closed", "page.pause() hangs CI", "permission prompts block tests", or "Ubuntu 25.10 installation" errors. Source: jezweb/claude-skills.
How do I install playwright-local?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills --skill playwright-local Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01