@playwright/mcp 0.0.59 → 0.0.61-alpha-2026-01-27

package/LICENSE

@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Portions Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-   Portions Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

package/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides browser automation capabilities using [Playwright](https://playwright.dev). This server enables LLMs to interact with web pages through structured accessibility snapshots, bypassing the need for screenshots or visually-tuned models.
 
+### Playwright MCP vs Playwright CLI
+
+This package provides MCP interface into Playwright. If you are using a **coding agent**, you might benefit from using the [CLI+SKILLS](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli) instead.
+
+- **CLI**: Modern **coding agents** increasingly favor CLI–based workflows exposed as SKILLs over MCP because CLI invocations are more token-efficient: they avoid loading large tool schemas and verbose accessibility trees into the model context, allowing agents to act through concise, purpose-built commands. This makes CLI + SKILLs better suited for high-throughput coding agents that must balance browser automation with large codebases, tests, and reasoning within limited context windows.<br>**Learn more about [Playwright CLI with SKILLS](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli)**.
+
+- **MCP**: MCP remains relevant for specialized agentic loops that benefit from persistent state, rich introspection, and iterative reasoning over page structure, such as exploratory automation, self-healing tests, or long-running autonomous workflows where maintaining continuous browser context outweighs token cost concerns.
+
 ### Key Features
 
 - **Fast and lightweight**. Uses Playwright's accessibility tree, not pixel-based input.

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@playwright/mcp",
-  "version": "0.0.59",
+  "version": "0.0.61-alpha-2026-01-27",
   "description": "Playwright Tools for MCP",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -34,12 +34,10 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "minimist": "^1.2.5",
-    "playwright": "1.59.0-alpha-1769364499000",
-    "playwright-core": "1.59.0-alpha-1769364499000"
+    "playwright": "1.59.0-alpha-1769452054000",
+    "playwright-core": "1.59.0-alpha-1769452054000"
   },
   "bin": {
-    "mcp": "cli.js",
-    "playwright-cli": "./playwright-cli.js"
+    "playwright-mcp": "cli.js"
   }
 }

package/playwright-cli.js

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-const { program } = require('playwright/lib/mcp/terminal/program');
-const packageJSON = require('./package.json');
-program({ version: packageJSON.version }).catch(e => {
-  console.error(e.message);
-  process.exit(1);
-});