Does Playwright MCP work with Cursor?
Yes. Playwright MCP passed every step of our test in Cursor on Oct 13, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.
Result
ResultPassed
Date testedOct 13, 2026
Plan tested onCursor Pro+
App version2026.10.12-d47ca18
Modelgpt-5.3-codex-low
Steps
- install OK
- connected OK
- tools visible OK
- agent task: click reveal OKnavigate + interact + read back. The code is computed by page JavaScript only after the click.
From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.
What happened in this run
Install config we used
{
"mcpServers": {
"playwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@playwright/mcp@latest",
"--headless",
"--isolated"
]
}
}
}Connection check
playwright: readyTools the app saw
25 tools in the app (protocol check found 25).
Agent task: click reveal
- Tool calls, in order:
playwright:browser_navigate,playwright:browser_snapshot,playwright:browser_click,playwright:browser_snapshot
Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.
Set it up in Cursor
Copy-paste config for every app is on the Playwright MCP page. Not connecting? Cursor MCP troubleshooting.
Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Claude Desktop (passed) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).