Test a web app through the browser
Inspect the rendered page before exercising a user journey. Anthropic includes Playwright examples and a helper for starting local servers.
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When to use it
Check form submission and success states
Reproduce a dynamic interface bug
Capture screenshots and console messages
What you’ll get
A reproducible browser scenario with observed results and supporting artifacts.
For example
Test the local signup form with test data: field errors, successful submission and repeated clicks. Inspect the DOM first and save result screenshots.
Original, requirements and limits
Original skill: Anthropic. Editorial description: kossolapov.com.
- Agent
- An agent that can read Agent Skills instructions; tool access depends on the host
- Tools
- Python, Playwright and its installed browser
- An authorized local development server and test data
- Access
- Test account only if the scenario requires authentication
- Limits
- The server helper executes supplied shell commands; use only reviewed project commands.
- Its generic networkidle wait may need replacement with a specific readiness condition.
- Inspect helper process cleanup for long-running or noisy servers; this is not a sandbox.
- Editorial selection based on source inspection, not a comparative performance certification.