Infrastructure for Playwright CLI is in, so we are ready to cook the features and skills!
⚡ Lightning fast Playwright CLI executable (http://github.com/microsoft/playwright-cli)
> playwright-cli open example.com
> time playwright-cli snapshot
0.03s user 0.01s system cpu 0.055 total🎥 On-demand video recording
> playwright-cli video-start
> playwright-cli open playwright.dev
> playwright-cli video-stop
### Result
- [Video](.playwright-cli/video-2026-01-31T00-49-47-976Z.webm)Also available with the --caps=devtools flag in Playwright MCP.
🔧 Persistent session configuration
> playwright-cli config --headed --config=config.json
> playwright-cli open playwright.devCountless configuration options
☁️ Isolated (ephemeral) browser context, non-chromium browser shortcuts
> playwright-cli install --browser=firefox
> playwright-cli config --isolated --browser=firefox --headed
> playwright-cli open playwright.dev 🔌 Playwright Chrome extension + Playwright CLI = ❤️
- Install Playwright browser extension
> playwright-cli --session=real-browser snapshot --extensionShare the tab and have fun!