Playwright Explore Website — Agent Skill by GitHub

From the author

Website exploration for testing using Playwright MCP

— the description by debs-obrien

AutoGineer summary

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This skill provides a systematic approach for AI agents to navigate a website, interact with core features, and document findings to facilitate test case creation. By leveraging the Playwright MCP server, the agent performs hands-on exploration of user flows, identifies critical UI elements and their locators, and summarizes the site's functionality to assist developers in building robust test suites.

What it does

Navigates to a specified website using the Playwright MCP server.
Interacts with 3 to 5 core features or user flows.
Documents UI elements, interaction steps, and expected outcomes.
Closes the browser context after the exploration is complete.
Summarizes the website's key functionalities.
Proposes and generates actionable test cases based on the exploration.

When to use it

When you need to understand the core functionality of a new or unfamiliar website.
When preparing to write automated test scripts for a web application.
When you need to identify UI locators for testing purposes.
When you want to quickly generate a set of initial test cases for a user flow.

Advantages

Automates the initial discovery phase of software testing.
Ensures consistent documentation of UI elements and user flows.
Bridges the gap between manual exploration and automated test generation.
Provides a clear, structured output for further development tasks.

Usage examples

“Explore the provided website and generate test cases.”: The agent navigates the site, interacts with primary features, documents the locators and flows, and provides a list of recommended test cases.

Install

Download the skill as a ZIP:
https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/github/playwright-explore-website/download

Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip playwright-explore-website.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by debs-obrien

Website Exploration for Testing

Your goal is to explore the website and identify key functionalities.

Specific Instructions

Navigate to the provided URL using the Playwright MCP Server. If no URL is provided, ask the user to provide one.
Identify and interact with 3-5 core features or user flows.
Document the user interactions, relevant UI elements (and their locators), and the expected outcomes.
Close the browser context upon completion.
Provide a concise summary of your findings.
Propose and generate test cases based on the exploration.

Files

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LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright GitHub, Inc.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: GitHub Copilot

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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Needs: Needs an MCP server

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