lackeyjb

    lackeyjb/playwright-skill

    #229 this week

    General-purpose Playwright automation for coding agents

    automation
    developer-tools
    testing
    backend
    agent-skills
    ai-agents
    automations
    coding-agents
    developer-tool
    JavaScript
    MIT
    3.2K stars
    246 forks
    3.2K GitHub watchers
    Updated Oct 11, 2026
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    Where it stands

    Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.

    Ranks #229 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 8%).

    1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 61 days ago, with 4 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #40 in the weekly ranking the week of Feb 1, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Enables Claude AI to write and execute custom Playwright browser automation scripts on demand for diverse web tasks.
    • Provides dynamic, on-the-fly Playwright code generation with visible browser execution and zero module resolution errors.
    • Use for automating end-to-end web testing scenarios like form submissions and navigation flows with real-time browser visibility.
    • Use for visual regression testing by capturing screenshots across multiple device viewports to verify responsive design.
    • Use for validating web content integrity such as checking broken links, image loading, and form validation automatically.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

    Watch-outs

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    From the README

    General-purpose browser automation as a Claude Skill

    A Claude Skill that enables Claude to write and execute any Playwright automation on-the-fly - from simple page tests to complex multi-step flows. Packaged as a Claude Code Plugin for easy installation and distribution.

    Claude autonomously decides when to use this skill based on your browser automation needs, loading only the minimal information required for your specific task.

    Made using Claude Code.

    This repository is structured as a Claude Code Plugin containing a skill. You can install it as either a plugin (recommended) or extract it as a standalone skill.

    Excerpt from the lackeyjb/playwright-skill README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 9: +6

    +262 stars over 86 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +6 on Aug 9.

    Forks

    246+36

    Open issues

    9-7

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