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Plugin:skill pairs now read as noun:verb commands instead of repeating the plugin name. Also added concise descriptions to all SKILL.md frontmatter. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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name: browse
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description: Automate browser interactions for web testing, screenshots, and data extraction
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allowed-tools: Bash(playwright-cli:*)
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---
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# Browser Automation with playwright-cli
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## When to Use This vs Native Chrome
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| Scenario | Use |
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| Interactive testing, visual debugging | Native Chrome integration |
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| Quick form automation in your session | Native Chrome integration |
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| Headless/unattended automation (scheduled tasks) | playwright-cli |
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| Persistent sessions across prompts | playwright-cli |
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| Network mocking / route interception | playwright-cli |
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| Running in containers or SSH sessions | playwright-cli |
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## Quick start
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```bash
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# open new browser
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playwright-cli open
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# navigate to a page
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playwright-cli goto https://playwright.dev
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# interact with the page using refs from the snapshot
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playwright-cli click e15
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playwright-cli type "page.click"
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playwright-cli press Enter
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# take a screenshot (rarely used, as snapshot is more common)
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playwright-cli screenshot
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# close the browser
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playwright-cli close
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```
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## Commands
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### Core
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```bash
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playwright-cli open
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# open and navigate right away
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playwright-cli open https://example.com/
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playwright-cli goto https://playwright.dev
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playwright-cli type "search query"
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playwright-cli click e3
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playwright-cli dblclick e7
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playwright-cli fill e5 "user@example.com"
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playwright-cli drag e2 e8
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playwright-cli hover e4
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playwright-cli select e9 "option-value"
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playwright-cli upload ./document.pdf
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playwright-cli check e12
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playwright-cli uncheck e12
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playwright-cli snapshot
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playwright-cli snapshot --filename=after-click.yaml
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playwright-cli eval "document.title"
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playwright-cli eval "el => el.textContent" e5
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playwright-cli dialog-accept
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playwright-cli dialog-accept "confirmation text"
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playwright-cli dialog-dismiss
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playwright-cli resize 1920 1080
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playwright-cli close
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```
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### Navigation
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```bash
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playwright-cli go-back
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playwright-cli go-forward
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playwright-cli reload
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```
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### Keyboard
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```bash
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playwright-cli press Enter
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playwright-cli press ArrowDown
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playwright-cli keydown Shift
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playwright-cli keyup Shift
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```
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### Mouse
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```bash
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playwright-cli mousemove 150 300
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playwright-cli mousedown
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playwright-cli mousedown right
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playwright-cli mouseup
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playwright-cli mouseup right
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playwright-cli mousewheel 0 100
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```
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### Save as
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```bash
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playwright-cli screenshot
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playwright-cli screenshot e5
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playwright-cli screenshot --filename=page.png
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playwright-cli pdf --filename=page.pdf
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```
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### Tabs
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```bash
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playwright-cli tab-list
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playwright-cli tab-new
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playwright-cli tab-new https://example.com/page
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playwright-cli tab-close
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playwright-cli tab-close 2
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playwright-cli tab-select 0
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```
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### Storage
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```bash
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playwright-cli state-save
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playwright-cli state-save auth.json
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playwright-cli state-load auth.json
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# Cookies
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playwright-cli cookie-list
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playwright-cli cookie-list --domain=example.com
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playwright-cli cookie-get session_id
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playwright-cli cookie-set session_id abc123
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playwright-cli cookie-set session_id abc123 --domain=example.com --httpOnly --secure
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playwright-cli cookie-delete session_id
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playwright-cli cookie-clear
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# LocalStorage
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playwright-cli localstorage-list
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playwright-cli localstorage-get theme
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playwright-cli localstorage-set theme dark
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playwright-cli localstorage-delete theme
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playwright-cli localstorage-clear
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# SessionStorage
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playwright-cli sessionstorage-list
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playwright-cli sessionstorage-get step
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playwright-cli sessionstorage-set step 3
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playwright-cli sessionstorage-delete step
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playwright-cli sessionstorage-clear
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```
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### Network
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```bash
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playwright-cli route "**/*.jpg" --status=404
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playwright-cli route "https://api.example.com/**" --body='{"mock": true}'
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playwright-cli route-list
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playwright-cli unroute "**/*.jpg"
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playwright-cli unroute
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```
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### DevTools
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```bash
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playwright-cli console
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playwright-cli console warning
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playwright-cli network
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playwright-cli run-code "async page => await page.context().grantPermissions(['geolocation'])"
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playwright-cli tracing-start
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playwright-cli tracing-stop
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playwright-cli video-start
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playwright-cli video-stop video.webm
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```
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## Open parameters
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```bash
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# Use specific browser when creating session
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playwright-cli open --browser=chrome
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playwright-cli open --browser=firefox
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playwright-cli open --browser=webkit
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playwright-cli open --browser=msedge
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# Connect to browser via extension
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playwright-cli open --extension
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# Use persistent profile (by default profile is in-memory)
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playwright-cli open --persistent
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# Use persistent profile with custom directory
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playwright-cli open --profile=/path/to/profile
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# Start with config file
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playwright-cli open --config=my-config.json
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# Close the browser
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playwright-cli close
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# Delete user data for the default session
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playwright-cli delete-data
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```
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## Snapshots
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After each command, playwright-cli provides a snapshot of the current browser state.
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```bash
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> playwright-cli goto https://example.com
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### Page
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- Page URL: https://example.com/
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- Page Title: Example Domain
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### Snapshot
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[Snapshot](.playwright-cli/page-2026-02-14T19-22-42-679Z.yml)
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```
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You can also take a snapshot on demand using `playwright-cli snapshot` command.
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If `--filename` is not provided, a new snapshot file is created with a timestamp. Default to automatic file naming, use `--filename=` when artifact is a part of the workflow result.
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## Browser Sessions
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```bash
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# create new browser session named "mysession" with persistent profile
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playwright-cli -s=mysession open example.com --persistent
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# same with manually specified profile directory (use when requested explicitly)
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playwright-cli -s=mysession open example.com --profile=/path/to/profile
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playwright-cli -s=mysession click e6
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playwright-cli -s=mysession close # stop a named browser
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playwright-cli -s=mysession delete-data # delete user data for persistent session
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playwright-cli list
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# Close all browsers
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playwright-cli close-all
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# Forcefully kill all browser processes
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playwright-cli kill-all
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```
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## Local installation
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In some cases user might want to install playwright-cli locally. If running globally available `playwright-cli` binary fails, use `npx playwright-cli` to run the commands. For example:
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```bash
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npx playwright-cli open https://example.com
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npx playwright-cli click e1
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```
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## Example: Form submission
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```bash
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playwright-cli open https://example.com/form
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playwright-cli snapshot
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playwright-cli fill e1 "user@example.com"
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playwright-cli fill e2 "password123"
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playwright-cli click e3
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playwright-cli snapshot
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playwright-cli close
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```
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## Example: Multi-tab workflow
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```bash
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playwright-cli open https://example.com
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playwright-cli tab-new https://example.com/other
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playwright-cli tab-list
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playwright-cli tab-select 0
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playwright-cli snapshot
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playwright-cli close
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```
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## Example: Debugging with DevTools
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```bash
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playwright-cli open https://example.com
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playwright-cli click e4
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playwright-cli fill e7 "test"
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playwright-cli console
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playwright-cli network
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playwright-cli close
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```
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```bash
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playwright-cli open https://example.com
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playwright-cli tracing-start
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playwright-cli click e4
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playwright-cli fill e7 "test"
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playwright-cli tracing-stop
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playwright-cli close
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```
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## Specific tasks
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* **Request mocking** [references/request-mocking.md](references/request-mocking.md)
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* **Running Playwright code** [references/running-code.md](references/running-code.md)
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* **Browser session management** [references/session-management.md](references/session-management.md)
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* **Storage state (cookies, localStorage)** [references/storage-state.md](references/storage-state.md)
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* **Test generation** [references/test-generation.md](references/test-generation.md)
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* **Tracing** [references/tracing.md](references/tracing.md)
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* **Video recording** [references/video-recording.md](references/video-recording.md)
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