playwright-mcp browser_find searches accessibility snapshots
Introduced 2026-07-09 · score 0.97
HOW TO USE IT
When locating an element in the current page’s accessibility snapshot, call `browser_find` with exactly one of `text` or `regex`; use the returned node’s ref as the element target.
browser_find { text: "<text to find>" }browser_find { regex: "/<pattern>/<flags>" }WHY THIS HELPS
Locate an element in the current page when inspecting a repository’s browser-based UI.
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
- Version: v0.0.78
- text: Plain text search; case-insensitive substring match. Provide exactly one of `text` or `regex`.
- regex: Regular expression search; case-sensitive by default. Slash-delimited patterns can include flags. Provide exactly one of `regex` or `text`.
- Prerequisite: The Playwright MCP server requires Node.js 18 or newer and an MCP client; `browser_find` is a core tool.
- Searches the accessibility snapshot of the current page.
- Returns matching snapshot nodes with a few lines of surrounding context.
FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/releases/tag/v0.0.78
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright.dev/blob/main/mcp/snapshots.mdx
- https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp/blob/5f8fc00/README.md
Check the installed version and the source before using it. Entry JSON