# playwright-interactive

Keeps a Playwright session alive for local web and Electron debugging. Use it for functional and visual QA after code changes.

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- Author: openai · official OpenAI repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/.curated/playwright-interactive/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/playwright-interactive

## What it does

This skill runs a persistent Playwright session through `js_repl`, so the browser, contexts, and pages can be reused across iterations. It targets local web and Electron apps, with checks for user flows, interface states, viewport fit, and screenshots. Renderer-only changes call for a reload; main-process or startup changes call for a relaunch.

The workflow starts with a QA inventory of requirements, visible controls, state changes, and claims to verify. It then separates functional QA from visual QA and adds exploratory paths outside the happy path. Setup uses `package.json`, the `playwright` package, and a Node.js import check. The skill will not run without `js_repl`; the described mode also requires Codex with `--sandbox danger-full-access`, followed by a new session after enabling the feature.

## Requirements
- Works with: Playwright

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill playwright-interactive -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/playwright-interactive/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/playwright-interactive/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill playwright-interactive -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/playwright-interactive/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill playwright-interactive -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/playwright-interactive/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/skills playwright-interactive
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/playwright-interactive/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill playwright-interactive -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/skills --path skills/.curated/playwright-interactive
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/playwright-interactive/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/skills --skill playwright-interactive -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/.curated/playwright-interactive/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check a local web app against its requirements
- keep Playwright handles alive across iterations
- test desktop and mobile viewport states
- run separate functional and visual QA passes
- verify an Electron app after code changes

## Example prompts
- Check the local app against its requirements, run functional and visual QA, and capture the needed screenshots.
- Open the Electron app with Playwright, verify the window size, and test the main user flows.
- After the UI changes, reload the page and repeat the checks without creating a new Playwright session.

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---
name: "playwright-interactive"
description: "Persistent browser and Electron interaction through `js_repl` for fast iterative UI debugging."
---

# Playwright Interactive Skill

Use a persistent `js_repl` Playwright session to debug local web or Electron apps, keep the same handles alive across iterations, and run functional plus visual QA without restarting the whole toolchain unless the process ownership changed.

## Preconditions

- `js_repl` must be enabled for this skill.
- If `js_repl` is missing, enable it in `~/.codex/config.toml`:

```toml
[features]
js_repl = true
```

- You can also start a new session with `--enable js_repl` (equivalent to `-c features.js_repl=true`).
- After enabling `js_repl`, start a new Codex session so the tool list refreshes.
- For now, run this workflow with sandboxing disabled: start Codex with `--sandbox danger-full-access` (or the equivalent config for `sandbox_mode=danger-full-access`). This is a temporary requirement while `js_repl` + Playwright support inside the sandbox is still being completed.
- Run setup from the same project directory you need to debug.
- Treat `js_repl_reset` as a recovery tool, not routine cleanup. Resetting the kernel destroys your Playwright handles.

## One-time setup

```bash
test -f package.json || npm init -y
npm install playwright
# Web-only, for headed Chromium or mobile emulation:
# npx playwright install chromium
# Electron-only, and only if the target workspace is the app itself:
# npm install --save-dev electron
node -e "import('playwright').then(() => console.log('playwright import ok')).catch((error) => { console.error(error); process.exit(1); })"
```

If you switch to a different workspace later, repeat setup there.

## Core Workflow

1. Write a brief QA inventory before testing:
   - Build the inventory from three sources: the user's requested requirements, the user-visible features or behaviors you actually implemented, and the claims you expect to make in the final response.
   - Anything that appears in any of those three sources must map to at least one QA check before signoff.
   - List the user-visible claims you intend to sign off on.
   - List every meaningful user-facing control, mode switch, or implemented interactive behavior.
   - List the state changes or view changes each control or implemented behavior can cause.
   - Use this as the shared coverage list for both functional QA and visual QA.
   - For each claim or control-state pair, note the intended functional check, the specific state where the visual check must happen, and the evidence you expect to capture.
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