Playwright MCP

Playwright MCP server

MCP Servers TypeScript Listed Apache-2.0

Is Playwright MCP safe? Strong public trust posture, backed by multiple independent signals.

OSSF Scorecard 5.9 / 10
Provenance Attested
Signed commits 100%
Last push 3d ago
Advisories None known
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In detail: Playwright MCP scores 91.6/100 (Grade A), ranked #11 of 1371 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage B (3 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: its packages ship with cryptographic provenance; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 5.9/10; 100% of recent commits are signed; no published advisory affects its latest release (@playwright/mcp); last pushed 2026-10-08. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →

How Playwright MCP could raise its score

Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.

Chain of custody

Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships Playwright MCP and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the package you install. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.

  1. Source Signed

    github.com/microsoft/playwright-mcp, Apache-2.0, last pushed 2026-10-08. 100% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature, so changes trace to a verified account.

  2. Review and release Mixed

    OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 5.9/10 (scanned Oct 3, 2026). The checks that decide who can get a change released:

    • Code Review3
    • Branch Protection3
    • Signed Releasesn/a
    • Dangerous Workflow10
    • Token Permissions0
    • Pinned Dependencies7
    All 18 Scorecard checks
    Binary-Artifacts 10
    Branch-Protection 3
    CI-Tests 9
    CII-Best-Practices 0
    Code-Review 3
    Contributors 10
    Dangerous-Workflow 10
    Dependency-Update-Tool 10
    Fuzzing 0
    License 10
    Maintained 10
    Packaging 10
    Pinned-Dependencies 7
    SAST 0
    Security-Policy 10
    Signed-Releases -1
    Token-Permissions 0
    Vulnerabilities 0
  3. Published packages Linked and attested

    • npm @playwright/mcp Source link points back to this repo Build provenance attested
  4. What you install today No known advisories

    Latest release checked: @playwright/mcp 0.0.83. No published advisory affects it (OSV, checked 2026-10-11).

Changes to this chain

  • 2026-09-16 Package provenance attestation detected
  • 2026-09-03 Package provenance attestation no longer detected

Evidence behind this score

Coverage B: 3 of 5 independent evidence types found.

  • GitHub repository data
  • Package downloads
  • Supply-chain checks
  • Public actions (missing)
  • Community mentions (missing)

Verify this score yourself

Every build re-issues Playwright MCP’s score as an Ed25519-signed credential, valid for 7 days. You can check it offline against HVTracker’s published key; if anyone changes a number after signing, verification fails.

What this score doesn’t check

It covers who ships the code, not what the code does. It doesn’t read tool descriptions or prompts for injected instructions, watch runtime behaviour, or find bugs nobody has disclosed yet. For that, run a content scanner before you connect it, such as Cisco MCP Scanner or Snyk Agent Scan.

How Playwright MCP compares in MCP Servers

  1. #1 Mobile MCP 92.3 +0.7
  2. #2 Playwright MCP 91.6 this agent
  3. #3 Codebase Memory MCP 91.5 −0.1
  4. #4 SearXNG Search 89.3 −2.3
  5. #5 LinkedIn MCP Server 89.1 −2.5

Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks Playwright MCP’s 91.6.

Where the 91.6 comes from

HVTrust dimensions vs the MCP Servers average

91.6 / 100 · 100.0% confidence

Playwright MCP MCP Servers average (781 agents)

Safety / Integrity50% OSSF Scorecard · 30% provenance · 20% signed commits
19.9 / 25
9.5 above avg 10.4
Identity / Provenance60% listing status · 40% build provenance
18.0 / 18
4.5 above avg 13.5
Transparency50% declared license · 50% OSSF Scorecard
13.5 / 17
1.3 above avg 12.2
Maintenance60% last-push freshness · 40% commit activity
17.0 / 20
4.8 above avg 12.2
AdoptionLog-scaled stars · package downloads
20.0 / 20
12.6 above avg 7.4

Quick Trust Read

What Would Improve It
Improve transparency to lift the weakest part of the trust profile.
Recent Changes
2026-09-23
Grade Changed
Trust grade C → A
2026-09-23
Rank Moved
Rank rose 248 spots (#260 → #12)
2026-09-23
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 32.9pts (58.4 → 91.3)
Maintainer Checklist
Raise Scorecard signals Current OSSF Scorecard is 5.9/10. Tighten the weakest checks to improve public safety evidence.
84.7
Activity sub-score · out of 100
#2

How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade A reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage B is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (3 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →

Signals refreshed 2026-10-11 12:08 UTC · Repo last pushed 3 days ago

Rank Trend

2026-09-29 2026-10-11

Activity & Reach

Stars
38.0k
Forks
3.2k
Last Push
2026-10-08
3 days ago
Commits (4 wk)
19
Downloads (7d)
8,987,267
npm
HN mentions (30d)
—
Open Issues
2
Rank Change
▲1
was #12

Analysis

Activity Inputs

84.7 / 100
StarsRepository reach
27.5 / 30
FreshnessLast push recency
24.6 / 25
ActivityRecent commits
16.2 / 25
CommunityFork signal
16.3 / 20

Common questions about Playwright MCP

Public supply-chain signals for Playwright MCP are strong: it has multiple independent trust indicators in place. This does not replace your own security review, but Playwright MCP carries less obvious unverified-evidence risk than projects with thin signals.
Does Playwright MCP publish package provenance?
Yes. Playwright MCP's package releases carry build provenance attestations, which cryptographically link the published package back to its source repository and CI workflow.
Does Playwright MCP have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
Playwright MCP has an OpenSSF Scorecard score of 5.9/10. The Scorecard checks for branch protection, signed releases, dependency updates, fuzzing, code review, and other supply-chain hygiene items. See the full check breakdown on this page.
Is Playwright MCP actively maintained?
Actively maintained. The repository was pushed to within the last 3 day(s).
What license does Playwright MCP use?
Playwright MCP ships under Apache-2.0. A declared, OSI-approved license is one of the transparency signals HVTrust scores.
Are Playwright MCP's commits signed?
100% of the last 100 commits to Playwright MCP are verified-signed (GPG, SSH, S/MIME, or GitHub's signing flow). Signed commits help confirm that code was authored by who the commit claims.

Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.

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AI agent surface

MCP, providers, tool surface
Scored in HVTrust

These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →

MCP Server Support
high confidence
Implemented
Playwright MCP appears to expose MCP server capabilities.
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
External Service Dependencies
None detected
No clear third-party provider dependency detected.
Credential signal: No explicit API-key/config marker detected.
Tool / Plugin Surface
high confidence
1 tags
Broad capability areas detected.
  • browser
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
Package Provenance Drift
high confidence
Match
Published package metadata matches the tracked repo
Detailed evidence is not shown in the public view.
  • MCP signal live
  • External deps live
  • Tool / plugin surface live
  • Package provenance drift live
How this surface has changed

Detected changes to Playwright MCP's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.

2026-09-16
Provenance Added
Package provenance attestation detected
2026-09-03
Provenance Removed
Package provenance attestation no longer detected

Maintain Playwright MCP?

For maintainers

HVTrust scores Playwright MCP from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.

Reputation Timeline

Signal history
Rank 7HVTrust 4Grade 4Provenance 1Provenance 1
2026-09-23
Grade Changed
Trust grade C → A
2026-09-23
Rank Moved
Rank rose 248 spots (#260 → #12)
2026-09-23
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 32.9pts (58.4 → 91.3)
2026-09-21
Grade Changed
Trust grade A → C
2026-09-21
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 251 spots (#8 → #259)
2026-09-21
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust down 33.1pts (91.6 → 58.5)
2026-09-16
Provenance Added
Package provenance attestation detected
2026-09-16
Grade Changed
Trust grade B → A
2026-09-16
Rank Moved
Rank rose 180 spots (#190 → #10)
2026-09-16
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust up 14.4pts (76.7 → 91.1)
2026-09-08
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 18 spots (#175 → #193)
2026-09-07
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 12 spots (#163 → #175)
2026-09-05
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 60 spots (#103 → #163)
2026-09-03
Provenance Removed
Package provenance attestation no longer detected
2026-09-03
Grade Changed
Trust grade A → B
2026-09-03
Rank Moved
Rank dropped 86 spots (#12 → #98)
2026-09-03
HVTrust Changed
HVTrust down 10.7pts (90.2 → 79.5)

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Other agents in MCP Servers

Data sources
GitHub REST API (repo, commits, stars, forks, license) · npm Registry (downloads, provenance) · OpenSSF Scorecard CLI
Each agent's signals refresh once daily across 6 staggered batches. Methodology v4.4 · Raw JSON