Playwriter

Playwriter is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by mikeyobrien in ralph-orchestrator.

3.1K stars285 forkson mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestratorAdded 2026/08/17Repository updated 2026/08/16

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Install Playwriter

Copy Playwriter into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/tree/main/.claude/skills/playwriter ~/.claude/skills/playwriter

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/playwriter/SKILL.md in mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/playwriter
Collection: One of 20 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Playwriter does

Playwriter runs Playwright Page scripts against a local Chrome session, preserving logins, cookies, and extensions. Use it for testing authenticated web dashboards, browser extension flows, and accessibility snapshot discovery.

Playwriter is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Playwriter comes from a repository tagged ai, ai-agents, ai-agents-framework, ai-developer-tools and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Validating the Ralph web dashboard UI
Navigating authenticated pages without re-logging in
Testing flows that require browser extensions or saved state
Capturing accessibility snapshots for element discovery

Prerequisites

Install the CLI:
```
npm i -g playwriter
```
Install the Playwriter Chrome extension (see the Playwriter repo instructions)
Ensure Chrome is running and the extension is enabled

Core Workflow

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Playwriter

What else does mikeyobrien publish alongside Playwriter?
Playwriter is one of 20 skills that DirSkills catalogs from mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Code Assist, Code Task Generator and Complex Test. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Playwriter does, and is maintained by mikeyobrien in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator page.
How does Playwriter compare to other Automation skills?
Playwriter ranks #396 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Playwriter against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.