Playwriter
Extension to Control Chrome via MCP and CDP
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HN · launched Nov 27, 2025 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: browser automation tools · 71 launches, 2 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Partial While an MCP server wrapper and Chrome extension UI are vibe-codeable, building a reliable, production-grade Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) orchestrator with live network manipulation, debugger integration, and multi-session synchronization requires complex systems engineering.
What it would actually take: The stack comprises a Chrome Extension (Manifest V3) communicating via Native Messaging or WebSockets to a local TypeScript daemon/MCP server, interfacing with Chrome's debugging port via CDP. The hardest elements are robust DOM accessibility tree snapshots, resilient locator diffing across dynamic SPAs, and handling CDP session lifecycle and frame attachments without crashing the browser. This requires deep familiarity with the Chrome DevTools Protocol specifications and browser automation internals.
Discussion
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Competitors mentioned: Playwright MCP
Concerns raised: MCP can cause damage if run unsupervised, Security model relies on localhost WebSocket (potential attack surface)
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 677 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #642 of 678 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 27 days after the earliest competitor.
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